Hickel emphasizes that the local people are at the centre of the work. The most complex aspect of the work is often breaking the holistic work down into different projects and thus different budgets. When the disaster strikes the different teams are working together at community level. The reality is much more complex than displayed through individual projects and something like the distribution of salaries can be complicated in that perspective.
What are the realities on the ground, asks Peters. This must always be the first question in the work. Peters sees more money on analysis and more money for implementing the learnings as the most important points for the future. "Why do we do this? This questions could often help to improve the approach, instead of simply starting a new project", concludes Südhoff.