Petr Gandalovic is a diplomat and a former politician who also held the positions of Minister of Regional Development and Minister of Agriculture. In the following years, he became the ambassador of the Czech Republic to the USA and the OECD. Petr Gandalovic is currently the director of the Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechia and he also recently chaired COHAFA under the Czech EU presidency.
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The challenges of humanitarian negotiations and principled response. How far are you ready to go to save lives? The case of Yemen
Studio
This session aims to explore how we can reinforce unity in the humanitarian community when negotiating and maintaining a principled approach in challenging operating environments such as Yemen. The session will discuss questions like :
Through these questions the session strives to learn from the Yemen experience and research, reinforce good practices such as the SOM process, and generate concrete recommendations to improve the coordination of humanitarian negotiations.
The challenges of humanitarian negotiations and principled response. How far are you ready to go to save lives? The case of Yemen
Studio
This session aims to explore how we can reinforce unity in the humanitarian community when negotiating and maintaining a principled approach in challenging operating environments such as Yemen. The session will discuss questions like :
Through these questions the session strives to learn from the Yemen experience and research, reinforce good practices such as the SOM process, and generate concrete recommendations to improve the coordination of humanitarian negotiations.
Co-founder and Advisor, Action for Integrated Sustainable Development Association (AISDA)
Ethiopian Masresha Y. Andarge is the Peacebuilding, Human Rights and Humanitarian Programs Advisor of NGO AISDA. He holds an MA in Development Studies (Rotterdam), Post-Graduate Diploma in Project Management (Maastricht) and Graduate Certificate in Humanitarian Leadership (Deakin University, Australia). He has worked in the development and humanitarian sectors for 15 years, addressing climate-induced drought, aid localisation and emergency humanitarian response.
NGO
The challenges of humanitarian negotiations and principled response. How far are you ready to go to save lives? The case of Yemen
Studio
This session aims to explore how we can reinforce unity in the humanitarian community when negotiating and maintaining a principled approach in challenging operating environments such as Yemen. The session will discuss questions like :
Through these questions the session strives to learn from the Yemen experience and research, reinforce good practices such as the SOM process, and generate concrete recommendations to improve the coordination of humanitarian negotiations.