Global Consultation Geneva 14-16 October 2015 FINAL REPORT WHS GLOBAL CONSULTATION, GENEVA, 14-16 OCTOBER 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .........................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF KEY RECOMMENDATIONS .....................................................2 SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE GLOBAL CONSULTATION .........................................12 Day 1: Morning ...........................................................................................................................12 Day 1: Afternoon ........................................................................................................................13 Day 2: Morning ...........................................................................................................................14 Day 2: Afternoon ........................................................................................................................16 Day 2: Evening ............................................................................................................................16 Day 3: Morning ...........................................................................................................................16 PLENARY SESSIONS ...........................................................................................................................19 Welcome Addresses ..................................................................................................................19 Keynote Addresses ...................................................................................................................21 The Road to Geneva ...................................................................................................................24 DIGNITY: Put People First .........................................................................................................26 SAFETY: Protect Everyone from Harm ..................................................................................32 RESILIENCE: Build Hope through New Solutions ................................................................36 PARTNERSHIPS: Create Modern Reliable Response Arrangements ...............................40 FINANCE: Guarantee Minimum Requirements for Life and Dignity .................................44 What to Expect in the Future ...................................................................................................48 People on the Move: Forced Displacement and Migration .................................................52 Stakeholder Feedback Session ...............................................................................................57 Closing remarks .........................................................................................................................62 PARALLEL SESSIONS .........................................................................................................................64 Focus on: Islamic Social Finance ............................................................................................64 Manage Risks Together - 2015 and Beyond .........................................................................67 Focus on: Ethics in Humanitarian Action ..............................................................................70 BREAKOUT SESSIONS ........................................................................................................................73 A1: Making Humanitarian Action Work for Women and Girls ...........................................73 A2: Lift Children out of Crisis...................................................................................................74 A3: Complementarity between Principled Humanitarian Action and Peace ..................75 A4: Ensuring Respect for International Humanitarian Law ..............................................76 A5: Cooperation Framework for Collective Crisis Management .......................................77 A6: Health in Crises ...................................................................................................................77 A7: Reshaping the current international humanitarian system .......................................79 A8: Localizing Disaster Preparedness and Response ........................................................80 A9: Collaborating with the Private Sector: Towards a Global Network ...........................81 ii • FINAL REPORT WHS GLOBAL CONSULTATION, GENEVA, 14-16 OCTOBER 2015 A10: Regional and national frameworks for the protection and assistance of displaced people in conflict and disaster situations ......................................................82 A11: Enhancing Humanitarian Operations in Armed Conflict ...........................................83 A12: Building Resilience in Protracted Conflict-Related Crises .......................................84 A13: Strengthening the Humanitarian Innovation Eco-system: A Global Alliance for Humanitarian Innovation ...................................................................84 A14: Scaling Up Cash Transfers .............................................................................................86 A15: Closing the finance gap ...................................................................................................86 B1: Reaffirming the core humanitarian principles ..............................................................88 B2: Transforming how humanitarian agencies engage with affected people ...............88 B3: Youth in the Front of Humanitarian Action .....................................................................90 B4: Make humanitarian action work for people with disabilities .....................................91 B5: A Global Urban Crises Alliance: Managing conflict, disaster and displacement in urban contexts .............................................................................................92 B6: New and Colliding Threats ................................................................................................92 B7: Ensuring more predictable and effective response capacities .................................94 B8: Improving the credible and independent use of evidence in humanitarian action .......94 B9: Militaries in Humanitarian Action - How can militaries contribute to the dignity and safety of people affected by crises? ..........................................................95 B10: Humanitarian Contributions to the Safety of Affected People .................................96 B11: New Deal for Refugees ....................................................................................................97 B12: Creating Certainty in Responding to Disasters ...........................................................98 B13: Increasing Direct Finance to Local Actors ...................................................................99 B14: Improving the Flow and Efficiency of Remittances ...................................................99 INNOVATION MARKETPLACE .......................................................................................................... 101 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 101 List of Exhibitors: .................................................................................................................... 101 Summaries of Innovation Sessions .................................................................................... 103 PRIVATE SECTOR SESSIONS AND EVENTS .................................................................................. 114 APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................... 116 1. Co-Chairs’ Summary .......................................................................................................... 116 2. Final Agenda ....................................................................................................................... 122 3. List of Participants ............................................................................................................. 130 4. Summaries of Side Events ............................................................................................... 189 FINAL REPORT • iii WHS GLOBAL CONSULTATION, GENEVA, 14-16 OCTOBER 2015 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We would like to thank all of the individuals, organizations and governments who supported the plan- ning, organization and delivery of the World Humanitarian Summit Global Consultation and of the regional and thematic consultations in the lead-up to it. These contributions helped to ensure that the Global Consultation built upon the foundations laid in the Synthesis Report, extending the reach of our dialogue and the Summit process. Special thanks go to the Government of Switzerland for hosting the Global Consultation. The World Humanitarian Summit Secretariat 1 • FINAL REPORT WHS GLOBAL CONSULTATION, GENEVA, 14-16 OCTOBER 2015 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY OF KEY RECOMMENDATIONS Given the growing scale of humanitarian needs around the world and an ever more complex human- itarian landscape, the United Nations Secretary-General called for the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, which will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on 23 and 24 May 2016. As the culmination of an inclusive multi-stakeholder consultation process