Housing, Land and Property (HLP) - a ‘golden thread’ between humanitarian response and solutions?
Channel: Global Protection Cluster GPC
Date: 06/06/2023

Housing, Land and Property (HLP) - a ‘golden thread’ between humanitarian response and solutions?
Part of OCHA’s Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week 2023 (https://www.unocha.org/humanitarian-networks-and-partnerships-weeks-hnpw) 
This event focused on the significance of Housing, Land and Property issues in all humanitarian response contexts and, specifically, during every phase of a response – including as a vital component of long-term, effective and durable solutions. 

Drawing on a range of operational experiences - including Mali, South Sudan, Somalia - this session explored these links across the humanitarian, development and peace nexus. Rooting current policy discussions in ongoing responses, we discussed why HLP is a golden thread between emergencies and solutions, which cannot be neglected at either end of a response if we are to see effective outcomes and people living with safety, security and dignity.

Housing, Land and Property (HLP) matters are at the heart of displacement. Having a safe and stable place to live and sustainable access to land and natural resources for livelihoods, access to construction materials, and water, are matters that affect people at all phases of displacement or crisis. IDPs and refugees are forced to leave their home and land without knowing where they will be living and whether they will ever be able to go back. 


Agenda

Introduction – Brigitte Oederline – Swiss 
Global Programming perspective
Operations:
1. Mali – Emma Yeo, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Mali and Mali HLP Working Group
2. South Sudan – Peter Deng, Humanitarian and Development Consortium (HDC) and Peace Mbabazi, NRC and South Sudan HLP AoR
3. Somalia – Shezane Kirubi, Danwadaag Durable Solutions Consortium, Somalia
4. Syria – Hussam Sulaiman, UN-Habitat Syria Programme
Policy, systems and reform perspective - Caelin Briggs, Norwegian Refugee Council
Nexus perspective - Ombretta Tempra, UN-Habitat and Global HLP AoR

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