Amman –The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will bring together key humanitarian and development stakeholders to collectively consider future directions of the response to the protracted crisis in Syria, now well into its fifth year. The Forum will include UN agencies; international financial institutions; donors; representatives of international and national non-governmental organizations; and the private sector, alongside senior representatives of Governments in the countries neighbouring the war-torn country.
Hosted by the Government of Jordan, on 8 and 9 November 2015, in the Dead Sea, under the title, Resilience Development Forum: Integrating Responses, Expanding Partnerships, the event aims to focus on the wide range of resilience-building responses required to address the devastating consequences of the conflict in Syria, and the impact on refugees and host communities in neighbouring countries.
Journalists, photographers and media technical staff wishing to cover the Resilience Development Forum must receive accreditation in advance by completing and submitting the form on the following link: http://www.resilience-forum.org/for-the-media/
What : Resilience Development Forum: Integrating Responses, Expanding Partnerships
When : The Forum comprises three main components (details below):
Resilience-building Innovation Marketplace, 8-9 November 2015, 09:00 – 17:00
Open to the Media. Featuring a Speakers Corner for Exhibitors to show-case innovative initiatives in response to the Syria crisis
Topical Roundtable Discussions - 8 November 2015, 09:00 – 17:00
The six roundtables (3 sets of 2 parallel sessions) are open to the Media and will feature press conferences by UN agencies and partners hosting the roundtables to answer media enquiries.
Resilience Development Forum High Level Panels, 9 November 2015, starting at 09:00
Only inaugural session and subsequent press conference will be open to the media.
Where : King Hussein Convention Centre, the Dead Sea, in Jordan
Who : Panelists and Speakers include:
High-level Government Representatives from the Syria crisis sub-region:
HE Imad Fakhoury, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Jordan; HE Reem Abou Hassan, Minister of Social Development, Jordan; and senior government representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey
From the United Nations:
Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator; Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees; Anthony Lake, Executive Director UNICEF; Staffan de Mistura, UN Special Envoy for Syria; William Swing, Director-General IOM ; Amir Abdallah, Deputy Executive Director, WFP; Sima Bahous, UNDP Regional Director for Arab States; Kevin Kennedy, Regional Humanitarian Coordinator; and Ferid Belhaj, World Bank Director for the Middle East
From Inter-governmental Organizations:
Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy, EU NEAR; and Stefan Kapferer, Deputy Secretary General, OECD
From Donor Countries:
Ulrika Modéer, State Secretary for International Development Co-operation, Sweden; Elina Kalkku, Under-Secretary of State for Development Policy, Finland; and Andreas Gies, Director General for Development Cooperation, Germany
From the NGO community:
Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council; Andreas Kamm, Secretary-General of Danish Refugee Council; and Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO Mercy Corps
From the Private Sector:
Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization and the UN Global Network on Promoting Digital Technologies for Sustainable Urbanization
The Forum comprises three main components:
Resilience-building Innovation Marketplace, on 8-9 November 2015, which will provide a platform for knowledge sharing and networking on innovative approaches to resilience-building employed by stakeholders involved in the Syria crisis response, in the form of 30 exhibition booths.
Topical Roundtable Discussions, on 8 November 2015, hosted by a number of leading UN agencies and partners debating priority challenging topics related to resilience building in the context of the Syria crisis, including, UNICEF’s No Lost Generation initiative, resilience of municipal services, and sustainable livelihoods and employment.
High Level Panels, on 9 November 2015 that will debate and build consensus on specific policy and strategic actions to address main bottlenecks and unresolved challenges in the current approach to the Syria response, including:
- Changes required to design and implement aid architecture fit for resilience;
- Inclusive means to maintain stability and harmony in communities hosting refugees ;
- Increased private sector engagement in the response; and
- Tools to strengthen resilience inside Syria during the continuing conflict.
Outcomes of the Forum will be captured in a set of key milestones that will form the basis for a Resilience Agenda, which integrates humanitarian and development components of the responses of the international community, national counterparts and development partners, strengthening existing collaboration and expanding partnerships to include new critical actors, such as the private sector.
The Resilience Development Forum is organized within the framework of the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP), and the Regional United Nations Development Group. The scope of the RDF includes the six countries that are most affected by the Syria crisis – Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.
Contact Information
Dania Darwish, Communication Coordinator for the RDF, UNDP Mobile Tel: +962 79 680 4793 e-mail: dania.darwish@undp.org
Noeman AlSayyad, Regional Communication Advisor for Arab States, UNDP Mobile Tel: +962 79 567 2901 e-mail: noeman.alsayyad@undp.org