Humanitarian diplomacy and international development paradigms

The Symposium will debate how international development can become more sustainable and equitable, and will take a deeper look into the need of transforming the architecture of foreign aid itself, while exploring effective regional philanthropy frameworks.

While top-down approaches have been the traditionally prevalent models, borderless challenges require a prioritization of local contexts and lived experiences. Questions to consider include what development tools should institutions undertake to ensure adaptive financing and context-specific conditionalities.

Co-hosted by the Fiker Institute and the Fatima Bint Mohamed bin Zayed Initiative, the event will feature high-level speakers from government, the United Nations, and philanthropy.

Speakers

• Maywand Jabarkhyl
  Director General of the Fatima Bint Mohamed bin Zayed Initiative
• Sonia Ben Jaafar
  CEO, Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation
• Batool Hassan
  Executive director, Meem Foundation
• Tala Al-Ramahi
  Mohamed Bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity
• Guy Cave
  President, Legatum Foundation
• Bérangère Böell
  United Nations Resident Coordinator for UAE
• Henriette Müller
  Assistant Professor of Gender, Governance and Society at New York University Abu Dhabi

Notes

This event is taking place at the Fiker Institute in Dubai. From 2pm. Registration is at the entrance.