Transversal Themes on Peace
Transversal themes
Nexus refers to the interlinkages between humanitarian, development and peace actions. Nexus is an approach that aims to strengthen collaboration, coherence and complementarity.
OECD DAC Recommendation on the HDP Nexus, February 2019
Switzerland adheres to the OECD-DAC recommendations on the Humanitarian Development Peace (HDP) Nexus. In today’s world of shrinking resources for international cooperation, it is even more relevant that stakeholders work interlinked and coherently. The HPD Nexus approach aims precisely to combine all relevant lines of intervention for the right time and right duration and based on their comparative advantages.
The Peace, Governance and Equality section works with a special focus on the peace component in the triple nexus and its operationalisation within SDC. The Peace, Governance and Equality Network strives to contribute to “nexus literacy" among staff and create incentives to analyse, plan and implement programs in a nexus approach (see Synthesis Note of the Learning Journey on the Triple Nexus). By adhering to the triple nexus definition as outlined in the OECD DAC Nexus Recommendation Switzerland closely aligns its policy engagement in fragile and conflict affected contexts with the OECD.
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Let's play! — © Leila Merkofer / SDC The card game Reframing Interculturality is an invitation to engage with and gain a more differentiated understanding of the subject of interculturality in the context of international development cooperation. As such the game aims to create awareness around interculturality, helping players to become sensitized to social diversity (including cultural, linguistic, gender, religious, physical and cognitive diversity). Reframing Interculturality does not attempt to redefine the term, but opens up a space in which players can experience, discuss and potentially redefine their own understanding of it.The game has been realized with support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC and in close collaboration between Lea Vettiger Moro and the illustrator / graphic designer Leila Merkofer. The game encourages players to work together, elaborate on ideas, be provocative and learn about interculturality in the context of development cooperation. The 38 cards in the game are divided into four categories: tasks to ask, quotes and facts to crack, let's discuss and body of questions.
Get together! Invite your work colleagues, university peers or friends. It is best to play the game in a group of four to six people. We wish you inspiring discussions and playful learning!
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