IASC event 'Resilience'
Geneva
If you wish to participate in this meeting, but do not have a badge that would allow access to the Palais des Nations, please inform the IASC Secretariat by sending us an email including your name and organization by noon, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 (hofmann@un.org).
Meeting Documents
Background
Resilience' is the new buzz word - but what does it actually mean and how can it be conceptualised? This IASC special event is an opportunity to gain a better understanding of how resilience can support affected people and what the role of humanitarians could be. The panellists will present different perspectives on resilience and what it could mean in practice. The discussion will focus on how resilience relates to different approaches such as Preparedness and Disaster Risk Reduction and which role humanitarian organisations can play. The presentations and discussions will illustrate how a resilience approach could look like and what the different organisational and individual responsibilities in this approach would be.
10h00 – Opening Remarks
10h15 – Introductory presentations by panel members
Mr. Neil Buhne, Director UNDP Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Geneva Panel members are: Mr. Thomas Gurtner, Resident Coordinator/Humanitarian Coordinator, Chad Mr. Francois Guenewald, Executive Director Groupe URD Mr. Gabriel Pictet, Unit Manager, Community Health and Innovation, IFRC
11h00 – Discussion, including questions from the audience
12h00 – Closing remarks