The DIIS Department of Development Research has the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar with Rekha Das, former Humanitarian Affairs Officer in Darfur, who will be speaking on:
The challenges of coordinating humanitarian assistance in the complex conflict of Darfur
- A humanitarian delegate’s experiences
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 15.00–16.30
Danish Center for International Studies and Human Rights
Lannung Meeting Room (B3.02)
Wilders Plads 8H, 1401 Copenhagen K
Rekha Das completed her M.Sc. in Development Studies and Business Management from Copenhagen Business School in 1998. Since then Ms. Das has worked as a consultant in the field of development programming and planning in Asia and Africa. Her field of specialisation is governance and democratisation processes in development contexts. In July 2004 Ms. Das took leave from her consulting career and worked six months as a Humanitarian Affairs Officer for the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) in Darfur, Sudan. Rekha Das returned to Denmark in January 2005.
The focus of Rekha Das’s presentation is her experiences from working six months in Darfur. Ms. Das will more specifically take point of departure in the humanitarian assistance to North Darfur, where she was based throughout her assignment. Some of her main tasks included facilitation and coordination of the humanitarian assistance of 30 I/NGO and UN Agencies, and being the UN/NGO focal point for dialogue with the rebel movement (SLA/M) in North Darfur in order to ease safe humanitarian access.
Ms. Das will provide an overview of the status and humanitarian consequences of the Darfur conflict and shed light on challenges and constraints of the humanitarian response in the region, as well as the impact of the humanitarian dialogue with the various conflict-related parties.
The seminar will be held in English.
Participation is free of charge, and registration is not required.
Any questions about this seminar should be directed to Esbern Friis-Hansen, Senior Researcher at the DIIS Department of Development Research at |
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