Upcoming Event - 30 March - Social assistance in crises roundtable: knowledge gaps and policy challenges

BASIC (Better Assistance in Crises) Research is a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) funded programme examining why, how and when to use social protection approaches in different crisis contexts, to deliver more effective social assistance so that vulnerable people cope better with crises and meet their basic needs. This online roundtable discussion will be a dialogue with other researchers and practitioners on the ground, including EU perspectives represented by ECHO.

This roundtable discussion will focus on:

• Identifying the knowledge gaps and policy challenges that practitioners and policy actors face across a range of contexts; and
• Generating feedback on how BASIC Research can add value to existing work being done on social assistance in protracted crises.

Chair

Carla de Lacerda, independent consultant and formerly UNICEF/Grand Bargain

Speakers

• Steven Were Omamo, CEO New Growth International, former Country Director, World Food Programme Ethiopia
• Massimo La Rosa, Thematic Expert on Forced Displacement, Migration and Social Protection, European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
• Lotti Douglas, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
• Rachel Slater, BASIC Research Director

Register to watch online