Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 20/12/2016
The OIC concluded the final “Build a Better Response” (BBR) workshop for 2016 in Abidjan in cooperation with the USAID and the International Medical Corps (IMC).
The said workshop was conducted on 14-16 December 2016 in Abidjan and focused on the global humanitarian architecture and the different funding mechanisms and strategies being used by major stakeholders in their efforts to cope with humanitarian challenges and crises throughout the world.
The BBR workshop was organized for the benefit of French speaking NGOs within OIC Member States in Africa and it brought together 35 participants from Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Senegal, Mauritania and Cameroon.
Participants to the Abidjan workshop were afforded the opportunity to develop a better understanding of the global humanitarian setting, to familiarize themselves with key actors of the humanitarian world as well as with the principles governing the international humanitarian system.
In addition, the participants to the workshop dealt with the best ways and means to foster a stronger cooperation among humanitarian NGOs in Africa emphasizing on the different guidelines used by funding agencies and donors.
It is also worth noting that the participants committed to work more closely so as to pool their resources and efforts together in meeting the humanitarian challenges faced by their respective countries.
The workshop also expressed its gratitude to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire for hosting this event as well as to the OIC and its partners namely the USAID and the IMC for organizing such an important humanitarian gathering.
The previous five BBR sessions were held in Jeddah in March 2016, Nairobi in July 2016, Malaysia in September 2016, Qatar and Morocco in November 2016.
