Special presentation: Dual dilemmas for Syrian NGOs – IHL and humanitarian principles in Syria and in Geneva
Ibrahim Olabi shared observations from his work, outlining key legal, policy, and practical issues that Syrian NGOs are struggling with and the added challenge of engaging at multiple levels, with different actors.
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Learning Stream on Humanitarian Financing: UN humanitarian funding – demystifying NGO access
In this session, experts from two major agencies – the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Program (WFP) – will present their organizations’ approaches to implementing partnerships and will discuss challenges related to the existing funding modalities together with an NGO representative. Participants will be provided with an overview of key procedures, as well as trends and challenges regarding UN humanitarian funding opportunities for NGOs.
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Special presentation: Are counterterrorism approaches eroding the foundational humanitarian compromise of IHL?
In a special presentation, Dustin Lewis, Senior Researcher at the Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (HLS PILAC), will present the Program’s latest research on the intersections between counterterrorism laws and approaches and the protection of impartial wartime medical care in IHL.
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Special presentation on the Syria response with Mathieu Rouquette
In this special presentation, Mathieu Rouquette will offer an NGO perspective on the current state of NGO and inter-agency coordination, representation, and advocacy in the region, and its impact on the quality of the response. His presentation will be followed by an opportunity for questions and discussion, and then an informal reception.
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Learning Stream on Humanitarian Coordination: The New Way of Working
Join on 5 October the fifth online session of PHAP’s and ICVA’s learning stream on humanitarian coordination, which will focus on the New Way of Working, unpacking overall goals, what changes are needed across the sector, how these changes impact NGOs, and how can NGOs influence this process.
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Learning Stream on Humanitarian Coordination: OCHA and NGOs in humanitarian coordination
On 14 September, PHAP and ICVA will organize the fourth online session of their learning stream on humanitarian coordination, focusing on NGO challenges and opportunities to engage with OCHA in an effective and meaningful way. Participants will be provided with an overview of OCHA’s main focus areas, highlighting the differences of NGO engagement with OCHA country offices in different regions, and exploring lessons already learnt by NGOs.
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Learning Stream on Humanitarian Coordination: NGOs in government-led and refugee coordination contexts
Join us on 9 November, in ICVA’s and PHAP’s sixth and last online session of the humanitarian coordination learning stream. The event will focus on how NGOs engage and interact with government-led coordination mechanisms and on NGOs role in the Refugee Coordination Model.
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Learning Stream on Humanitarian Coordination: NGO fora and consortia from local to global
In this session, participants will be provided with examples of good practice of NGO-led fora and consortia, highlighting the challenges and opportunities to engage for both local and international NGOs. Guest experts will explore their added value, and will answer live questions from participants throughout the session.
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Learning Stream on Humanitarian Coordination: The humanitarian coordination architecture at country and regional levels
The session will explore the function of various country-level humanitarian coordination structures and actors, including the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) role, the Humanitarian Country Teams (HCTs), and the cluster approach at national and sub-national levels, highlighting the strengths and limitations of these structures. Participants will be provided with recommendations on how NGOs can better engage in these coordination mechanisms, and will also have an opportunity to ask questions.
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Humanitarian standards initiatives - the Big Picture
With numerous standards efforts and quality and accountability initiatives ongoing, many members of the humanitarian community have been involved in some way – but most exchanges occur at the technical level. This event is an opportunity to consider the bigger picture – to look at what has triggered these developments, what they are meant to achieve, how they relate to each other, what are the key conceptual similarities and differences, how they may be developing further, and why.