After the ceasefire

Private sector support for Gaza

Join senior leadership from the United Nations, the International Chamber of Commerce, and the regional business community to hear an update on the ceasefire and discuss the role of the private sector in supporting immediate humanitarian assistance as well as long-term economic development. 

This virtual executive briefing will include:

• An overview by UNOCHA of the situation on the ground in Gaza, with an emphasis on urgent areas of potential collaboration.
• Local and regional perspectives on what the private sector is already doing as well as key challenges.
• An exchange around how best the response can feed into early recovery and reconstruction.

Speakers

• Tom Fletcher
  Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United Nations
• John WH Denton
  Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce
• Bediako Buahene
  Head of Office, OCHA oPt
• Odeh Zaghmouri
  Economic and Organizational Development Advisor, Palestinian Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture
• Rim Siam
  President of the Economic Business Women Council of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce and Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
• Aalia Jafar
  Director of International Relations of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Development
• Jaco Cilliers
  Special Representative of the Administrator, Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People, UNDP
• Lisa Doughten (moderator)
  Director of the Financing and Outreach Division, UNOCHA

Notes

This event is being hosted by UNOCHA and takes place at 5pm Dubai. You can register here.