Contents of the document: Section 1 - Introduction and Background to the Project Section 2 - part I Conference Plenary presentations part II Workshops Section 3 - Conclusions, Recommendations and Follow-up Introduction to Project
The over-arching theme of the ECHO-funded project has been that of conflict
awareness and sensitivity. Such skills are considered to be at the basis of any discussion
regarding humanitarian aid in situations of conflict or potential conflict.
Moreover, given that a large percentage of humanitarian aid operations are undertaken
in conflict contexts, a common framework/point of reference for understanding
conflict among aid workers is deemed to be of great importance as humanitarian
NGOs continue to improve the quality and professionalism of their work.
It has not been the aim of this project to develop a new framework for dealing with
conflict, rather, the conference and this publication are attempts to raise awareness
of the different tools in existence and offer training guidelines which may be adopted
by NGOs striving towards good practice. Moreover, the partners developing the
project were extremely aware of the need to maintain a holistic perspective when
referring to humanitarian aid in conflict situations. Issues such as gender, the environment,
Sphere, human rights, impact assessments, etc., must always be borne in
mind as these issues are inter-twined and closely related.
