Print 9 November 2015 The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today said the traditional response to crises of relief first and development later “is not tenable” in a protracted crisis like Syria, where the conflict is now well into its fifth year, and urged all actors to be engaged at the earliest stage in restoring basic services and supporting livelihoods. “The nature, scale, and length of the crisis means that developmental responses which aim to build the resilience of people and communities are needed alongside humanitarian responses,” UNDP Administrator Helen Clark said in her opening speech, ‘Resilience-based Approaches to the Syria Crisis,’ at the two-day...
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