Independent Evaluation of the Linkage of Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation (Nexus)

The increasingly protracted nature of conflicts and humanitarian crises is creating new challenges for development cooperation and humanitarian aid. Environmental incidents are occurring with ever greater frequency and demand a response that involves not only simultaneously applying different international cooperation approaches but also ensuring linkages between emergency relief and long-term development goals. An independent evaluation formulated a series of recommendations on how to strengthen and promote this nexus at the institutional and operational level.