Perspectives on Locally Led Humanitarian Action: Advancing UK Practice and Policy

Thursday 27 March, 09:00 – 16:30

Below is the day’s agenda and links to background reading for the sessions.

TimeSessionCo-moderators and speaker
9:00 – 9:30 Registration and coffee/ networking
9:30 – 10:20Opening Plenary
Modern Partnerships in UK Humanitarian Action		Welcome by Romilly Greenhill, CEO, Bond
Welcome from Hamid Foroughi, WBS, University of Warwick

Co-moderators:
• Christine Allen, Executive Director, CAFOD
• Nadine Saba, Charter4Change Secretariat

Panellists:
1. Mohamed Ashraf, Crisis Coordination Unit – Sudan
2. Dr. Ahmed Idris, Secretary General, Kenya Red Cross Society
3. Fiona Tarpey, Humanitarian Localisation Adviser, FCDO

Interactive discussion with audience
10:20 – 11:30Thematic Session 1: Mutual Accountability, Equitable and Empowering Partnership
– Practices in Humanitarian Action		Co-moderators:
• Jennifer Doherty, Senior Research Fellow, ALNAP
• Nadine Saba, Charter4Change Coalition Secretariat, Lebanon

Panellists:
1. Martin W. Irungu, Executive Director, Empower and Serve, Kenya, Kenyan national CSO
2. Tsungi Mahumucha, Director of International Programmes, Plan
3. Fiona Tarpey, Humanitarian Localisation Adviser, FCDO
11:30 – 11:45Coffee break
11:45 – 13:00Thematic Session 2: Local leadership in humanitarian programming and funding
– How UK INGOs and UK donor institutions approach local leadership in programme and grant management?		Co-moderators:
• Howard Mollett, Head of Humanitarian Policy, CAFOD
• Kinan Diab, Coordinator, NEAR Syria Localisation Lab

Panellists:
1. Mila Leonova, Director, Alliance of Ukrainian CSOs
2. Laurent Martial, Localisation Advisor, CARE International UK
3. Katya Mirza, Policy Manager, Humanitarian Department and RAF Technical Task Team, FCDO
4. Zoe Abrahamson, Head of Sector Transformation, Bond
13:00 – 13:40Lunch
13:40 – 13:50Thematic Session 3:
Modern partnerships in Risk Management – speeches		1. Dustin Barter, Senior Research Fellow, Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI
2. Rand Sukhaita, IMPACT/Syrian Civil Society Networks Platform (SCNP)
13:50 – 14:30Breakout sessions:

1. Due Diligence and Compliance – Modern Partnership approaches




2. Duty of Care and Security Risk Management – Modern Partnership approaches





3. Community Participation approaches to Risk Management, Quality and Accountability Assurance		Speakers:
1. Mariela Montiel, Start Network,
2. Gerhard Buttner, Christian Aid
3. Daniel Gebremedhin, CAFOD, Liubov Rainchuk, Philanthropy in Ukraine


Speakers:
1. Heather Hughes, Global InterAgency Security Forum (GISF)
2. Camilla Garbutt, Head of Technical Advisory Unit, People in Need (PIN)


Speakers:
1. Sara Nduku, Kenya Red Cross Society
2. Rand Sukhaita, IMPACT/Syrian Civil Society Networks Platform (SCNP)
3. Ania Gaboune Oxfam GB
14:30 – 15:10Discussion on risk-sharing in plenaryModerator:
Dustin Barter, ODI
15:10 – 15:20Closing reflections from breakoutsSpeakers:
1. Rand Sukhaita, IMPACT/Syrian Civil Society Networks Platform (SCNP)
2. Andrew Clenaghan, Senior Global Advisor Localisation and Partnerships, CONCERN
3. Duncan Bell, Senior Humanitarian Advisor, FCDO Syria
15:20 – 16:30Closing plenary: Ways forward for UK donors and UK INGOs on locally-led humanitarian actionOpening by moderator:
• Sara Pantuliano, Chief Executive, Overseas Development Institute

Summary of thematic panels from national NGO perspective
• Nadine Saba, Charter4Change Secretariat/Lebanon

Summary of thematic panels from INGO perspective
• Michael Mosselmans, Humanitarian Director, Christian Aid

Reflections from panel:
1. Fiona Tarpey, Humanitarian localisation advisor, FCDO
2. Jayne Crow, Head of Programmes, DEC
3. Claire Clement, Director of International Law and Policy, British Red Cross

Reflections from the audience
16:30Closing remarksClosing remarks by CAFOD and Bond, and Paul Kelly (on behalf of both universities of Essex and WBS)