Guests: Jean Duff
Coordinator of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities

Interviewer: Mark Simmons

According to Jean Duff, Coordinator of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities, the focus on localization at the #WHSummit has helped to give the visibility of faith-based communities and their efforts and contributions to humanitarian assistance. To strengthen their engagement, a focus should be on capacity building and pragmatic partnerships and faith-based organizations should speak up and organize themselves better so that donors and other organizations see them as viable partners.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Tyler Radford
Executive Director, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team

Interviewer: Angharad Laing

Tyler Radford, Executive Director of Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, talked to Angharad Laing about the World Humanitarian Summit, including the controversy over bringing humanitarian and development work together under the same umbrella.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Tatiana Viviane
Director, FHAP

Interviewer: Mark Simmons

Tatiana Viviane, Director of Femme Homme Action Plus (FHAP) and her partner organization WarChild are giving a voice to the children affected by war. They call on world leaders at the #WHSummit to put children at the heart of humanitarian action, providing them with appropriate education and other services. Find more of their messages at https://www.warchild.org.uk/news/war-child-and-world-humanitarian-summit

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Sunday Babatunde,
Regional Humanitarian Civil Military Coordination Officer, OCHA

Interviewer: Angharad Laing

PHAP member Sunday Babatunde shares his views on the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul. Sunday is Regional Humanitarian Civil Military Coordination Officer with OCHA, based in Addis Abeba.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Steven E.B. Koroma
Head of Branch Development and Governance Support, Sierra Leone Red Cross Society

Interviewer: Hana Salama

Steven E.B. Koroma, Head of Branch Development and Governance Support, Sierra Leone Red Cross Society is hopeful that the uplifting messages at the #WHSummit will be converted into meaningful action. Coming from a country affected by environmental deterioration, he stresses the need to do more in the area of Disaster Risk Reduction.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Stephen McDonald
Director, Centre for Humanitarian Leadership

Interviewer: Angharad Laing

Stephen McDonald, Director of the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership, shares his thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit, the importance of collaboration, and the need to properly discuss within the humanitarian sector how to relate to the development agenda.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Sara Almer
CaLP Coordinator

Interviewer: Angharad Laing

Sara Almer, CaLP Coordinator on the need to take cash transfer programming to scale and on how the #GrandBargain could help to make better use of cash transfer programming in preparedness efforts. The Agenda for Cash, developed by 40 organizations ahead of the #WHSummit, provides a framework for action and mutual accountability beyond the summit.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Pauline Chetcuti
Responsable Plaidoyer et Policy Humanitaire – Head of Humanitarian Advocacy and Policy, Action Contre la Faim (ACF) - France

Interviewer: Hana Salama

Pauline Chetcuti, Action Contre la Faim, reflects on the importance of humanitarian principles, in particular neutrality and impartiality and the need for negotiations and dialogue with all actors in order to gain access to vulnerable populations trapped in conflict situations. Various members of Coordination SUD, a platform of French humanitarian INGOs, have put forward a joint statement to #WHSummit to advocate for these principles.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guests: Razwan Nabin
South Asia Regional Focal Point for the WHS, UN Major Group for Children and Youth

Interviewer: Mark Simmons

As South Asia Regional Focal Point for the WHS Razwan Nabin facilitates youth participation and engagement from South Asia at the #WHSummit. Engaging young people is crucial for putting people at the center of humanitarian action and more changes are needed to ensure a better representation and integration of young people and communities in the humanitarian architecture.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guests: Nimisha Goswami
Project Specialist, International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF)

Interviewer: Hana Salama

Nimisha Goswami’s organization, the International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF), works on reproductive health in crises at the local and community level. She welcomes the inclusiveness of the #WHSummit and having been able to exchange information with other civil society organizations on topics including gender and the special needs of women and girls.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Neil Buhne
UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan

Interviewer: Angharad Laing

Neil Buhne, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan, on the World Humanitarian Summit, the growing complexity of the humanitarian landscape, and the relevance of upcoming sessions in Istanbul.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Murat Daoudov
President, Middle East Development Network (MDN)
Lecturer, Marmara University

Interviewer: Angharad Laing

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guests: Martin Barber
Special Advisor to OCHA on the World Humanitarian Summit

Interviewer: Angharad Laing

Martin Barber, Special Advisor to OCHA on the World Humanitarian Summit, highlights how the changing humanitarian language – people centered approach and localization – affects how humanitarians think about the the relationship between affected communities and those providing assistance. He explains that why it was good not to discuss the humanitarian architecture at this #WHSummit, but that the implementation of ideas and commitments on the localization of humanitarian action would allow for more adequate discussions about necessary adjustments in the system later on.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guests: Mark Simmons
CEO, Cord

Interviewer: Kirsten Johnson

Mark Simmons, CEO of Cord, reflects on how - in addition to meeting physical needs - humanitarian action should help communities flourish by considering their social needs. At the #WHSummit he has observed some positive developments concerning the recognition of the role religion plays in many cultures and the importance of better including faith-based communities in humanitarian action.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Marco Rotelli
Secretary General, INTERSOS

Interviewer: Mark Simmons

Marco Rotelli, Secretary General of INTERSOS says more pressure is needed, including from NGOs, to ensure concrete commitments are made by political leaders at the #WHSummit. A stronger focus on prevention of conflicts is crucial, but when discussing linking humanitarian and development efforts, a clear distinction between the different fields must be maintained.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guests: Gavin R. Armstrong, CEO and President; Lydia Summerlee, Impact and Engagement Specialist, Lucky Iron Fish

Interviewer: Hana Salama

The Lucky Iron Fish is a health innovation to combat iron deficiency. For every fish sold online, one fish is donated to a family in need. For them, the #WHSummit helps to #ShareHumanity by providing a space to build partnerships and to exchange ideas among innovators. It also helps to get governments to empower small and medium enterprises to develop innovations.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Kirsten Johnson,
CEO, Humanitarian U

Interviewer: Angharad Laing

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Kimberly Brown
Conflict and Humanitarian Policy and Advocacy Adviser, Save the Children International

Interviewer: Hana Salama

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guest: Karen Koning AbuZayd
UN Special Adviser on the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants

Interviewer: Angharad Laing

Karen Koning AbuZayd, Special Adviser on the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants and PHAP Board Member, interviewed regarding the World Humanitarian Summit, its role in relation to other events taking place this year, and the importance that migration and refugees are given more positive attention and a different narrative.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.

Guests: Husni Al-Barazi
Founder, Big Heart Foundation

Interviewer: Hana Salama

Husni Al-Barazi is the Founder of Big Heart Foundation, a Syrian humanitarian and development NGO with a private sector background which focuses on food security, shelter, NFI, WASH and education in forgotten areas of Syria. At the #WHSummit, he would have liked to see more engagement of the G7 or P5 and more time for expert discussions and possibly solutions regarding issues such as staff security.

PHAP members and others share their thoughts on the World Humanitarian Summit process in Istanbul, 22-24 May 2016.The association is present in Istanbul to help amplify practitioner voices and bring clarity to the Summit process for those unable to participate on-site.

PHAP is the individual-based professional association bringing together all parts of the humanitarian sector. With a shared vision that human life and dignity are safeguarded in the face of humanitarian crises, the association’s mission is to empower capable and informed professionals to transform humanitarian action.