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Self Report 2017

The self-report on WHS Commitments below is organized according to the 24 transformations of the Agenda for Humanity. It is based on commitments pledged at the time of report submission. Click on the 'Expand' symbol to expand each section and read the reporting inputs by transformation.

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2A
Respect and protect civilians and civilian objects in the conduct of hostilities

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Slovenia commits to include the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict in the IHL manual of the Slovenian Armed Forces by 2017. Furthermore, Slovenia will include the Guidelines in the pre-deployment training of civilian and military personnel participating in international operations and missions and will endeavour to include them in EU and NATO Security Sector Reform concepts and operational activities.
  • Policy
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

  • Slovenia commits to promote assistance to third countries affected by anti-personnel mines, cluster munitions and other explosive remnants of war through the activities of ITF Enhancing Human Security.


  • Operational
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Slovenia commits to support the efforts of impartial humanitarian actors to engage in dialogue with, and operate in areas controlled by, non-state armed groups.
  • Operational
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to promote and enhance the protection of civilians and civilian objects, especially in the conduct of hostilities, for instance by working to prevent civilian harm resulting from the use of wide-area explosive weapons in populated areas, and by sparing civilian infrastructure from military use in the conduct of military operations.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    Slovenia is firmly committed to promoting the rights and well-being of children, including those affected by armed conflict. More than 20 years ago we welcomed thousands of children from the war-torn Western Balkans. Since then we have been supporting children in different parts of the world, aiming to heal the psychological and physical wounds of conflict by offering them psycho-social assistance and physical rehabilitation. We also believe that schools, and education as such, are a safe haven and offer hope for a better tomorrow to children affected by armed conflict.

  • Achievements at a glance

    The Slovenian Armed Forces have included the Lucens Guidelines in the pre-deployment training of civilian and military personnel participating in international operations and missions.

    In 2016, Slovenia also supported activities related to mine action and mine-victims assistance implemented by ITF Enhancing Human Security in Lebanon, Palestine and Ukraine. Slovenia also provided support for ITF's work in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • How is your organization assessing progress

    Progress is measured by a report on international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance, prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on a yearly basis.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    Slovenia will continue to raise awareness and inform different actors of the messages of the Safe School Declaration and the Lucens Guidelines.
    In 2017, Slovenia will also support further activities related to mine action and mine-victims assistance in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jordan, Ukraine, and Palestine.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑People-centred approach

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑2A - Respect and protect civilians and civilian objects in the conduct of hostilities ☑ 3F - Enable adolescents and young people to be agents of positive transformation

2B
Ensure full access to and protection of the humanitarian and medical missions

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility

  • Slovenia commits to promote the physical and psychosocial rehabilitation of children affected by armed conflicts.


  • Operational
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to ensure all populations in need receive rapid and unimpeded humanitarian assistance.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Commit to promote and enhance efforts to respect and protect medical personnel, transports and facilities, as well as humanitarian relief personnel and assets against attacks, threats or other violent acts.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    According to the Resolution on international development cooperation, assistance to children affected by armed conflict is a priority of Slovenia's humanitarian assistance. As part of our humanitarian efforts, we have thus far supported the psychosocial and medical rehabilitation of more than 1,200 children from the Western Balkans and the European neighbourhood region, implemented by ITF Enhancing Human Security and Slovenian NGOs. Slovenia is committed to continuing work in this field.

  • Achievements at a glance

    In 2016, Slovenia supported several projects addressing the needs of children affected by armed conflict worldwide, implemented by ITF Enhancing Human Security and Slovenian humanitarian NGOs in Lebanon, Palestine and Ukraine. More than 500 children and 50 families were included in different rehabilitation programmes addressing their physical and psychosocial needs as a consequence of armed conflict. In keeping with its commitment, Slovenia has also published a call for proposals for humanitarian projects providing rehabilitation to victims of armed conflict in the Middle East.

  • How is your organization assessing progress

    Progress is measured by a report on international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance, prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on a yearly basis.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    In 2017, Slovenia is planning further support to activities aimed at physical and psychosocial rehabilitation of children, more specifically in Jordan, Lebanon, Ukraine, and Palestine

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑People-centred approach

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑2B - Ensure full access to and protection of the humanitarian and medical missions ☑ 3E - Eliminate gaps in education for children, adolescents and young people ☑ 3F - Enable adolescents and young people to be agents of positive transformation

2C
Speak out on violations

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to speak out and systematically condemn serious violations of international humanitarian law and serious violations and abuses of international human rights law and to take concrete steps to ensure accountability of perpetrators when these acts amount to crimes under international law.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    For a number of years, Slovenia has been committed to the promotion and protection of human rights around the world as one of its top priorities. The country has also pledged to step up efforts to improve the human rights situation throughout the world as a member of the Human Rights Council in the 2016–2018 period.

  • Achievements at a glance

    In the reporting period, Slovenia repeatedly raised the issue of serious violations of international humanitarian law and of serious violations and abuses of international human rights law in country situations, including in the UN Human Rights Council and its Universal Periodic Review. Among other things, it participated in discussions at both Special Sessions of the UN Human Rights Council in 2016, namely on the deteriorating situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic and the recent situation in Aleppo (in October), and on the human rights situation in South Sudan (in December 2016). At the 33rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Slovenia, together with Austria and Croatia, brought the attention to the human rights situation in Burundi.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    Slovenia will continue to speak out and condemn serious violations of international humanitarian law and serious violations and abuses of international human rights law, and to call for the perpetrators to be held accountable and brought to justice, in particular in the UN Human Rights Council and its Universal Periodic Review.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑Humanitarian principles

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑2C - Speak out on violations ☑ 2E - Uphold the rules: a global campaign to affirm the norms that safeguard humanity

2D
Take concrete steps to improve compliance and accountability

Joint Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Slovenia commits to continue working together with Argentina, Belgium and the Netherlands on the initiative for a Multilateral Treaty for Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition for Domestic Prosecution of Most Serious International Crimes (MLA Initiative), which is aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of prosecution.
  • Partnership
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
Partners: Argentina, Belgium and the Netherlands

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Slovenia commits to continue to pay particular attention to training and education on women, peace and security in the military, the police and judiciary.
  • Training
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Slovenia commits to designate a focal point at the Slovenia Ministry of Foreign Affairs responsible for promoting respect for international humanitarian and human rights law.
  • Operational
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Slovenia commits to follow up the implementation of the resolutions and pledges of the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, and to report thereon. Moreover, Slovenia will prepare and submit its biennial reports on the status of the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions in accordance with UN General Assembly resolution.
  • Operational
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to promote and enhance respect for international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and refugee law, where applicable.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Commit to speak out and systematically condemn serious violations of international humanitarian law and serious violations and abuses of international human rights law and to take concrete steps to ensure accountability of perpetrators when these acts amount to crimes under international law.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Implement a coordinated global approach to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in crisis contexts, including through the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Fully comply with humanitarian policies, frameworks and legally binding documents related to gender equality, women's empowerment, and women's rights.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity Leave No One Behind

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    Slovenia is aware of the important role played by women in everyday life; therefore we promote gender mainstreaming at all levels, including in peace and security related activities, with the Ministry of Defence and the Slovene Armed Forces paying particular attention to this issue. Slovenia's work on the MLA Initiative is underpinned by its foreign policy priority on the rule of law, recognising its role in the respect for human rights and international peace and security.

  • Achievements at a glance

    In 2016, various educational and training programmes of the Ministry of Defence, the Slovenian Armed Forces and the Police continued to include the issue of women, peace and security. The MLA initiators continued to garner support for the MLA Initiative through bilateral contacts as well as in multilateral forums and among the practitioners. The initiative is currently supported by 53 states from all geographical regions. Moreover, the MLA initiators have recently been joined by Senegal and Mali. To promote the initiative, the initiator states organised several events and side events, and participated in events organised by other international organisations and associations.

    The resolutions and pledges at the 32nd International Conference of the Red Cross were on the agenda of the last meeting of the Slovenian national IHL committee. The members of the committee agreed that the competent ministries would prepare action plans to follow up on each resolution.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    Women, peace and security will remain a component of the education and training system of military and police personnel.

    The MLA initiators will continue to garner political support for the initiative. The MLA retreat, to take place in the Netherlands in June 2017, will be an important step in the process leading towards negotiations. The supporting states will gather at the retreat to discuss the way forward and the possible elements of a future treaty.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑Humanitarian principles

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑2D - Take concrete steps to improve compliance and accountability ☑ 2E - Uphold the rules: a global campaign to affirm the norms that safeguard humanity ☑ 3D - Empower and protect women and girls

2E
Uphold the rules: a global campaign to affirm the norms that safeguard humanity

Joint Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility

  • Slovenia pledges to continue to promote ratification of and accession to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention by States. It remains gravely concerned about the continued use of anti-personnel mines and strongly condemn any such use by any actor. It further pledges to uphold its commitment to meet the humanitarian goal of the Convention – a world free from the use and stockpiling of anti-personnel mines, and to put an end to the suffering caused by anti-personnel mines through their complete eradication.


  • Advocacy
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
Partners: Austria, Belgium, Costa Rica, Canada, Ecuador, El Salvador, Luxembourg, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Serbia, Slovenia, Thailand, Paraguay, Peru, Sweden, Ukraine and Chile

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Slovenia calls for the holding of regular meetings of States on the implementation of international humanitarian law, and offers to host such a meeting.
  • Operational
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Slovenia commits to consider the ratification of the 2006 Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance by 2018.
  • Policy
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Slovenia commits to promote the annual UN General Assembly Resolution on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, along with active and extensive reporting in its statements in the UN General Assembly First Committee.
  • Advocacy
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Slovenia commits to promote the universality and full implementation of the Rome Statute and the Kampala Amendments in bilateral, regional and multilateral contacts, also by expressing readiness to provide assistance to states with regard to their ratification and implementation processes.
  • Advocacy
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity
  • Slovenia commits to support the work of the national IHL committee.
  • Operational
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to promote and enhance respect for international humanitarian law, international human rights law, and refugee law, where applicable.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    Promotion of the rule of law, international criminal justice and human rights has been Slovenia's long-standing foreign policy priority. A champion of the establishment of the International Criminal Court, Slovenia was among the 60 states that first ratified the Rome Statute and the second state to both ratify and implement the Kampala Amendments. Promoting the universality and full implementation of the Rome Statute and the Kampala Amendments thus reflects our commitment to advancing the rule of law and accountability for atrocity crimes.

  • Achievements at a glance

    Slovenia continued to promote the universality and full implementation of the Rome Statute and the Kampala Amendments in bilateral, regional and multilateral settings. These activities included the promotion of the ICC in bilateral contacts, statements in support of the universality and full implementation of the Rome Statute in multilateral forums, as well as participation in events dedicated to the ICC. Slovenia continues to act as a contact point for the Eastern European group of States at the UN for the ratification and implementation of the Kampala Amendments.


  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    Slovenia will continue such activities in 2017. Slovenia will participate in the preparations for the activation decision on the crime of aggression amendment, expected to be taken by the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute in 2017.

    The national IHL committee will focus on reviewing the national normative framework, which serves as the basis for implementing international IHL norms in Slovenia, evaluate the national measures and make possible recommendations for the ministries to bring them up to date or enhance them with further measures (e.g. rules or a handbook).

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑Humanitarian principles

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑2E - Uphold the rules: a global campaign to affirm the norms that safeguard humanity

3D
Empower and protect women and girls

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Slovenia commits to continue to equally engage men and boys as strategic allies and partners to achieve gender equality.
  • Operational
  • Leave No One Behind
  • Slovenia commits to develop a strategy on gender equality in international development cooperation, which will also include women, peace and security issues, by end 2016. One of the strategy priorities will include sexual and reproductive health and rights, also in the field of humanitarian assistance and in the period after an emergency.
  • Policy
  • Leave No One Behind

  • Slovenia commits to increase current levels of funding for women'€™s groups, including organizations of women with disabilities, girls networks and women's machineries, from current levels of approximately 1% to 4% by 2020, in order to enable them to engage meaningfully in humanitarian action.


  • Financial
  • Leave No One Behind

  • Slovenia commits to provide a greater number of women'€™s groups with capacity-building and mentoring support to double the current absorption capacity of women's groups by 2018.


  • Capacity
  • Leave No One Behind

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Empower Women and Girls as change agents and leaders, including by increasing support for local women's groups to participate meaningfully in humanitarian action.
  • Leave No One Behind
  • Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights as agreed in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Platform for Action and the Outcome documents of their review conferences for all women and adolescent girls in crisis settings.
  • Leave No One Behind
  • Ensure that humanitarian programming is gender responsive.
  • Leave No One Behind
  • Fully comply with humanitarian policies, frameworks and legally binding documents related to gender equality, women's empowerment, and women's rights.
  • Uphold the Norms that Safeguard Humanity Leave No One Behind

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    Slovenia attaches great importance to gender equality, women's empowerment and the realisation of all human rights for all women. These are included among our foreign policy priorities. Slovenia has been engaged in this field both nationally and internationally. At the national level, several activities have been carried out to promote the equal sharing of responsibilities and chores between men and women in care giving and domestic work. At the international level, Slovenia's Prime Minister and male ministers have joined the HeforShe campaign. Gender equality and empowerment of women are also cross-cutting themes of Slovenia's international development cooperation.

  • Achievements at a glance

    Slovenia continued to call for the participation of men and boys in gender equality activities. In June 2016, the Slovenian permanent representative took over the chairmanship of the MenEngage network at the OSCE. The process is also underway of adopting a new policy documents on international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance. A Strategy on development cooperation and humanitarian assistance will be drafted, including a chapter on gender equality. Preliminary drafts of the guidelines for gender equality and women's empowerment in development cooperation have already been prepared. In keeping with the commitment, special attention was also given to women's organisations within the last call for proposals for development and humanitarian projects. Experience with project implementation in the field of gender equality and women empowerment was among the selection criteria.

  • How is your organization assessing progress

    Progress is measured when drafting a call for proposals, during the selection of projects (selection criteria) and as a part of the report on international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance, prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on a yearly basis.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    The draft of the Strategy should be prepared by the end of 2017, to be adopted in 2018; the document will include guidelines for gender equality and women's empowerment in development cooperation and humanitarian assistance.The established practice regarding mainstreaming gender equality withing public calls for proposals will be continued; the results of the last call for proposals will be analysed and additional measures discussed.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑Gender

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑3D - Empower and protect women and girls

3F
Enable adolescents and young people to be agents of positive transformation

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Slovenia commits to continue to promote the empowerment of people, especially the young generation, through human rights education and training, so that everyone would learn about tolerance and respect for the human dignity of all people, as well as the means of ensuring tolerance in all societies.
  • Advocacy
  • Leave No One Behind

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    Human rights education and training is a Slovenian foreign policy priority in the field of human rights. With the teaching material produced under the Our Rights project, Slovenia has, since 2005, provided for the education about children’s rights of more than 185,000 children in 26 countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and North Africa.

  • Achievements at a glance

    In 2016, Slovenia supported the Our Rights project in Egypt, Morocco, Kosovo, and India. The project was also presented to Ukrainian children attending rehabilitation in Slovenia.
    In spring 2016 a worksheet entitled Children Refugees was drawn up based on the Our Rights project. The worksheet is intended for school children in Slovenia as a tool for raising awareness of the rights of children refugees with the objective of contributing to the understanding, acceptance and inclusion of children seeking refuge in Slovenia.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    In its foreign policy activities in the field of human rights, Slovenia will continue to pay special attention to human rights education and training, thus promoting the empowerment of people, especially children. Among other activities, it will continue to support the Our Rights project in Morocco.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑Refugees

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑3E - Eliminate gaps in education for children, adolescents and young people ☑ 3F - Enable adolescents and young people to be agents of positive transformation

4B
Anticipate, do not wait, for crises

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility

  • Slovenia commits to address the full range of any remaining taxes that might be imposed on humanitarian relief in accordance with the IDRL Guidelines by 2017.


  • Policy
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to a new way of working that meets people's immediate humanitarian needs, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years through the achievement of collective outcomes. To achieve this, commit to the following: a) Anticipate, Do Not Wait: to invest in risk analysis and to incentivize early action in order to minimize the impact and frequency of known risks and hazards on people. b) Reinforce, Do Not Replace: to support and invest in local, national and regional leadership, capacity strengthening and response systems, avoiding duplicative international mechanisms wherever possible. c) Preserve and retain emergency capacity: to deliver predictable and flexible urgent and life-saving assistance and protection in accordance with humanitarian principles. d) Transcend Humanitarian-Development Divides: work together, toward collective outcomes that ensure humanitarian needs are met, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years and based on the comparative advantage of a diverse range of actors. The primacy of humanitarian principles will continue to underpin humanitarian action.
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need
  • Commit to accelerate the reduction of disaster and climate-related risks through the coherent implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, as well as other relevant strategies and programs of action, including the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway.
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity
  • Commit to improve the understanding, anticipation and preparedness for disaster and climate-related risks by investing in data, analysis and early warning, and developing evidence-based decision-making processes that result in early action.
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    Slovenia has a long tradition of supporting complementarity between humanitarian and development programmes through reconstruction and rehabilitation activities as well as through resilience building, disaster risk reduction and crisis prevention. In the past years, Slovenia provided humanitarian response to several crises, followed by reconstruction, rehabilitation and development projects.

  • Achievements at a glance

    In keeping with our experience and the commitment, complementarity between humanitarian assistance and development cooperation was pursued and highlighted in the new draft policy document in 2016. The complementarity between the humanitarian and development areas is also taken into account when planning future activities within the Framework programme on international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance.

    Shortly after the World Humanitarian Summit, Slovenia also endorsed the Grand Bargain principles, which also provide a basis for localising our response.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    Further coherence between areas will be explored when drafting a new Strategy on development cooperation and humanitarian assistance.Localisation and Grand Bargain principles will be further explored and included in the process of preparing strategic documents.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑People-centred approach

  • Specific initiatives

    ☑Grand Bargain

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑4A - Reinforce, do not replace, national and local systems ☑ 4B - Anticipate, do not wait, for crises

4C
Deliver collective outcomes: transcend humanitarian-development divides

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Recognising that, within a country context, humanitarian, development, peacebuilding, stabilization and climate finance should be more coherent, Slovenia commits to continue to ensure that organisational structures and internal processes foster coherence between humanitarian and development activities.
  • Operational
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to a new way of working that meets people's immediate humanitarian needs, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years through the achievement of collective outcomes. To achieve this, commit to the following: a) Anticipate, Do Not Wait: to invest in risk analysis and to incentivize early action in order to minimize the impact and frequency of known risks and hazards on people. b) Reinforce, Do Not Replace: to support and invest in local, national and regional leadership, capacity strengthening and response systems, avoiding duplicative international mechanisms wherever possible. c) Preserve and retain emergency capacity: to deliver predictable and flexible urgent and life-saving assistance and protection in accordance with humanitarian principles. d) Transcend Humanitarian-Development Divides: work together, toward collective outcomes that ensure humanitarian needs are met, while at the same time reducing risk and vulnerability over multiple years and based on the comparative advantage of a diverse range of actors. The primacy of humanitarian principles will continue to underpin humanitarian action.
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    Slovenia has a long tradition of supporting complementarity between humanitarian and development programmes through reconstruction and rehabilitation activities as well as through resilience building, disaster risk reduction and crisis prevention. In the past years, Slovenia provided humanitarian response to several crises, followed by reconstruction, rehabilitation and development projects, more specifically in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti (2010), the crises in Palestine and Ukraine, and floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia (2014). A further commitment was adopted at the WHS.

  • Achievements at a glance

    In keeping with our experience and the commitment, complementarity between humanitarian assistance and development cooperation was pursued and highlighted in the new draft policy document in 2016. The complementarity between the humanitarian and development areas is also taken into account when planning future activities within the Framework programme on international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    Further coherence between areas will be explored when drafting a new Strategy on development cooperation and humanitarian assistance.

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑4C - Deliver collective outcomes: transcend humanitarian-development divides

5A
Invest in local capacities

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Slovenia commits to contribute to a reconfiguration of the international humanitarian financing system to allow critical front-line responders to access adequate, timely and quality funding on a fair basis by ensuring that front-line responders and local organisations are included in project implementation, thereby promoting stronger partnerships and increased direct access of local and national front-line responding NGOs to humanitarian funding.
  • Operational
  • Invest in Humanity

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to empower national and local humanitarian action by increasing the share of financing accessible to local and national humanitarian actors and supporting the enhancement of their national delivery systems, capacities and preparedness planning.
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    Even before the WHS, Slovenia had already been committed to supporting local and front-line responding to different humanitarian challenges. All our national partners implementing bilateral humanitarian projects are obliged to work with local partners on the ground, who are included in project planning, implementation and evaluation. All projects need to demonstrate country ownership and compliance with the needs of the affected population. With the aim of further improving implementation practices, Slovenia has committed to continue working in this field.

  • Achievements at a glance

    Shortly after the World Humanitarian Summit, Slovenia endorsed the Grand Bargain principles, which also provide a basis for localising our response. The Grand Bargain principles have been taken into account when drafting legislation in the field of development cooperation and humanitarian assistance.

  • How is your organization assessing progress

    Monitoring is a part of the Grand Bargain process.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    Localisation and Grand Bargain principles will be further explored and included in the process of preparing strategic documents.

  • Specific initiatives

    ☑Grand Bargain

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑4A - Reinforce, do not replace, national and local systems ☑ 5A - Invest in local capacities

5B
Invest according to risk

Individual Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Commitment Type
  • Core Responsibility
  • Recognising that there are a range of tools that can be used to finance reductions of risk and anticipatory approaches to responding to crises, Slovenia commits to increase the volume of its humanitarian assistance for risk-reduction activities, preparedness and prevention as well as activities related to building the resilience of vulnerable and affected people to 10% of its humanitarian assistance by 2020.
  • Financial
  • Invest in Humanity

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to accelerate the reduction of disaster and climate-related risks through the coherent implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, as well as other relevant strategies and programs of action, including the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway.
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity
  • Commit to invest in risk management, preparedness and crisis prevention capacity to build the resilience of vulnerable and affected people.
  • Invest in Humanity

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    A staunch supporter of disaster risk reduction activities, Slovenia has advocated increased and coherent global efforts towards more resilient communities. In 2015, it strongly supported the adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030.

    With the aim of further improving our present activities, an additional commitment was taken on to earmark 10% of our humanitarian assistance for disaster risk reduction and building the resilience of the affected population.

  • Achievements at a glance

    In keeping with the commitment, Slovenia has included DRR and resilience activities as a pillar of its humanitarian assistance in the draft Resolution on international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance. Several activities were undertaken in this regard; through the call for proposals for humanitarian projects in the 2017–2019 period, Slovenia allocated funds to three projects associated with DRR and resilience building activities.

    In total, Slovenia earmarked roughly 11% of its humanitarian assistance for DRR and resilience building in 2016.

  • How is your organization assessing progress

    Progress is measured by a report on international development cooperation and humanitarian assistance, prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on a yearly basis.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    Detailed steps for implementing the commitment will be elaborated within the Strategy on development cooperation and humanitarian assistance to be adopted in 2018.

  • Cross cutting issues

    ☑Disaster Risk Reduction

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑4B - Anticipate, do not wait, for crises ☑ 5B - Invest according to risk

5D
Finance outcomes, not fragmentation: shift from funding to financing

Core Commitment

  • Commitment
  • Core Responsibility
  • Commit to enable coherent financing that avoids fragmentation by supporting collective outcomes over multiple years, supporting those with demonstrated comparative advantage to deliver in context.
  • Change People's Lives: From Delivering Aid to Ending Need Invest in Humanity
  • Commit to promote and increase predictable, multi-year, unearmarked, collaborative and flexible humanitarian funding toward greater efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability of humanitarian action for affected people.
  • Invest in Humanity
  • Commit to broaden and adapt the global instruments and approaches to meet urgent needs, reduce risk and vulnerability and increase resilience, without adverse impact on humanitarian principles and overall action (as also proposed in Round Table on "Changing Lives").
  • Invest in Humanity

  • What led your organization to make the commitment?

    Slovenia is committed to support multi-year, predictable and flexible funding that would enable effective and efficient humanitarian response.

  • Achievements at a glance

    Shortly after the World Humanitarian Summit, Slovenia endorsed the Grand Bargain principles. When possible, Slovenia also provides for multi-year announcements of fundings, that are planned withing a multi-year framework programme. All Slovenian humanitarian contributions to international humanitarian organisations are only softly earmarked.

  • Next step to advance implementation in 2017

    Implementation of Grand Bargain principles will be further explored and included in the process of preparing strategic documents.

  • Specific initiatives

    ☑Grand Bargain

  • Other related Agenda for Humanity transformations

    ☑5D - Finance outcomes, not fragmentation: shift from funding to financing