An Agenda for a Dignified and Sustainable Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh
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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.
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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:
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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