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
Fleeing for survival: Human mobility and Forced displacement in Latin America and the Caribbean
Aquarium
While the humanitarian consequences of the Venezuela crisis, both in the country and in the region have made the headlines in recent years, the objective of the panel is broader since it intends to highlight the humanitarian consequences of population mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on internal & international displacement caused by the widespread violence and other humanitarian crises in different countries of the region.
The discussion is aimed at analyzing the challenges across the Latin America and Caribbean region and provide recommendations enabling an appropriate humanitarian response in terms of coordination, resources, and humanitarian access.
Carlos Zorrinho
MEP
Biography
Carlos Zorrinho - Member of the European Parliament.
Parliamentary functions:
Chair - Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
Member - Conference of Delegation Chairs
Member - Committee on Industry, Research and Energy
European Parliament standing Humanitarian rapporteur
Substitute - Committee on Development
Substitute - Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries
Organisation
EP
EU institutions
Speaker session
Fleeing for survival: Human mobility and Forced displacement in Latin America and the Caribbean
Aquarium
While the humanitarian consequences of the Venezuela crisis, both in the country and in the region have made the headlines in recent years, the objective of the panel is broader since it intends to highlight the humanitarian consequences of population mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on internal & international displacement caused by the widespread violence and other humanitarian crises in different countries of the region.
The discussion is aimed at analyzing the challenges across the Latin America and Caribbean region and provide recommendations enabling an appropriate humanitarian response in terms of coordination, resources, and humanitarian access.
Janez Lenarčič
European Commissioner for Crisis Management
Organisation
European Commission
EU institutions
Speaker session
Fleeing for survival: Human mobility and Forced displacement in Latin America and the Caribbean
Aquarium
While the humanitarian consequences of the Venezuela crisis, both in the country and in the region have made the headlines in recent years, the objective of the panel is broader since it intends to highlight the humanitarian consequences of population mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean, focusing on internal & international displacement caused by the widespread violence and other humanitarian crises in different countries of the region.
The discussion is aimed at analyzing the challenges across the Latin America and Caribbean region and provide recommendations enabling an appropriate humanitarian response in terms of coordination, resources, and humanitarian access.