Report on resolution 7:
– Date: 30.07.2019
– Country: Switzerland
– Type of entity: National Society
– What measures has your National Society taken to raise awareness and disseminate the “Principles and Rules for Red Cross and Red Crescent Humanitarian Assistance” (Principles and Rules) within the National Society? Please tick the appropriate box below. You can tick more than one box.
• Dissemination of the Principles and Rules to NS staff and volunteers
• Training/ workshop/integration of the Principles and Rules into training
• Peer to peer exchange (e.g. with other National Society)
• Other:
Feedback is that
a) partially hard to agree on how to apply it
b) there are too many tools/guidelines on how people are to behave in response operations
need to clarify overlap/hierarchy of different concepts of do no harm resp. do good humanitarian aid in RCRC (P&R, principles, CEA, BPI, impact measurement, thematic guidelines…)
– Has your National Society engaged with the public authorities regarding dissemination and implementation of the “Principles and Rules for Red Cross and Red Crescent Humanitarian Assistance” (Principles and Rules)? Please tick the appropriate box below
Yes
If yes, please describe the activities undertaken:
Swiss RC shared the Principles and Rules with the Swiss Agency for Development (SDC). / Some additional comments on the implementation of the resolution aside from the “principles and rules for humanitarian assistance”:
Swiss RC and the Swiss Administration have a very good and sustainable relationship, strong contacts exist on strategic and operational level with different departments of the Swiss administration. /
Swiss RC, SDC and IFRC signed a MoU aiming at consolidating and reinforcing their existing trilateral relationship and cooperation in 2016. /
Swiss RC has a brochure on the Auxiliary Role. /
Swiss RC disposes of a “SRC parliamentarian group” whose almost 100 members are regularly informed about relevant topics, in which SRC is involved and need parliamentary support. SRC organizes at least one yearly meeting for information and exchange with the SRC parliamentarian group. /
On the Movement level, Swiss RC is actively engaged on issues like Movement Logo, Movement Fundraising, SMCC, NS cooperation and collaboration in the field, logistics and many other themes.
– Country: Switzerland
– Type of entity: National Society
– What measures has your National Society taken to raise awareness and disseminate the “Principles and Rules for Red Cross and Red Crescent Humanitarian Assistance” (Principles and Rules) within the National Society? Please tick the appropriate box below. You can tick more than one box.
• Dissemination of the Principles and Rules to NS staff and volunteers
• Training/ workshop/integration of the Principles and Rules into training
• Peer to peer exchange (e.g. with other National Society)
• Other:
Feedback is that
a) partially hard to agree on how to apply it
b) there are too many tools/guidelines on how people are to behave in response operations
need to clarify overlap/hierarchy of different concepts of do no harm resp. do good humanitarian aid in RCRC (P&R, principles, CEA, BPI, impact measurement, thematic guidelines…)
– Has your National Society engaged with the public authorities regarding dissemination and implementation of the “Principles and Rules for Red Cross and Red Crescent Humanitarian Assistance” (Principles and Rules)? Please tick the appropriate box below
Yes
If yes, please describe the activities undertaken:
Swiss RC shared the Principles and Rules with the Swiss Agency for Development (SDC). / Some additional comments on the implementation of the resolution aside from the “principles and rules for humanitarian assistance”:
Swiss RC and the Swiss Administration have a very good and sustainable relationship, strong contacts exist on strategic and operational level with different departments of the Swiss administration. /
Swiss RC, SDC and IFRC signed a MoU aiming at consolidating and reinforcing their existing trilateral relationship and cooperation in 2016. /
Swiss RC has a brochure on the Auxiliary Role. /
Swiss RC disposes of a “SRC parliamentarian group” whose almost 100 members are regularly informed about relevant topics, in which SRC is involved and need parliamentary support. SRC organizes at least one yearly meeting for information and exchange with the SRC parliamentarian group. /
On the Movement level, Swiss RC is actively engaged on issues like Movement Logo, Movement Fundraising, SMCC, NS cooperation and collaboration in the field, logistics and many other themes.
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