ROSA Newsletter n°39 - EN

Views on recent news: Building resilience for food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa. In recent years, recurrent and chronic food crises in particular in the Sahel and Horn of Africa have put resilience high on the political agenda. There is a broad consensus on the need to integrate short-term emergency responses with long-term, comprehensive strategies in order to overcome the structural causes of the food and nutrition crises. Nevertheless, a key challenge remains developing practical guidance in promoting resilience. In this interview, Peter Gubbels of Groundswell International points out that despite some progress, efforts to build resilience are highly fragmented, dysfunctional and ineffective. Based on a recent report prepared on behalf of Save the Children and World Vision, both members of the Sahel Working Group, he argues that beyond the rhetoric, many actors are mostly carrying on “business as usual”. Few have yet made institutional changes or developed new ways of preventing future crises. He proposes several recommendations for national governments, regional structures, UN agencies, donors, international organisations and civil society to overcome the “resilience deficit”.
Agenda: Information on past events, a list of forthcoming events and the EC’s latest news.
ROSA News: New documents online and information on network activities.