ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the old cooperation paradigm, in which non-traditional humanitarian actors simply fit into the tried and tested approaches of traditional humanitarian actors, is not the only way the global humanitarian system may develop. The traditional mode of interaction between the private sector and humanitarian agencies has been based on two foundations: procurement and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Humanitarian action is no longer solely the preserve of what has become known as the 'international humanitarian system', structured by its three pillars of the international red cross and red crescent movement, UN agencies and international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), traditional humanitarian actors. Looking out to 2040, development concepts doctrine centre (DCDC) consider issues such as collapse of a pivotal state, collapse of global communications. Recurring nature of droughts in regions such as the Sahel and the Horn of Africa and of conflicts in eastern democratic republic of the Congo (DRC), South Sudan and Yemen has entrenched vulnerability and undermined coping capacities.
