EVENT INFORMATION

CONFERENCE

The 2019 International Humanitarian Conference is part of MERCY Malaysia's 20 Years Anniversary programs. The focus of the conference revolves around current humanitarian action trends and their implications for the people at the core of humanitarian work. How can we successfully advocate for action that supports the most vulnerable? How can humanitarian work help to save lives, protect sustainable development and promote peacebuildingin the larger context of community and resilience? At the same time recognizing their fundamental human rights, irrespective of political interests.

The conference will bring together leading humanitarian thinkers from around the world to discuss agenda revolves around current humanitarian action trends and their implications for the people at the core of humanitarian work. This is the opportunity for humanitarian practitioners, academics, government, non-government and private sector stakeholders to come together over three days of discussions, lectures, panels, case studies, and networking to debate and discuss some of the critical challenges and opportunities for the humanitarian system in the region and globally.

DRIVING COHERENT HUMANITARIAN ACTIONS

The frequency of disasters is growing for the past 20 years, with a marked rise in climate-related disasters and this trend is expected to remain as the major threat to mankind and nature in next one to two decades.

With the current trends in increasing conflicts, war and violence in many fragile states, and poverty is on the rise, increasing people’s vulnerabilities, the 2019 International Humanitarian Conference will address these critical issues through various thematic clusters, which include:

1. Health and medical relief;

2. Building resilience, climate change adaptation, and disaster risk reduction;

3. Shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), rehabilitation and reconstruction, build-back-better;

4. Displacement, conflict, protection, migration and humanitarian law.

Cross-cutting themes which add to the complexity of humanitarian needs and actions will be discussed, among others:

1. City/urban resilience, urbanization, resilient infrastructure, risk-informed development, sustainable development;

2. Mental health and psychosocial support;

3. Gender, equality, social inclusion;

4. Innovative humanitarian financing;

5. Humanitarian leadership;

6. Cohesion in global agendas and commitments;

7. Humanitarian diplomacy;

8. Innovation in humanitarian actions;

      and many others.

PROGRAMS

DAY 1 - AUGUST 5, 2019 - MONDAY

DAY 2 - AUGUST 6, 2019 - TUESDAY

DAY 3 - AUGUST 7, 2019 - WEDNESDAY

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