About this episode

Panelists discuss innovative approaches and partnerships to enhance humanitarian efforts in crisis-affected communities.

In this episode, panelists examine how multilateral partnerships, innovative approaches, and strengthened financing can scale recovery and humanitarian efforts, enhance inclusion, and deliver durable outcomes for crisis-affected communities. Host: Shannon K. O'Neil, Senior Vice President of Studies and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, CFR Guests: Reem Alabali Radovan, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany Hanin Sayyed, Minister of Social Affairs of Lebanon David Miliband, President and Chief Executive Officer, International Rescue Committee; Former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, United Kingdom Dr. Rajiv J. Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation; Former Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development; CFR Member Want more comprehensive analysis of global news and events sent straight to your inbox? Subscribe to CFR’s Daily News Brief newsletter. To keep tabs on all CFR events, visit cfr.org/event. To watch this event, please visit it on our YouTube channel: Delivering at the Frontline: Scaling Support for Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

People in this episode

Host: Shannon K. O'Neil

Guests: Reem Alabali Radovan, Hanin Sayyed, David Miliband, Dr. Rajiv J. Shah

Topics covered

• humanitarian partnerships
• multilateral cooperation
• crisis recovery
• financing humanitarian efforts
• inclusion in aid
• durable outcomes

Keywords

• humanitarian
• partnerships
• crisis
• recovery
• financing
• inclusion
• multilateral

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Rescue Committee, The Rockefeller Foundation, Council on Foreign Relations

Places: Germany, Lebanon, United Kingdom, Fragile and Conflict-Affected States

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