Advisory Committee

The main objective of the Advisory Committee is to strengthen participation and ownership of a wide range of actors in the follow up work to the Nansen Initiative and in the implementation of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda. Its function is twofold: 1)To provide expert input and strategic advice to the Chair and Steering Group of the Platform, and, as applicable and appropriate, 2)Support implementation of activities in the Workplan in consultation with the Coordination Unit and the Chair.

The Advisory Committee consists, inter alia, of individuals and representatives of international and regional organizations, research institutions, academia, private sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other civil society stakeholders that have an interest to promote and implement the Protection Agenda and are committed to, individually or collectively, address protection challenges related to disaster displacement. It represents a diverse group of stakeholders with expertise in different fields of relevance to disaster displacement such as humanitarian assistance and protection, human rights, migration management, refugee protection, disaster risk reduction, climate change mitigation and adaption, and development.

The Advisory Committee is chaired by Prof. Walter Kaelin, the Envoy of the Chair of the Steering Group, and the meetings are organised by the Coordination Unit. The Advisory Committee meets at least once a year in Geneva, Switzerland to take stock of progress in implementing the Protection Agenda, share information on effective practices and lessons learned, present new research and new initiatives, assess gaps and challenges and discuss and promote opportunities for further cooperation, coordination and action. The annual meeting will be called by the Chair and organised by the Coordination Unit.

The 2017 Advisory Committee Workshop is taking place on 23-34 October 2017 in Bogy-Bossey, Switzerland. To learn more about this workshop, click here. To learn more about the 2016 Advisory Committee Workshop please read the 2016 Workshop Report or find out the highlights of the event in our News & Events section.

The Advisory Committee of the Platform on Disaster Displacement is composed of:

Advisory Committee Members

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Alaska Institute for Justice (AIJ) × 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) × 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) × 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 â€œClimate Induced Displacement: Challenges & Opportunitiesâ€ 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) × 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) × 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) × Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU)-School of Government (ASoG) Affiliation or Individual: Jose Ramon T Villarin SJ, Antonio G.M. La ViÃ±a, 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, ASoGâ€™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 × 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	Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), the Earth Institute at Columbia University × 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 × 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) × 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
Cook Islands Centre, University of the South Pacific × 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 × 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 Nationâ€™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 × 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) × 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) × Elena Correa for Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) City, Country: BogotÃ¡, 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 × 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) × 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	German Red Cross × German Red Cross Affiliation or Individual: Alexandra Rueth City, Country: Berlin, Germany Region of Work: Global Objective / Mission Statement: * Area of Work Relevant to PDD: Key activities relevant to PDD: *
GIZ - Global Programme on Sustainable Management of human mobility in the context of climate change × GIZ - Global Programme on Sustainable Management of human mobility in the context of climate change Affiliation or Individual: Michael Siebert, Julian Tost City, Country: Bonn and Eschborn, Germany Region of Work: Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania, Global Objective / Mission Statement: As a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and international education work, GIZ is dedicated to building a future worth living around the world. GIZ has over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment, energy and the environment, and peace and security. Area of Work Relevant to PDD: Migration, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Action, Development Key activities relevant to PDD: The progamme (1) Supports partners In the Pacific, the Caribbean and the Philippines at regional, national and sub-national level in managing human mobility in the context of climate change through participatory approaches. (2) Develops and disseminates evidence based knowledge on climate-induced human mobility. (3) Supports international processes by feeding knowledge and experiences from the partner regions into German and international development cooperation. Website: https://www.giz.de Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gizprofile/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/giz_gmbh Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GIZonlineTV	Human Health Aid-Burundi × Human Health Aid-Burundi City, Country: Bujumbura, Burundi Region of Work: Africa Objective / Mission Statement: Human Health Aid–Burundi aims to prevent and respond to emergency situation by carrying out relief activities for victims of war, natural disasters, poverty and political instability in the field of urgent relief, improve the wellbeing and alleviate the sufferings. Area of Work Relevant to PDD: Humanitarian Assistance, Humanitarian Protection, Refugee Protection, Disaster Risk Reduction Key activities relevant to PDD: Community awareness on disaster and response Setting disaster committees in 9 provinces of Burundi whom schools, and churches Training of local roster for disaster response Disaster recovery Providing assistance to IDPs and other victims of disaster Responding to victims of flooding and other natural disasters Website: www.humanhealthaid.jimdo.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/humanhealthaid Twitter: @humanhealthaid