This webinar provided an opportunity to hear from humanitarian and social protection actors about their experiences in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The speakers provided insights from responses in Albania, Swaziland and Madagascar, shedding light on a number of issues including: (1) The point at which engagement between humanitarian and social protection actors/systems was made (or should have been made); (2) Decision-making processes in relation to collaborative action, and how timely these processes were; (3) Stages and levels of collaboration – policy, programme design, and implementation; and (4) key successes, challenges and learning for the future.

Panellists:

• Danger Nhlabatsi, Secretary General, Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society (BERCS)
• Siphelele ‘KB’ Mkhonta, National Disaster Management Coordinator, Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society
• Patricia Miarisoa Rakotonirina, Secretary General, Madagascar Ministère de la Population, de la Protection Sociale et de la Promotion de la Femme
• Ilir Zguri, Director of Social Welfare of Korca Municipality, Albania

Moderator: Lois Austin, GB Sub-Group KML Consultant