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
Reaching those who suffer most: Understanding severity of needs
Aquarium
This session aims to build awareness and commitment to the analysis of severity of needs as a precondition for principled, transparent and accountable prioritization of the humanitarian response. The session will discuss what we can learn from current efforts to understand severity of needs (e.g. IPC, JIAF, GPC, UNHCR-WFP Joint Hub on Targeting), and what we still need to put in place to secure a severity of needs analysis that allows for effective prioritization. Ultimately, the session will bring forward recommendations for humanitarian partners on expanding and deepening severity of needs analysis and connecting it with decision-making around prioritization, including between crises.
Saving lives with limited resources: The need to prioritise
Auditorium
This session aims to secure greater commitment to transparent and accountable prioritization of humanitarian action by directing resources towards the most acute needs. The session will discuss how donors and humanitarian organizations can best prioritize their work in the face of today’s overwhelming needs and limited resources. At the same time, it will evaluate why some of the world’s most severe crises remain stubbornly underfunded and what tools are needed for more informed and transparent prioritization within and between crises. The session will furthermore debate the terms “vulnerability” and “humanitarian”, asking what the advantages and disadvantages of using these terms are. Finally, the session will evaluate what happens with the much-needed work on prevention and anticipation of crises, and the resilience of affected communities, if we agree to target scarce humanitarian funds more narrowly towards life-saving activities.
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
Reaching those who suffer most: Understanding severity of needs
Aquarium
This session aims to build awareness and commitment to the analysis of severity of needs as a precondition for principled, transparent and accountable prioritization of the humanitarian response. The session will discuss what we can learn from current efforts to understand severity of needs (e.g. IPC, JIAF, GPC, UNHCR-WFP Joint Hub on Targeting), and what we still need to put in place to secure a severity of needs analysis that allows for effective prioritization. Ultimately, the session will bring forward recommendations for humanitarian partners on expanding and deepening severity of needs analysis and connecting it with decision-making around prioritization, including between crises.
Saving lives with limited resources: The need to prioritise
Auditorium
This session aims to secure greater commitment to transparent and accountable prioritization of humanitarian action by directing resources towards the most acute needs. The session will discuss how donors and humanitarian organizations can best prioritize their work in the face of today’s overwhelming needs and limited resources. At the same time, it will evaluate why some of the world’s most severe crises remain stubbornly underfunded and what tools are needed for more informed and transparent prioritization within and between crises. The session will furthermore debate the terms “vulnerability” and “humanitarian”, asking what the advantages and disadvantages of using these terms are. Finally, the session will evaluate what happens with the much-needed work on prevention and anticipation of crises, and the resilience of affected communities, if we agree to target scarce humanitarian funds more narrowly towards life-saving activities.
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
Reaching those who suffer most: Understanding severity of needs
Aquarium
This session aims to build awareness and commitment to the analysis of severity of needs as a precondition for principled, transparent and accountable prioritization of the humanitarian response. The session will discuss what we can learn from current efforts to understand severity of needs (e.g. IPC, JIAF, GPC, UNHCR-WFP Joint Hub on Targeting), and what we still need to put in place to secure a severity of needs analysis that allows for effective prioritization. Ultimately, the session will bring forward recommendations for humanitarian partners on expanding and deepening severity of needs analysis and connecting it with decision-making around prioritization, including between crises.
Saving lives with limited resources: The need to prioritise
Auditorium
This session aims to secure greater commitment to transparent and accountable prioritization of humanitarian action by directing resources towards the most acute needs. The session will discuss how donors and humanitarian organizations can best prioritize their work in the face of today’s overwhelming needs and limited resources. At the same time, it will evaluate why some of the world’s most severe crises remain stubbornly underfunded and what tools are needed for more informed and transparent prioritization within and between crises. The session will furthermore debate the terms “vulnerability” and “humanitarian”, asking what the advantages and disadvantages of using these terms are. Finally, the session will evaluate what happens with the much-needed work on prevention and anticipation of crises, and the resilience of affected communities, if we agree to target scarce humanitarian funds more narrowly towards life-saving activities.