Vianney Bisimwa
Regional Director, Sahel
Biography
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.
@Viabisimwa
Organisation
Center for Civilians in Conflict
NGO
Speaker session
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 :
- How far are humanitarians ready to go to have access and save lives? What is the reality of red lines in practice?
- Why is it difficult for humanitarians to maintain a united position in humanitarian negotiations? What have we done well so far in maintaining a united position?
- What should we improve in the future?
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.
Carl Skau
Deputy Director General
Biography
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.
Organisation
Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden
Member State authority
Speaker session
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 :
- How far are humanitarians ready to go to have access and save lives? What is the reality of red lines in practice?
- Why is it difficult for humanitarians to maintain a united position in humanitarian negotiations? What have we done well so far in maintaining a united position?
- What should we improve in the future?
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.
Vince Chadwick
Brussels correspondent
Organisation
Devex
Other
Speaker session
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 :
- How far are humanitarians ready to go to have access and save lives? What is the reality of red lines in practice?
- Why is it difficult for humanitarians to maintain a united position in humanitarian negotiations? What have we done well so far in maintaining a united position?
- What should we improve in the future?
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.