North/South NGO partnerships

This panel discussed how the partnership model operated during the latest humanitarian crisis in Jordan, Ethiopia and Philippines. The panel focused specifically on the key elements of a successful partnership, the challenges encountered and how these have been overcome.

In light of these case studies, the panel also tried to identify whether and how power relations between INGOs and NGOs have influenced the partnership and to what extent North/South NGO partnership has improved the effectiveness, connectedness and accountability of humanitarian action.

Chair

• Jacopo Villani
  Senior Adviser on Humanitarian Policy and Advocacy, Christian Aid

Panel

• Shwoq Alamoudi
  Project Manager of Child-Friendly Spaces, Jordan River Foundation
   
• Father Edwin A Gariguez
  Executive Secretary, Caritas Philippines
   
• Eman Ismail
  Programme Director, CARE Jordan's Urban Emergency Response Programme
   
• Yoseph Negassa
  Executive Director, Action for Development