North & Southeast Asia - Humanitarian effectiveness in a changing landscape:
Questions from participants
Questions on the World Humanitarian Summit Process
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What format will the regional summit in Tokyo take?
- Humanitarian Policy and Advocacy Advisor, INGO, Australia
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How do the links between post-MDGs process and post-HFA process and this WHS process work? What will be the process after WHS 2016 in Turkey? Another WHS Declaration? How will it work?
- Deputy Director General, International Organization, Japan
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What concretely has triggered to push the UN to move forward with the World Humanitarian Summit?
- Anonymous
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How will the Declaration at Istanbul 2016 WHS lead to the improved architecture of Humanitarian work?
- Anonymous
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Have there been mechanisms tapped through which the questions can be brought to consult the disaster affected communities?
- Anonymous
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Questions on the Theme
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The international humanitarian system views military engagement in relief operations as a last resort, however, in Southeast Asia, militaries are often seen as a first resort – how can the international system work more effectively in such a reality? What does it mean for preparedness?
- Director, INGO, Australia
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What do you see as the role of multinationals in humanitarian assistance, if any? Has the rise in Corporate Social Responsibility, including Business and Human Rights, had a measurable impact on humanitarian assistance?
- Humanitarian Aid Consultant, Canada
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Clusters are extremely vertical in delivery mechanisms. However, integration is becoming vital in the “fund crunching” environment. How can these two trends be combined?
- Communication for Development Specialist, UN agency, India
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NGO accountability has always been the dilemma for the humanitarian sector. How can we devise a strategy to make accountability possible in most of the cases?
- Consultant, Pakistan
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How can we consistently ensure that lifesaving information is better coordinated? How can we empower communities to engage better in the humanitarian response?
- Communities Officer, UN agency, United Kingdom
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What is the UN strategy for global warming, climate change in Himalaya, Karakuram, and Hindkush region glaciers in Pakistan in particular, and India/China as well?
- General Manager, private organization, Pakistan
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What standard or guidelines should be set to ensure that humanitarian actors do not diminish the capacities of local/community organizations in the medium and long term? This happens for example when INGOs for instance recruit from existing CSOs to do emergency response work to the detriment of the CSOs.
- Aid Worker, Philippines
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This is a wonderful initiative you are doing and pioneering in fact. I have been reviewing the questions but the slant still seems to be how the local communities reach out and understand the bigger global system.
- Student, Philippines
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The UN is taking staff from INGOs and national governments and thus weakening them. What can be done?
- Medical Emergency Relief Worker, INGO, Myanmar
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Tell me about your insight about the “Volunteerism or Initiative and Participation” of the youth nowadays regarding humanitarian effectiveness. Do you think youth nowadays are apathetic? If so, what would be the best solution to this?
- Technical Assistant, International Organization, Philippines
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How do we as humanitarian actors ensure a needs-based response and recovery in a changing landscape of urbanization and migration, where the concept of “community” is changing? And how do we support building structures between these new types of communities and local disaster management authority structures that ensure efficient and reliable support in times of need?
Anonymous
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