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Invest in national and local
infrastructures and capacities
for multi-stakeholder dialogue
and state-citizen partnerships
that can link human security
analysis to possible solutions.

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1.  governments, business and civil society should work towards a common human security
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platform of learning and collaboration for different sectors and practice arenas. This could
support information exchange, joint analysis and planning at different levels. As follow
up to UNGA resolution 66/290, a global working group could explore and enhance the
operationalisation of the human security approach, linking human rights, development,
peacebuilding, humanitarian and environmental concerns with effective governance and citizens
empowerment.
2.  governments, academia, donors and civil society should invest in enhancing and applying
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methodologies that are consistent with human security principles. These should focus on
process, and specifically address the subjectivity and agency of diverse people and groups
targeted by research, projects or other interventions. They can build on existing experience in
devising qualitative, bottom-up and gender-sensitive methods which can complement largerscale indexes and surveys.

Recommendations

3.  member states, donors, and civil society should develop and implement protection and
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empowerment strategies which address, take into account and (where appropriate) build
on existing coping strategies of the individuals, communities and societies of the context in
question.
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4.  member states and civil society should invest in national and local infrastructures and
capacities for multi-stakeholder dialogue and state-citizen partnerships that can link human
security analysis to possible solutions. Such initiatives can be supported through brokerage,
resources and the provision of safe spaces by ‘outsiders’, but must ultimately be locally initiated
and owned. As such, they should take into account cultural and gender sensitivities, roles and
limitations to interactions such as civil-military engagements and local power dynamics.

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