Charlotte Fontaine
Regional Food Security Thematic Expert
Organisation
DG ECHO
EU institutions
Speaker session
Strengthening synergies between humanitarian and development actors in protracted and complex crises
Auditorium
This high-level session will explore new modalities for engagement by development actors in protracted and complex humanitarian crises, including where traditional modes of engagement with national authorities are not feasible. Donors, development and humanitarian organizations and policy experts will discuss what new mechanisms may be needed to sustain basic services over time in complex crises; what principled and effective engagement with local authorities and communities could look like in politically estranged contexts; and how development, humanitarian and political approaches can be combined to tackle to root drivers of protracted crisis while addressing people’s immediate needs.
Charlotte Slente
Secretary General
Biography
Ms. Slente has been the Secretary General of the Danish Refugee Council since 2019. Coming from a long career in the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Charlotte held multiple senior management roles central to Denmark's development and humanitarian policy and served high-level diplomatic posts, including Under- Secretary of State for Global Politics and Security and Ambassador for Fragile States.
Organisation
Danish Refugee Council
NGO
Speaker session
Strengthening synergies between humanitarian and development actors in protracted and complex crises
Auditorium
This high-level session will explore new modalities for engagement by development actors in protracted and complex humanitarian crises, including where traditional modes of engagement with national authorities are not feasible. Donors, development and humanitarian organizations and policy experts will discuss what new mechanisms may be needed to sustain basic services over time in complex crises; what principled and effective engagement with local authorities and communities could look like in politically estranged contexts; and how development, humanitarian and political approaches can be combined to tackle to root drivers of protracted crisis while addressing people’s immediate needs.
Sameer Chauhan
Director
Organisation
UNICC
Other
Speaker session
Strengthening synergies between humanitarian and development actors in protracted and complex crises
Auditorium
This high-level session will explore new modalities for engagement by development actors in protracted and complex humanitarian crises, including where traditional modes of engagement with national authorities are not feasible. Donors, development and humanitarian organizations and policy experts will discuss what new mechanisms may be needed to sustain basic services over time in complex crises; what principled and effective engagement with local authorities and communities could look like in politically estranged contexts; and how development, humanitarian and political approaches can be combined to tackle to root drivers of protracted crisis while addressing people’s immediate needs.