Awareness-raising Seminar: Resilience in practice

Presentations are now available for download. See programme below.

Network on Humanitarian Assistance (NOHA) and Copenhagen School of Global Health invite all interested to a full day seminar, with presentations, workshops and debate on contemporary humanitarian issues.

The seminar is supported by ECHO (DG Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, European Commission).

 

Resilience in practice – how do we cope?

The concept of resilience in the context of humanitarian assistance, be it of individuals, communities or systems, has been discussed for a number of years, yet the exact meaning of the term and its application is still in the process of being developed. What is resilience and how do we approach it?

This awareness-raising seminar will explore the multi-dimensional concept of resilience, present changing paradigms, explore different research perspectives (for instance, religious, legal, economic, environmental) and examine operational approaches.

The seminar will bring together a wider range of stakeholders - students, academics, practitioners and policy makers – for a debate on this important issue and its implications in humanitarian situations.

Copenhagen arrival information (.pdf)

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Programme

9.00-9.30

Arrival and registration

9.30-10:00

Dr Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen, Head of Studies at Master of Disaster Management, University of Copenhagen & Dr Pat Gibbons, President of NOHA:
Welcome and introduction

10.00-10.05

Mrs Siri Tellier, Seminar Facilitator (former Director, UNFPA, Geneva Office):
Introduction to the seminar

10:05 – 10:20

Mr Rasmus Dahlberg, External Lecturer, Master of Disaster Management, University of Copenhagen:
Local resilience - an historical perspective

10:20 – 10:35

Dr Kristian Cedervall Lauta, Centre for European Constitutionalization and Security, University of Copenhagen:
Law as resilience?

10:35 – 10:50:

Prof Henrik Hansen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen:
Economic resilience

10:50 – 11:00:

Q&A

11.00-11.30:

COFFEE BREAK

WHAT IS RESILIENCE IN PRACTICE?

11:30 -11:50

Prof. Astier Almedom, Copenhagen School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen:
Thoughts on reconciling the "Resilience Imperative" with the "Humanitarian Imperative"

11:50- 12:00

Ms Kathrine Alexandrowiz, Kathalyst Consult:
Organisational resilience – two cases

12:00-12:10

Dr Tania Dræbel, Copenhagen School of Global Health, University of Copenhagen:
Health professionals’ resilience to armed conflict: examples from South Sudan and Guinea-Bissau

12:10-12:20

Ms Laura Vang Rasmussen, PhD Fellow, Department of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen:
Climate change & resilience

12:20-12:30

Q&A

12.30-14.00

BUFFET LUNCH

WHAT IS RESILIENCE IN PRACTICE? (cont.)

14.00-14.15

Mr Anders Ladekarl, Secretary General, Danish Red Cross:
Health Care in Danger

14:15-14:30

Ms Aimee Wielechowski, former Chief of Strategic Planning, OCHA:
Practical challenges in implementing a resilience approach

AFTERNOON GROUP SESSIONS

14.30-15.45

Working groups sessions: What can humanitarian actors do to strengthen resilience?
Working group chairs/Rapporteurs:

• Dr Tamás Lattmann, Zrínyi Miklós University of National Defence and ELTE University
• Ms Cecile de Milliano, Institute for the Study of Culture, University of Groningen
• Dr Cristina Churruca, Director of the NOHA Erasmus Mundus Joint, Masters in International Humanitarian Action, University of Deusto

15.45-16.45

Feedback from working groups: plenary presentation

16.45-17.15

Closing remarks from NOHA

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