As CIVIC's Regional Director for the Sahel, Vianney Bisimwa is responsible for support to communities' Self-protection programs, Governments, Security and Defense Forces' efforts to put the protection of civilians at the heart of responses to instability, and Civil Society organization's advocacy to Institutions to prioritize POC. Through the innovative and pragmatic research, advocacy, capacity building, and technical advice approaches and tools, he leads CIVIC's effort to reduce civilians harm and better protect communities affected by the conflict in the Sahel. He served as Country Director in Mali and Head of the Goma and Kinshasa Offices in the DRC with Search for Common Ground. In addition, he worked in the Central African Republic (CAR) as Social Cohesion Program Manager with Danish Refugee Council, and as Head of the Humanitarian and Tackling Violence and Building Peace program of Christian Aid in DRC.
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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.
He has served as Ambassador and Special Envoy for Venezuela, Ambassador and Deputy Representative to the UN Security Council during Sweden's term as an elected member and has also worked for the EU and the UN, including in Africa and Latin America.
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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.