On 4th February 2016, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the governments of the United Kingdom, Norway, Germany and Kuwait co-host an international conference on the Syrian regional crisis. In advance of this, CARE International, the UK Department for International Development, Business Fights Poverty and the Ethical Trading Initiative partnered on a roundtable to discuss key challenges and opportunities from the business and private sector perspective on the livelihoods agenda for refugees and host communities towards the Conference.