Livestock Emergency Guidelines Standards

30 LESSONS LEARNED FROMTHE UPTAKE ANDADOPTION OF LEGS Over the past 10 years the uptake of LEGS has been positive, although adoption of LEGS has generally been far greater within the livestock sector than in the wider humanitarian community. Effor ts to raise awareness among humanitarians of the impor tance of suppor ting livelihoods in disaster response, and the role that livestock play, have increased and some steady progress is being made. However, a number of challenges remain: • LEGS may be adopted by individuals or specific offices within an organization, but may not be universally taken up throughout the organization. In organizations where LEGS has not been formally adopted as policy, its promotion and uptake may depend on the interest and commitment of individuals and the oppor tunities they have. • Although FAO, the co-chair of the Food Security Cluster, has been a long-term par tner and implementer of LEGS, the Cluster process in general has not promoted awareness or understanding of LEGS. • Uptake by national governments is more difficult to achieve than in international agencies, yet remains a key step in increasing the application of the LEGS approach. • Promoting LEGS at national level, including with national governments, also remains a challenge for the LEGS Project which for both strategic and resource reasons focuses its effor ts at global and regional levels only. …the study team found out that LEGS Project was one of the major influences on the way livestock- related emergency operations were delivered at the height of the 2010/11 emergency as well as in the recovery phase. Coupe and Kisiangani, 2013 ’ ‘