Alaska Institute for Justice (AIJ)

Affiliation or Individual:

Robin Bronen

City, Country:

Anchorage, Alaska USA

Region of Work:

the Americas, Oceania

Objective / Mission Statement:

The mission of the Alaska Institute for Justice is to protect the human rights of Alaskans.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action

Key activities relevant to PDD:

The Alaska Institute for Justice is working with Alaska Native Tribes and US and Alaska government agencies to design and implement a community-led relocation process that will protect their human rights. Through this collaboration, AIJ will be leading the development of a relocation governance framework as a disaster risk reduction strategy that: 1) identifies relocation indicators and a decision-making process to determine the point in time when relocation needs to begin; 2) identifies funding strategies for planned relocation; 3) identifies gaps in disaster relief and hazard mitigation legislation to understand how to incorporated planned relocation; and 4) models a collaborative multi-level governance process that protects the human rights of communities faced with relocation.

Website:

www.akijp.org/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/AKIMMIGRATION/

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFCnOYh4K_E

All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)

Affiliation or Individual:

Mihir R. Bhatt

City, Country:

Ahmedabad, India

Region of Work:

Asia

Objective / Mission Statement:

Prepare a society of poor and excluded citizens resilient to hazards, has its own coping mechanisms to manage disaster recovery on its own, and access public resources as their right. Mainstream Disaster Risk Reduction by turning disaster response measures into an opportunity for sustainable human security and poverty alleviation.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Migration, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

AIDMI has worked in different areas of disaster management, including risk reduction (safer schools campaign; child centered disaster risk reduction; risk transfer), knowledge management (education and training; publications in local to global languages; research, evaluations), innovations in disaster response and recovery (Responded to micro and macro disasters. Through response efforts, AIDMI applies a human-security approach - food, shelter, water, and livelihood - that fetuses on long-term recovery and community development), and policy advocacy (through national and regional roundtable, seminars, workshops, and consultations, for encouraging active and meaningful local participation in all disaster related programmes) covering 41 cities and 52 districts.

Website:

www.aidmi.org

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/All-India-Disaster-Mitigation-Institute-293887020238/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/AIDMI_ORG

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/actionandlearning

Arab Network for Environment and Development (RAED)

Affiliation or Individual:

Emad Adly

City, Country:

Cairo, Egypt

Region of Work:

Africa, Asia

Objective / Mission Statement:

RAED is an Arab CSO established November 1990. RAED was founded to satisfy actual needs of the CSOs throughout the Arab Countries. RAED aims to enhance dialogue between Arab CSOs and other relevant stakeholders, exchange of knowledge and experience, develop their capacities and mobilize resources to implement joint developmental projects.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

RAED implemented the project entitled “Climate Induced Displacement: Challenges & Opportunities” in cooperation with the Norwegian Refugee Center, which aimed at providing evidence based policy responses to disaster induced displacement at national level, through policy development & implementation, and to strengthen community resilience and response to disaster induced through a multi stakeholder approach.

RAED General Coordinator is a member in the International Board of the Global Network of CSOs for Disaster Reduction. RAED has encouraged active &concerned NGOs in the region to join the GNDR.

RAED has participated in preparing the National Strategy for DRR & organizes national & regional events on DRR.

Website:

www.raednetwork.org

Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN)

Affiliation or Individual:

Gopal Krishna Siwakoti, Julia Mayerhofer, Asmoro Hadiyanto

City, Country:

Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal and Bangkok, Thailand

Region of Work:

Asia

Objective / Mission Statement:

By upholding human rights doctrines adopted by UN, it embraces universality, indivisibility and interdependence of human rights and strives for effective realization of international instruments. The primary focus is to advocate on behalf of vulnerable and marginalised population to ensure their human rights, including disaster response and protection of refugees, trafficked persons, IDPs, stateless persons and other forced migrants.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Refugee Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction

Key activities relevant to PDD:

• Research, education, advocacy (including lobbying) and training on forced migration including protection of vulnerably moving population (climate displaces included) both within and beyond borders
• Ratification campaign of all international instruments relevant to the protection of the human rights of migrants, displaced and moving population
• Development of mutually agreed bi-lateral common minimum standards and MoUs for protection of forced migrants
• Support towards formulation of comprehensive gender-sensitive and rights-based policies to ensure compliance with international legal standards and benchmarks
Undertaking quantitative and qualitative research, data collection and analysis on migratory mobility approach.

Website:

www.aprrn.info www.inhuredinternational.org

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/APRefugeeRightsN

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/aprrn_?lang=en

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Affiliation or Individual:

Bart Edes

City, Country:

Manila, Philippines

Region of Work:

Asia

Objective / Mission Statement:

The Asian Development Bank aims for an Asia and Pacific free from poverty. Its mission is to help developing member countries reduce poverty and improve the quality of life of their people. ADB in partnership with member governments, independent specialists and other financial institutions delivers projects that create economic and development impact.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

From 2011 to 2014 ADB approved over $13 billion in climate financing. ADB's own resources provided $11.2 billion while external resources contributed a little over $2 billion. ADB helps its member countries become more resilient to the effects of disasters. Between August 1987 and December 2013, ADB approved $19.5 billion for 631 disaster risk management-related projects. This has included flood control and integrated water resource management projects, as well as the development of innovative ways of financing disaster risk management.

Website:

www.adb.org

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/AsianDevBank/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/ADB_HQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU)-School of Government (ASoG)

Affiliation or Individual:

Jose Ramon T Villarin SJ, Antonio G.M. La Viña, Mary Jean Caleda

City, Country:

Quezon City, Philippines

Region of Work:

Asia

Objective / Mission Statement:

The vision of the Ateneo School of Government (ASoG) is to work for a Philippines of prosperous, sustainable, just and happy communities enabled and empowered by democratic, participatory, transparent and accountable governance institutions and processes.
As the graduate school of leadership and public service of the Ateneo de Manila University, ASoG’s mission and vision emphasize creating a mosaic of change by enabling and connecting leaders and communities through work with national government agencies, local government Units, academic and research institutions, civil society organizations, private sector and local communities, and the international community.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

As a premier institute of learning, AdMU-ASoG has a reputation in: a) evidence-based research, knowledge building and sharing; b) capacity building for national line agencies, LGUs, private sector and civil society organizations geared to developing skills in designing, implementing, managing and evaluating more responsive programs and services, while improving capacities for analyzing emerging development issues and pioneering governance interventions; and, c) ensuring broad-based participation, transparency and inclusiveness in policy-making and governance.
It has had many years of successful strategic partnerships and engagements at all levels, across many sectors, and with local and international organizations. Its Environment and Climate Change Cluster is engaged in work (research and training) on climate and land use, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, climate change negotiation and policy support, and cross-sectoral issues such as leadership and governance, and institutional reforms.
ASoG sits as the CSO/academe representative to the Philippines National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

Website:

www.ateneo.edu/aps/asog/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Ateneo-School-of-Government-184899441278/

Bread for the World - Protestant Development Service

Affiliation or Individual:

Sophia Wirsching

City, Country:

Berlin, Germany

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

Bread for the World is the globally active development and relief agency of the Protestant Churches in Germany. In more than 90 countries we aim to empower the poor and marginalized to improve their living conditions. Key issues of our work are food security, the promotion of health and education, the access to water, the strengthening of democracy, respecting human rights, keeping peace and the integrity of creation.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Protection, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Where climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of disasters, Bread for World combines the diverse competences of emergency aid and development cooperation to assist people in the most affected regions in the long term to adapt to the impacts of climate change and to prepare for the disasters it entails. We aim to improve the link between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation considering the potential impact of human mobility. Together with our partners, we are developing strategies that not only aim to avoid displacement and forced migration but instead allow for prepared, safe and regular migration.

Website:

www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/brotfuerdiewelt

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/BROT_furdiewelt

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/brotfuerdieweltvideo

Caritas Internationalis

Affiliation or Individual:

Floriana Polito

City, Country:

Palazzo San Calisto – Vatican City State V-00120

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

Caritas Internationalis is a global Confederation of 165 Catholic Church-related humanitarian and development organizations with a mandate to respond to humanitarian needs without distinction as to origin, nationality, creed or sex. Caritas, which is present in nearly 200 countries and territories, has adopted people-centered initiatives to bring about change in the lives of affected and at risk communities.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Caritas responds practically to humanitarian crises such as natural disasters, conflict and the effects of climate change. We save lives, relieve suffering and help rebuild livelihoods and communities in the longer-term.

Caritas promotes integral human development so that people in the worst off and most disadvantaged communities are free to flourish and live in peace and dignity. We work to ensure that our natural environment is managed responsibly and sustainably in the interests of the entire human family.

Website:

https://www.caritas.org/

Facebook:

https://it-it.facebook.com/IAmCaritas/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/iamcaritas

Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/IAmCaritas/videos

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), the Earth Institute at Columbia University

Affiliation or Individual:

Alex de Sherbinin, Susana Adamo

City, Country:

Palisades, NY, USA

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

CIESIN works at the intersection of the social, natural and information sciences, specializing in on-line data and information management, spatial data integration and training, and interdisciplinary research related to human-environment interactions. Its mission is to provide access to and enhance the use of information worldwide, serving the needs of science and public and private decision-making.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Migration, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Among CIESIN's activities relevant to PDD are: exposure and vulnerability mapping (related to disasters and climate change); migration modeling and method development; global estimates of environmental migration; geospatial data integration; georeferenced database development.

Website:

www.ciesin.columbia.edu/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/CIESIN-at-Earth-Institute-Columbia-University/543256442435947

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/ciesin?lang=en

Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS), Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

Affiliation or Individual:

Carl Middleton

City, Country:

Bangkok, Thailand

Region of Work:

Asia

Objective / Mission Statement:

The Center for Social Development Studies produces interdisciplinary critical research on innovative, inclusive and sustainable regional development in Southeast Asia. We seek to engage in policy-making through undertaking research in partnership with those facing development challenges, collaborating in research, policy and academic networks, and by sharing our research publicly.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

We undertake critical interdisciplinary research on five themes: resource politics; (rethinking) regionalization; human rights, human security and justice; innovation and knowledge; and democratization and public sphere. We have recently completed research on the political ecology of flooding and migration in Southeast Asia (www.csds-chula.org/floodingmigration/). The research aimed to complicate simplistic readings of environmental change as a singular driver of migration, and thus sensitize flood hazard policy agendas to the complexities of migration. We currently collaborate with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute in a regional study on the relationship between disaster and people displacement through a human rights lens in the Asia Pacific.

Website:

http://www.csds-chula.org

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/CSDSChula/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/CSDS_ChulaUniv

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Zgs8xa7BFpMMJD529go5w

Chatham House and Refugee Studies Centre (Oxford)

Affiliation or Individual:

Dr. Jeff Crisp

City, Country:

Oxford and London, UK

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

I work on global refugee, displacement and humanitarian policy at the Refugee Studies
Centre, Oxford, and Chatham House in London. Formerly Head of Policy Development and
Evaluation at UNHCR.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Migration

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Writing, commenting speaking and broadcasting regularly on refugee, displacement and
humanitarian issues. Engaged with the Chatham House/Overseas Development Institute
Forum on Refugee and Migration Policy.

Website:

https://www.chathamhouse.org/research/topics/international-law-and-governance

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/JFCrisp?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

COAST Trust

Affiliation or Individual:

Rezaul Karim Chowdhury

City, Country:

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Region of Work:

Asia

Objective / Mission Statement:

COAST organizes strategically important activities related to development, which in turn, will facilitate the sustainable and equitable improvement of life, especially of women, children and disadvantaged population of coastal areas in Bangladesh through their increased participation in the socio-economic, cultural and civic life.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

COAST organizes campaign and advocacy for ensuring the right of people who are at risk of disaster displacement. It also advocates at national level for formulating policies so that the country can prevent and prepare for displacement before and after a disaster strikes. Those who are displaced in the coastal area, COAST ensures capital support, health, education and transfer technologies for ensuring their livelihoods.

Since 2007, COAST, along with other organizations, has been raising the International Protocol, Global Compact on Migration and Disaster Displacement issue in the CoP, so that countries recognize and formulate policies to address displacement problems.

Website:

http://coastbd.net

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/coastbd/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/CoastTrust

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs7YIY6mf6JBJzML8h33MjQ?reload=9

Cook Islands Centre, University of the South Pacific

City, Country:

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Region of Work:

Objective / Mission Statement:

To strengthen the protection of Pacific peoples who may be, or have been, displaced internally or across borders in the context of disasters, including disasters linked to climate change, and to prevent or reduce disaster displacement risks.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

1. Preparation and approval of a framework for harmonised entry and stay by Pacific Leaders.
2. Mapping and analysis of existing regional migration and labour law relevant to voluntary adaptive migration; identification of gaps and opportunities; gaps and opportunities addressed.
3. Mapping and analysis of existing regional planned internal relocation projects mapped against Protection Agenda; follow-up activities identified and, where possible, actioned.
4. Human mobility dimension appropriately included in relevant regional, bilateral and national level processes and frameworks.
5. Knowledge generated and used effectively, and gaps in information and understanding addressed.

Daniel Fitzpatrick for Monash University

City, Country:

Melbourne, Australia

Region of Work:

Asia, Oceania

Objective / Mission Statement:

Professor Fitzpatrick undertakes research on housing, land and property rights after natural disasters.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Professor Fitzpatrick has extensive experience in the public policy of property rights after natural disasters. He was the United Nation’s land rights adviser in tsunami-affected Indonesia (2005-6). He is the primary author of the UN guidelines on addressing land issues after natural disasters [Land and Disasters: Guidance for Practitioners (2010)]. He has worked with Oxfam International on land issues after the earthquake in Nepal, and after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. He advised UNESCAP on land issues after Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. He worked with the Nansen Initiative on land and natural disasters in the South Pacific.

Website:

https://law.anu.edu.au/staff/daniel-fitzpatrick

Demola Okeowo

City, Country:

Vancouver, Canada

Region of Work:

Africa, the Americas

Objective / Mission Statement:

Research

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Refugee Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Researching and publishing on the normative contents of the Protection Agenda. Research Interests in the work of the PDD, cross-border disaster displacement, and the development of Disaster Displacement Law.

Eduardo Valencia-Ospina, Member UN International Law Commission (ILC),(re-elected 2017-2021)

City, Country:

Geneva, Switzerland

Region of Work:

Global

Objective / Mission Statement:

Progressive development and codification of international law

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action

Key activities relevant to PDD:

The ILC elected me in 2007 to be its Special Rapporteur on the topic "Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters". On the basis of eight reports I submitted between 2008 and 2016, the ILC was able at its last session in 2016 to adopt by consensus a definitive set of eighteen Drat Articles and a Preamble on the topic, together with their corresponding Commentaries. It then transmitted the whole in its annual report to the General Assembly ( A/71/10, Chapter IV ) with the recommendation, also adopted by consensus, that it be made the basis for the elaboration of an international convention. The Assembly, at its last (71st.) session adopted an autonomous resolution ( A/RES/71/141 ) inscribing in the agenda for its 2018 (73rd. ) session a separate item in order to discuss the observations by States and take a decision on the ILC's recommendation as to the final form to be given to its definitive set of Draft Articles. The ILC adopted the proposal made in my Eighth report to insert in Draft Article 3 (a) concerning the definition of "Disaster", an express reference to "mass displacement" as one of the listed four possible outcomes required for a "calamitous" event to be regarded as a "disaster" for the purposes of the Draft Articles.

Website:

legal.un.org//ilc

Elena Correa for Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR)

City, Country:

Bogotá, Colombia

Region of Work:

the Americas

Objective / Mission Statement:

To build capacity in different countries to plan and implement planned relocation properly

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Disaster Risk Reduction, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Research on preventive resettlement (planned relocation) as a measure for adapting to climate change and disaster risk reduction.

Website:

ww.ere.com.co

Elisa Fornalé

Affiliation or Individual:

Elisa Fornalé

City, Country:

Bern, Switzerland

Region of Work:

Asia, Oceania

Objective / Mission Statement:

I have an expertise on migration, climate change and human rights. Within the framework of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Trade Regulation, I was part of the Work Package 4 on Migration and Trade achieved key results; and I also co-organized with dr. Marion Panizzon the 2011 Global Forum on Migration and Development with the Swiss Federal Office for Migration.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

In my capacity of SNSF Professor, I am implementing the project “Framing Environmental Degradation, Human Mobility and Human Development as a Matter of Common Concern“ (CLI_M_CO2); I am also Responsible Scientist of the ‘Climate Security with Local Authorities’ (CLISEL) Project, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme and by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
CLI_M_CO2 contributes to the conceptualization of environmentally induced migration through a normative framework grounded on the emerging principle of common concern; CLISEL explores the impacts of climate change on migration and the relevant security issues from the perspective of local authorities.

Website:

https://www.wti.org/institute/people/291/fornale-elisa

Facebook:

tps://www.facebook.com/Clisel.H2020/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Clisel_H2020

Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO)

City, Country:

Country Office: Guatemala (FLACSO Guatemala)

Region of Work:

the Americas

Objective / Mission Statement:

Conduct high quality teaching, research and advocacy programs to contribute to the construction of a pluralistic, critical and propositive thinking and the transformation of social reality in Guatemalan and Central American countries in the framework of development and democracy.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Contribute to the development of knowledge in the social sciences with the promotion of research and training activities related to human mobility, exclusion, inequality, poverty, human development, conflict and violence, climate change, natural resources, and rural development. Contribute to the improvement the capacities of the related actors from the fields of civil society and governmental entities to confront the problems of poverty and migration, climate change and development. Generate spaces for reflection and propositional debate for the promotion of visions, activities, lines of work and public policies.

Website:

www.flacso.edu.gt

Food for the Hungry

Affiliation or Individual:

Josh Ayers

City, Country:

Phoenix, USA

Region of Work:

Africa, the Americas, Asia

Objective / Mission Statement:

Food for the Hungry, for over 40 years, serves through multi-sectoral relief and development in 20 countries globally. Inspired by our Christian belief that everyone has intrinsic value, we serve based on need alone. We strive to respect the culture of those we serve, preserving their humanity and dignity.

Area of Work Relevant to PDD:

Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Migration, Human Rights, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development

Key activities relevant to PDD:

Food for the Hungry’s goal is to see children thrive in key relationships within healthy families and communities; a goal undermined by disasters, shocks and stresses. These impacts are influenced by complex dynamics between hazards, the vulnerabilities of people, and the social, political, natural, physical, economic and human factors of their context. These facets are ever changing. Thus, when shocks hit a system, they do not occur in isolation; rather they interact with multiple factors to compound or relieve their impact.
Food for the Hungry works to develop integrated strategies to reduce risk and increase resilience so that communities and households can recover for continued transformation.

Website:

https://www.fh.org/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/foodforthehungry/

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/food4thehungry

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/FoodfortheHungry