World Humanitarian Summit - North & Southeast Asia: Live online consultation on humanitarian effectiveness in a changing landscape
Join us this coming Thursday, 12 June, for a live online briefing and consultation for the World Humanitarian Summit on the topic of the consequences of a changing humanitarian landscape on humanitarian effectiveness in North and Southeast Asia. Speakers will include Mr Oliver Lacey-Hall, Head of the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Mr Jagan Chapagain, Regional Director of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Asia Pacific zone, and Ms Lilianne Fan, Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
This event will be an opportunity to both get better acquainted with the regional consultation process, and to provide your views and ideas on the topics discussed, helping to shape the agenda for the upcoming regional consultation event.
Event time
| Naypyidaw: | 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. |
| Bangkok/ Hanoi/ Jakarta/ Phnom Penh/ Vientiane: | 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. |
| Beijing/ Brunei/ Kuala Lumpur/ Manila/ Singapore/ Ulaanbaatar: | 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. |
| Dili/ Pyongyang/ Seoul/ Tokyo: | 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. |
The Summit, convened by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and managed by OCHA, will bring all interested humanitarian stakeholders together to set out a new course for how we collaborate in the vital effort to prepare for and respond to natural disasters and man-made crises around the world.
About the speakers
Oliver Lacey-Hall is currently Head of the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific with OCHA. He has 25 years experience in humanitarian work, including with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the European Commission, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Jagan Chapagain is the Director of the IFRC Asia Pacific zone. Jagan has fulfilled numerous leadership roles in the field with the IFRC including the head of regional delegation for central Asia, senior regional officer in Geneva, regional organizational development delegate for South-East Asia, and head of sub delegation in Montenegro. Born in Chitawan, Nepal, Jagan holds a university degree in engineering.
Lilianne Fan leads HPG's growing engagement on humanitarian action in Asia, including with ASEAN, Myanmar, China, and Indonesia. Prior to joining ODI Lilianne had served as Housing, Land and Property Coordinator for the IASC Cluster System in Haiti, as Advisor to the ASEAN Special Envoy on Post-Nargis Recovery in Myanmar, as member of the advisory team of the Governor of Aceh on sustainable development following the Aceh peace agreement of 2005, and as Senior Policy Coordinator for Oxfam International in Aceh and Nias. Lilianne holds a Master of Arts in Anthropology from Columbia University.
Resources:
- How to participate in the online consultations
- OCHA Infographics: The Changing Humanitarian Landscape in North and Southeast Asia
A recording of the event and summary documents can be found at phap.org/consultations
