Lisa Doughten
Director Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division
Biography
Lisa Doughten Director, Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division Lisa Doughten was appointed Director of OCHA's Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division in November 2022. Ms. Doughten brings 30 years' experience in humanitarian and development settings, with a strong commitment to creating impact through strategic partnerships and financing solutions, managing international operations and gender equality. Between 2008 to 2022, Ms. Doughten served in various leadership roles in OCHA, UNICEF and UN Women, building partnerships, financial support and advocacy for people affected by crises and poverty. Prior to that, she focused on field operations through her work and deployments to crises with the World Food Programme (WFP), preceded by her work with a private sector consulting firm, during which she designed and implemented disaster preparedness and response plans in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Ms. Doughten began her international career working for the US Agency for International Development's (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) in the former Yugoslavia from 1993 to 1998. Ms. Doughten, an American national, has an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a BA in International Studies from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She has working knowledge of Spanish and French, in addition to being able to navigate her way in Italian and Serbo-Croatian.
Organisation
OCHA
International organisation
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.
Dominik Stillhart
Ambassador, Deputy Director General
Biography
Dominik Stillhart joined the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Deputy Director General and Head of Humanitarian Aid within the Swiss Development Cooperation early 2023. Before, he worked 30 years with the ICRC, as Director of Operations from 2014 until 2022. He holds a Master's degree in Economic Sciences (University of St. Gallen) and a MSc in Social Policy&Planning (LSE).
Organisation
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Other
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.
Eamon Gilmore
European Union Special Representative
Biography
Eamon Gilmore is the EU Special Representative for Human Rights and also the EU Special Envoy for Colombia. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland. He was a member of the Irish Parliament from 1989 to 2016, and was Leader of the Irish Labour Party.
Organisation
Human Rights
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.