Agenda:
7.30 – 8.30: Registration / arrival of delegations. Welcome coffee
8.30 – 8.40: Opening speech by Commissioner Stylianides
8.40 – 9.40: Humanitarian situation and needs: Gaps and outlook
- Statement by Peter Maurer, President, ICRC
- Opening remarks by Stephen O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator, UN OCHA
- Opening remarks by Ahmed Al Meraikhi, UN SG’s Humanitarian Envoy
Moderator: Monique Pariat, Director-General, DG ECHO
- Presentation by Mohammed Alhammadi, Coordinator of Syrian NGO Alliance (SNA)
- Kelly Clements, UNHCR, Deputy UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- Presentation on specific needs in the health sector by Françoise Sivignon, President, Médecins Du Monde (MDM)
Q&A with interventions from the floor
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11.00 – 11.15: Coffee Break
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11.15 – 12.30: How to apply the Grand Bargain commitments to support Syrians
- Opening remarks: Ms Laila Bokhari, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Norway
Moderator: Jean-Louis De Brouwer, Director of Operations for Europe, Eastern Neighborhood and Middle East, DG ECHO
Panellists:
- David Hallam, MENA Director, Department for International Development (DFID)
- Annett Günther, Director for Humanitarian Aid, German MFA
- Simon Henshaw, Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S.
- Representative of Kuwait
Q&A with interventions from the floor
12.30 – 13.00: Concluding remarks: Recommendations on the way forward
- Invitation to final remarks from panelists and participants
- Closing remarks by Monique Pariat, Director General, DG ECHO
