Key messages from the LRRD seminar in Bamako (Mali), 2014

15/04/2014

To reflect on how to improve coordination between humanitarian aid and development, an LRRD workshop was organised in March 2014, with financial support from the European Union. Over two days, the workshop brought together about forty representatives from different stakeholders in northern Mali: elected officials, local government departments, the Government of Mali, donors, UNMISMA and NGOs. Participatory discussions in subgroups allowed a shared understanding of the crisis to be established. The participants then decided which topics should be prioritised to allow humanitarian and development action to converge, for which operational recommendations were developed.