IASC Weekly (NY): Strengthening Humantiarian Leadership
New York
Message from the IASC Secretariat:
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to the next IASC Weekly (NY) for an update on Strengthening Humanitarian Leadership. The meeting will take place, exceptionally, on Friday 14 December 2012, 12:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. in OCHA's Conference Room 1, 6th floor, 380 Madison Avenue.
Agenda:
12.30 - 1.00 Update on Strengthening Humanitarian Leadership
- Claire Messina, Senior Coordinator of OCHA’s Humanitarian Leadership Strengthening Unit.
1.00 - 1.30 Q&A and Discussion
- Daniel Pfister, Officer in Charge of the IASC/ECHA Secretariat.
Background:
Strengthening humanitarian leadership is one of the three pillars of the IASC Transformative Agenda and of Humanitarian Reform. Its objective is to ensure that those performing humanitarian coordination leadership functions -- be they RCs, RC/HCs, HCs, DHCs, DSRSG/RC/HCs -- do so according to the expectations of the humanitarian community.
Useful links:
Friends of IASC on Facebook
IASC Humanitarian Coordination Group
Getting to the venue:
OCHA's Conference Room 1 is located on the sixth floor in the Madison Building. Enter the Building at 380 Madison Avenue, (located between 46th and 47th Street) past the lobby, and take the first row of elevators to the sixth floor. Enter the glass doors on the south side. Conference Room 1 is straight ahead (follow the signs).
Important security information:
Kindly, let the security personnel know that you are a conference participant for the IASC Weekly meeting. A picture ID is required.
Save the dates:
Our next series of IASC Weekly will take place in the new year:
- Friday, 11 January 2013, on “Preparedness”.
- Friday, 18 January 2013, on "the Harvard and Fordham Humanitarian Initiatives".
- Friday, 1 February 2013, on "Social Media and Humanitarian Assistance".
- Friday 8 February 2013, on "Migration".
Please direct any questions to Ms. Jamie Leadens Johnson.
Meeting Documents
Strengthening Humanitarian Leadership
Ms. Claire Messina, senior Coordinator of OCHA’s Humanitarian Leadership Strengthening Unit, provides an update on strengthening humanitarian leadership. Update: In answer to a question posed during the event, the number of HCs, DHCs and RHCs from the HC Pool is currently 8 (23%), and once the candidates who were selected in the latest round deploy it will go up to 11 (31%).
Relevant Documents