More logistics, less aid: Humanitarian-business partnerships and sustainability in the refugee camp

Pascucci, Elisa

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105424

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“…According to the 2016 International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) World Disasters Report [43], most experiences of collaboration in the humanitarian sector to date have involved bilateral relationships between the private sector and humanitarian actors; e.g., International Red Cross (IRC) and Intel [44]; TNT and the World Food Program (WFP) [19,45], DHL and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) [36], or IKEA and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [5]. The Report further notes that 'traditional' private sector partnerships have been mainly shortterm, ad hoc, and oriented towards emergency responses that primarily seek to draw on financial support from the corporate sector [43].…”

Section: Multi-stakeholder Collaboration In Refugee Responsementioning

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“…The Report further notes that 'traditional' private sector partnerships have been mainly shortterm, ad hoc, and oriented towards emergency responses that primarily seek to draw on financial support from the corporate sector [43]. They have been also focused on a businesshumanitarian supplier-client basis [5] and have mostly been oriented on technological products [46,47]. The collaboration between academia and humanitarian actors has also followed these patterns, being characterized by a short-term technological orientation and a lack of clarity regarding partnering motivations [48].…”

Section: Multi-stakeholder Collaboration In Refugee Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to Pascucci (2021) [5], new trends are emerging in refugee response that put less emphasis on the material dimension of aid, reinforce the integration of displaced people in local and regional markets [53][54][55], and center on the provision of stable services [20,46,56]. Pascucci (2021) describes a "de-materialization of refugee aid, namely a tendency to move away from provisions of material relief [ .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Collaboration with nontraditional humanitarian actors, particularly the private sector, has been advocated by the CRRF as a lever to attract knowledge, resources, and wider public attention to achieve its objectives [2][3][4]. As this collaborative approach is being applied in the field, practitioners have highlighted its ability to create stable markets and basic services supply in refugee camps, especially where boundaries between humanitarian and development contexts are blurred [3,5,6].…”

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“…At the same time, interest in the application of partnerships in humanitarian logistics has grown [9][10][11][12][13], particularly in relation to the exploration of motivations for partnering and outcomes in different contexts [14][15][16][17][18][19]. However, the adaptation of multi-stakeholder partnership models to the new trends of refugee response, and the dynamics among partners in these complex and diverse arrangements, requires more attention [5,6,20].…”

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Feedback Loops and Facilitation: Catalyzing Transformational Multi-Stakeholder Refugee Response Partnerships

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Global policies such as the recent ‘Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework’ call for a profound transformation in refugee response. To this end, collaboration with non-traditional humanitarian actors, particularly the private sector has been advocated. The application of new multi-stakeholder partnerships that transcend traditional dyadic relationships have been commended by practitioners for their ability to create stable services and markets in refugee camps. However, the adaptation of multi-stakeholder partnership models to the novelties of refugee response and the dynamics among partners in these complex arrangements requires more attention. This paper explores how the creation and development of multi-stakeholder partnerships can maximize the transformational potential of collaboration for refugee response, ensure the stakeholder diversity needed to provide basic services on a stable basis, and provide a facilitation function that supports the partnership. Using an action-case methodology, the focus of the article is on the Alianza Shire, Spain’s first multi-stakeholder partnership for humanitarian action, which was established to provide energy to refugee camps and host communities in refugee camps in northern Ethiopia. Our findings suggest that i) the active participation of aid agencies in the co-creation process of a multi-stakeholder partnership may increase the transformational potential of refugee response, ii) feedback loops and the consolidation of internal learning are essential practices for the effective management of complex multi-stakeholder partnerships, and iii) the facilitator plays a critical and underexplored role in refugee response collaborative arrangements. In addition, sustainability-oriented university centers may possess a particular capacity for nurturing the transformational potential of multi-stakeholder refugee response partnerships by generating ‘safe spaces’ that foster trust-building, providing a cross-sector ‘translation’ service, and affording the legitimacy and expert knowledge required to conduct learning processes. We believe that the theoretical and practical implications of our research may contribute to the effective fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals, specially, SDG7 (Affordable and Clean Energy) and SDG17 (Partnership for the Goals).

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Section: Multi-stakeholder Collaboration In Refugee Responsementioning

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Section: Multi-stakeholder Collaboration In Refugee Responsementioning

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Do in‐kind donations promote cooperation among non‐governmental organisations? Lessons from the Greek refugee crisis

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Huliaras

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J of Intl Development

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Since 2015, Greece has experienced an unprecedented influx of asylum seekers. For several months, most humanitarian assistance provided to them by non‐governmental organisations (NGOs) heavily relied on in‐kind donations. Donations of tangible items frequently pose serious management challenges and may disturb relief distribution. Through empirical research based on a questionnaire survey and interviews, we find that NGOs have increasingly cooperated and coped well with these management issues. Despite the lack of formal coordination mechanisms, it seems that donation of goods acted as an incentive for cooperation. In contrast, in‐kind donations of services (volunteerism) did not seem to have the same effect.

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Accessorizing development: Fundraising bracelets for International Development as a New Development Responsibility

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2023

J of Intl Development

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Individuals in the Global North wishing to support people in the Global South can purchase a fundraising bracelet in order to ‘change lives’. This article examines the use of fundraising bracelets for International Development (FBID) as a form of ‘New Development Responsibility’. We illustrate through a database and critical discourse analysis that FBID campaigns are a distinctly feminized version of ID aid where women are engaged as consumers, campaign founders and artisans. Our analysis of these different roles suggest that FBID represent a specifically feminized version of the ‘White Saviour Complex’ requiring further exploration, particularly around the ‘accessorization’ of ID.

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More logistics, less aid: Humanitarian-business partnerships and sustainability in the refugee camp

Cited by 39 publications

References 37 publications

Feedback Loops and Facilitation: Catalyzing Transformational Multi-Stakeholder Refugee Response Partnerships

Feedback Loops and Facilitation: Catalyzing Transformational Multi-Stakeholder Refugee Response Partnerships

Do in‐kind donations promote cooperation among non‐governmental organisations? Lessons from the Greek refugee crisis

Accessorizing development: Fundraising bracelets for International Development as a New Development Responsibility

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