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Join us on Thursday, 30 July for a live online consultation event organized by PHAP in support of the World Humanitarian Summit on the topic of Humanitarian effectiveness and staff wellness.
This event will feature:
- An introductory briefing on psychology, trauma, and staff wellness in humanitarian action by Alastair Ager, Director of the Institute for International Health & Development at QMU, Edinburgh.
- An informal discussion with a number of panelists bringing together different perspectives on staff wellness, focusing on current good practice and what needs to be changed in order to ensure the wellness of staff and volunteers in order for them to carry out their work effectively and responsibly.
- An opportunity to interact in the event chat with panelists and other participants, as well as representatives of People In Aid/CHS Alliance, International Location Safety (ILS), and InterHealth, who will be on hand to answer questions regarding their respective initiatives.
- The possibility to provide your views on this topic through structured live polls, which will feed into the event report to be submitted to the World Humanitarian Summit.
Introductory Briefing
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 Alastair Ager
Director of the Institute for International Health & Development at QMU, Edinburgh and Professor of Population & Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
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Panelists
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 Nilawaty Bahar
HR Director of Aga Khan Foundation Afghanistan.
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 Anne Willem Bijleveld
Chairman of the Sergio Vieira de Mello Foundation.
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 Christoph Hensch
Delegate HR Partner with the Australian Red Cross and previous director of the Mandala Foundation.
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 Alessandra Pigni (tbc)
Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict. Runs the blog mindfulnext.org
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 Brendan McDonald
Chief of the Resource Mobilization Support Section, OCHA. Took the initiative for the recent petition on staff wellness.
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 Zehra Rizvi
Livelihoods, cash transfers, response and recovery expert. Co-founder of the blog Women in Aid.
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 Winnifred Simon
Director of the Antares Foundation
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Event time
Thursday, 30 July 2015
| New York: |
08:30 - 10:30 |
| London: |
13:30 - 15:30 |
| Geneva: |
14:30 - 16:30 |
| Amman: |
15:30 - 17:30 |
| Nairobi: |
15:30 - 17:30 |
| Bangkok: |
19:30 - 21:30 |
| Manila: |
20:30 - 22:30 |
To see when the live session and consultation event will take place in your time zone, click here
Event access
The live event is open to the public. Advance registration is required at phap.org/WHS-30Jul2015/register
Facilitator
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 Angharad Laing
Executive Director, International Association of Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection (PHAP)
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