The toolkit is an approach for designing emergency response and preparedness that not only meets basic needs but also creates a pathway toward self-reliance and durable outcomes for displaced people, prioritising sustainable options wherever feasible, strengthening local capacities, and avoiding parallel service delivery systems.
At its core, the approach aims to ensure that displaced people can regain agency, access local service systems, and become less dependent on humanitarian assistance as early as possible. It encourages responses that move beyond repeated cycles of short-term aid, integrating clear pathways from emergency support to longer-term recovery and independence.
The toolkit supports NRC teams to design higher-quality, more sustainable responses by working in an integrated way across programmes, advocacy, and coordination. It promotes collaboration with local actors and systems, the use of market-based approaches, and the removal of barriers to accessing services and rights, while maintaining a strong focus on protection and humanitarian principles.
Designed for use in both preparedness and emergency response planning, the toolkit provides practical guidance, tools, and examples applicable across contexts. Ultimately, it helps ensure that NRC responses are not only effective in meeting urgent needs but also contribute to more sustainable, cost-efficient, and locally anchored solutions for displaced populations.
