UNDP Sub-Regional Facility (SRF) organized a workshop for UNCT in Jordan on Resilience-Based Development Approach (RBDA) in June 2014, with the purpose of introducing RBDA that contributes to long-term development with an eye on potential threatening shocks and crises, current and future and discuss how to operationalize it in the context of Jordan to improve UNCT’s responses collectively. With attendance of various UN agencies from both humanitarian and development fields, the workshop started with the presentation to understand and share the concept of RBDA and its guiding principles, followed by introduction of examples of operationalizing RBD. Several exercises were conducted to demonstrate possible responses using RBDA using Gender-Based Violence, and to analyze planned activities under National Response Plan against RBDA. And come up with outcomes these activities would bring and how it can be scaled up in the future, in ‘cope/ recover/sustain and transform’ categories. At the heart of the RBDA is that we do not just respond to humanitarian crises with an eye to the long term, but we also pursue long-term development with an eye of potential threatening shocks and crises, current and future. It is suitable to respond to protracted Syrian crisis and for host countries in particular, and now there is a strong and urgent need for UNCT to ensure bridging between humanitarian and development effort in a holistic and collective. In the workshop, agencies shared their responses that applies RBDA, difficulties they found in implementation and different tools to measure vulnerabilities and resilience. It was agreed among participants that ‘resilience’ building cannot be done by single agency or single project and that we need to bring about innovative partnerships. UNDP SRF will be taking lead in gathering existing tools, analyze and create collective tool for UNCT, and in coordinating such workshops at country level and regional level and create new knowledge.

1. Naresh Singh
UNDP Sub-Regional Response Facility
4 June 2014, Amman - Jordan

2. Institutional Arrangement for RBD
 Fiscal Economic Space for Local Economic Development to proceed
 Macro-micro policy linkages ( see Livelihoods Guide)
 National Systems available/ready for collaboration
 Assess incentives/motivation to move from Humanitarian relief to RBD
 Carry out assessment of power relations, drivers of change, institutions
and context assessment ( ICA)
 Assessment of ecology of local institutional /organisational arrangements
: CBO’s, LNGO’s, INGO’s, Local Government, Private Sector

3. Assessment/Measurement Tools
 Vulnerability Measurements
 Index of Stress/Vulnerability Indices
 Resilience Measurements: indices, indicators, CoBRA,
 Livelihoods Assessments in Crisis and Post Crisis situations
(UNDP/BCPR)
 Institutions and Context Assessment (ICA) /(UNDP)
 Damage and Loss Assessments

4. Programme Design Tools
 Area based programming for Sustainable Livelihoods ( see earlier
slide)
 Sector based programs ( using SHARP as points of departure or other
programming listed earlier)
 Target groups interventions youth, women, IDP’s, ex-combatants,
returnees, host communities, ( DDR etc..)
 Capacity Building
 Lessons learned on innovations and scaling up. ( requires insitutions
analysis and capacity assessment)

5. Lessons Learned, Innovation, Scale-up
Scaling Up
 Support engagement of civil society and non-state actors in local
development initiatives
 Requires partnerships and coordination with a variety of actors, including
the private sector, civil society: some groups and communities do not want
to take part in the development progress, especially as dictated by
national government
 In order to ensure sustainability, local-national linkages must be
strengthened horizontally by linking with other development
stakeholders at the national level

6. Scenario for Scaling Up

7. Target Group Interventions
 Refugees
 Host communities
 Youth
 Women
 Elderly
 Disabled

8. Annex:
UNDP Livelihood and Economic Recovery in Crisis Situation (short-ver)
https://www.google.jo/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2
F%2Fwww.undp.org%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fundp%2Flibrary%2Fcrisis%2520prevention%2F20130215_UNDP%2520LER_gu
ide.pdf&ei=Yn1vU7WIKcKxOrbtgZgJ&usg=AFQjCNGX_Ipma188VuVD-o5d7v3UWA9d8w&bvm=bv.66330100,d.ZWU
UNHCR graduation approach
http://graduation.cgap.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/graph-n2-graduation-program-final.pdf
3x6 brochure (UNDP Yemen)
http://www.ye.undp.org/content/dam/yemen/PovRed/Docs/3x6+Approach%20YEEP%20Yemen.pdf
Microinsurance for Risk Mitigation and Crisis Recovery
https://www.google.jo/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDEQFjAB&url=http%3A%
2F%2Fwww.bwtp.org%2Farcm%2Fmfdm%2FWeb%2520Resources%2FBriefs%2FBrief_7.pdf&ei=FYBvU-
XCNMHROfi5gMAP&usg=AFQjCNFghN1G2vsbv00gwD0HdC44d9eXQg&bvm=bv.66330100,d.ZWU
Social Protection and Basic Services in Fragile and Conflict-affected Situations
http://www.odi.org.uk/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/7859.pdf

9. CoBRA (Community Based Resilience Assessment) Conceptual Framework
https://www.google.jo/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCsQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F
%2Fwww.disasterriskreduction.net%2Ffileadmin%2Fuser_upload%2Fdrought%2Fdocs%2FCoBRA%2520Conceptual%2520
Framework%2520and%2520Methodology%2520-%2520Post%2520Arusha%2520-
%25204%2520April%25202013.pdf&ei=O35vU7CUGsOaO8GRgaAM&usg=AFQjCNEevUdQ74x0gwj-mwgbFUCx2XS6PQ
Coping Strategies Index http://home.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/manual_guide_proced/wfp211058.pdf
Economic Vulnerability and Resilience
http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/research-papers/2008/en_GB/rp2008-
55/_files/79432653132595540/default/rp2008-55.pdf
Measuring Resilience
http://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1866/Technical%20Note_Measuring%20Resilience%20in%20USAID_J
une%202013.pdf
Methodology Experian
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/uk/10/experian/doc/methodology_wales.doc
Guidance Note - Scaling Up Development Programmes
https://www.google.jo/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2
F%2Fwww.ifad.org%2Fevents%2Fscalingup%2Fguidancepub%2Fguidance_scaling.pdf&ei=qIBvU72zAcPsPMLXgYAC&usg=
AFQjCNExs8h1Wo1jI1kQJLGjd-65pjbWPQ&bvm=bv.66330100,d.ZWU