An Agenda for a Dignified and Sustainable Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh ➢ host and Rohingya communities) to gain a better understanding of their individual roles/ and capacities, assess exclusion/inclusion of actors from intersectional perspectives and identify gaps/ and overlaps, in order to build more effective and efficient structures. Consolidate a shared “referrals guide” to enhance common understanding of complementary roles and capacities in the Rohingya refugee response and build trust between diverse humanitarian stakeholders. b. The humanitarian community should establish clear and consistent standards for information exchange both for Government counterparts and humanitarian staff. The humanitarian community, led by SEG/ISCG, should agree on a common data sharing framework agreement with the Government of Bangladesh in line with humanitarian principles international humanitarian standards and domestic laws/policies, to establish clear and consistent standards for information exchange both for Government counterparts and humanitarian staff. 3. Localisation of the Rohingya Refugee Response a. Donors should rethink and revise their practices by harmonising and simplifying partnership arrangements to promote complementarity in humanitarian action. Donors have the responsibility to ensure that smaller national organisations and refugee-led organisations are able to access funding, in line with the Grand Bargain commitments, without compromising on quality and accountability standards. The donor community in Bangladesh should recognise the risks of divisions in the sector due to the complex and unequal power dynamics between humanitarian stakeholders and use their power and influence in the Rohingya refugee response by: ➢ ➢ ➢ 68 Ensuring that humanitarian partnership arrangements are equal, constructive and transparent and recognise the diversity and inter-dependence of humanitarian partners, through early consultations, improved information sharing, inclusive coordination mechanisms and financial transparency. Simplifying procedures and harmonising donor practices, increasing funding and support for multi-year investment in local protection capacity, and considering diversified funding streams such as country-based pool funds, direct funding, consortium support, etc., in line with the Grand Bargain commitments. Ensuring transparent and systematic tracking of funding as one piece of critical evidence to measure progress in aid localisation. Act for Peace / May 2021

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