Nexus programming: A jargon or real practices?

This study case on the nexus approach used in implementing the development program and humanitarian work in PIA Lembata presents qualitative data from key informant interviews with Plan staff in PIA Lembata and two assisted villages, Lamawolo and Wailolong. Five (5) key questions were asked of the interviewees in this in-depth interview, and they were related to activities that happened during 2017-2022. From 2020 to 2022, the two villages struck emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the eruption of Mount Ile Lewotolok, and the tropical cyclone Seroja.

Recommendations from the publication are as follows: 

• Considering risks or disruptions in the comprehensive assessment since design and proposal development;
• Flexibility in program design and budgeting is one of the crucial aspects of nexus programming;
• The village community in Lembata and PIA Lembata showed the leadership and capability to ensure development programs and humanitarian responses due to disasters can be implemented synergically.