Camilla Waszink
NRC’s Executive Director of Partnerships and Policy
Biography
Camilla Waszink is NRC’s Executive Director of Partnerships and Policy, leading the organization’s global advocacy and humanitarian policy work and its partnerships with institutional donors, UN agencies and NGOs. Prior to that, she was Chief of Staff to NRC’s Secretary General Jan Egeland. Before joining NRC, she held positions with the International Law and Policy Institute, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Norwegian Red Cross and the Norwegian Centre for Conflict Resolution. Waszink has also worked as a researcher and consultant, including for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Small Arms Survey and the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. She has published extensively on protection of civilians, international humanitarian law, arms control and disarmament.
Organisation
Global advocacy and humanitarian policy
Speaker session
Boosting synergies for humanitarian action and civil protection in crisis response
Aquarium
This session will showcase concrete examples of successful cooperation and synergies between humanitarian action (HA) and civil protection (CP) and discuss how these examples can be replicated in other contexts. The session will debate the current level of integration of HA and CP actions and highlight the tools that are available to create synergies at EU-level (e.g. HA funding, EHRC, UCPM, rescEU, and ERCC). Finally, the session will analyse how other actors, such as member states and regional disaster management organizations, manage and contribute to the interactions between the HA and CP, and showcase what the benefits to these interactions are, seen from the perspective of humanitarian partners.
Carla Greiber
Deputy Director in the Department for Humanitarian Action
Biography
Carla holds a MSc in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen and a MSc in Development Studies from London School of Economics. Carla has worked for the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2013 and currently acting as Team Leader for the Humanitarian Policy Team in the Department for Humanitarian Action, Civil Society and Engagement with responsibility for Danish Humanitarian Action. Carla was previously been posted to Addis Ababa where she was responsible for the humanitarian diplomacy and assistance.
Organisation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark.
Member State authority
Speaker session
Boosting synergies for humanitarian action and civil protection in crisis response
Aquarium
This session will showcase concrete examples of successful cooperation and synergies between humanitarian action (HA) and civil protection (CP) and discuss how these examples can be replicated in other contexts. The session will debate the current level of integration of HA and CP actions and highlight the tools that are available to create synergies at EU-level (e.g. HA funding, EHRC, UCPM, rescEU, and ERCC). Finally, the session will analyse how other actors, such as member states and regional disaster management organizations, manage and contribute to the interactions between the HA and CP, and showcase what the benefits to these interactions are, seen from the perspective of humanitarian partners.
Carin Jämtin
Director General
Biography
Ms Carin Jämtin is Director-General of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency since May 2017. She was Head of the International Development Cooperation Department at the Olof Palme International Centre, and also has a long career within the Social Democratic Party at both local and national level, including serving as Minister of International Development Cooperation and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Organisation
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Member State authority
Speaker session
Boosting synergies for humanitarian action and civil protection in crisis response
Aquarium
This session will showcase concrete examples of successful cooperation and synergies between humanitarian action (HA) and civil protection (CP) and discuss how these examples can be replicated in other contexts. The session will debate the current level of integration of HA and CP actions and highlight the tools that are available to create synergies at EU-level (e.g. HA funding, EHRC, UCPM, rescEU, and ERCC). Finally, the session will analyse how other actors, such as member states and regional disaster management organizations, manage and contribute to the interactions between the HA and CP, and showcase what the benefits to these interactions are, seen from the perspective of humanitarian partners.