Hear from UNDP, Red Cross, WFP, USAID and BBC Media Action at Aid & Development Asia Summit 2017

By AIDF
12 May 2017
Hear from UNDP, Red Cross, WFP, USAID and BBC Media Action at Aid & Development Asia Summit 2017

Aid & Development Asia Summit is fast approaching! You are invited to take part and network with decision makers and advisors from government, UN agencies, NGOs, civil society, donors and solution providers on 14-15 June 2017 at the MICC-2 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar
You will have opportunity todiscuss best practice, policy updates and donor strategy in Southeast Asia, as well as gain insight into the latest technological innovations and development programmes.
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The summit gathers an excellent panellists panel from NGOs, UN agencies, regional governments and the private sector will addresses the following topics:
Mobile for Development Programmes and Innovations
Funding and Procurement Trends in Myanmar and Southeast Asia
Innovations and Policies to Support Community Resilience & Food Security
Building a Culture of Resilience and Strengthening Disaster Preparedness
Early Warning Systems, Data Collection and Mapping
Technologies and Initiatives for Meeting Education SDGs in Myanmar
Building Successful Public-Private-People Partnerships
Innovations and Best Practice to Tackle Communicable Diseases
Improving Maternal and Child Health, as well as WASH practices
Data Strategy to Support SDGs
Communication, Connectivity and Social Networks
Humanitarian Logistics: Getting Aid into Areas of Reduced Infrastructure
Cash-Based Programmes and Financial Inclusion
Take a look at the 2017 agenda and the speaker list to date.
Amongst 40+ expert speakers at the Aid & Development Asia Summit 2017 are:
Dr Tin Htut, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Irrigation, Myanmar
Peter Batchelor, Country Director, UNDP
Vikram Kumar, Country Manager, International Finance Corporation
NiiaraAbliamitova, Chief Procurement Officer, UN-ESCAP
Moe Thu, Associate Director, Humanitarian & Emergency Affairs, Myanmar, World Vision
Shashank Mishra, Disaster Risk Reduction Program Director, UN-Habitat
Dr Aung Kyaw Htut, Deputy Secretary General, Myanmar Red Cross Society
Siemon Hollema, Senior Programme & Policy Adviser for Asia & the Pacific, World Food Programme (WFP)
Ed Pauker, Country Director, Myanmar, BBC Media Action
Kieran Gorman-Best, Head of Mission, Myanmar, International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Sridhar Dharmapuri, Senior Food Safety and Nutrition Officer, FAO
Dr Stephan Paul Jost, Country Representative, Myanmar, World Health Organization
Simon Gee, Managing Director, Asia-Pacific,TechSoup
Ernesto Castro-Garcia, Director of Regional Programs Asia-Pacific, Habitat for Humanity
The Aid & Development Asia Summit offers two days of presentations, engaging panel and roundtable discussions, case studies; networking lunches and an evening reception on Wednesday 14th June to meet with top-level decision-makers and influencers in Asian humanitarian aid and development sector.
For more information please visit http://asia.aidforum.org;
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