Speakers

Ms Nimo Hassan leads the Somali NGO Consortium (SNC), a coordination mechanism of NGOs for NGOs. Given the highly insecure environment, the complexity of the operating environment and the large numbers of agencies working in Somalia, a coherent and unified NGO voice is critical to successful development policies and humanitarian assistance provision. At the global policy level, she co-chaired the IASC Result Group One Subgroup on Localization. As co-chair she steered the production of the IASC Guidance on Strengthening Participation, Representation and Leadership of Local and National Actors in IASC Humanitarian Coordination Mechanisms . She is now ICVA representative at the IASC Operational Policy and Advocacy Group (OPAG).