Conferences and summits: InfoPoint conference: Lives in Dignity Grant Facility
Supporting sustainable development for displacement-affected populations through strategic grant support: a case study from the Lives in Dignity Grant Facility.
The Lives in Dignity Grant Facility explored new ways to strategically fund projects and promote development-oriented approaches in forced displacement settings. Through a flexible funding model, the facility gave implementing partners and displacement-affected persons a diverse toolbox to design projects that matched their local needs, while breaking down siloed thematic interventions and barriers between humanitarian, development, and peace efforts.
This integration strategy proved successful, with local actors receiving over half of the facility's funding, while the programme expanded beyond the traditional internationally led consortium approach to facilitate equitable partnerships and actively encourage collaboration with local government authorities, academic institutions, and private sector organizations.
An upcoming InfoPoint will examine this strategic approach, featuring speakers from Asia, Africa, and South America who will share their experiences, including perspectives from both private sector and academic partners.
Event Details
Date: Tuesday 8 April 2025
Time: 14:30 - 16:00 (CEST)
Location: InfoPoint, Brussels, Belgium
Languages: English
Description
In 2020, the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA), in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), established the Lives in Dignity (LiD) Grant Facility. Its aim was to promote development-oriented approaches to displacement crises in line with its commitments under the 2016 Communication, “Lives in Dignity: From Aid-dependence to Self-reliance.\"
The LiD Grant Facility’s Strategy was designed to assist displacement-affected persons based on their needs rather than their status. Participants included those displaced or at risk of being displaced by disaster and climate-related events, as well as host communities.
Projects funded fostered resilience, socio-economic growth, and sustainable development through community-driven, innovative, and flexible solutions that bridged the gap between humanitarian aid and development assistance. The Facility funded 14 projects across 15 countries in Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America between 2021 and 2025.
The InfoPoint will explore the aims and experience of the facility, and will summarize key lessons learned - both by the facility, and by the facility’s non-profit, academic, and private sector partners. Challenges will be showcased and solutions outlined in order to articulate a path forward for more sustainable approaches to the burgeoning displacement crisis.
This InfoPoint will examine how funding entities and grant support managers can develop strategic financing mechanisms that contribute to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and global policy agendas, including opportunities to incentivize localisation, advance a whole-of-society approach and ensure.
