20 19 GLOBAL REFUGEE FORUM AGENDA Monday 16 December Tuesday 17 December Wednesday 18 December 10:00 ― 11:30 ARRIVAL TIME 7:00 9:00 ― 13:00 SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS Security screening Assembly Hall WEBCAST 9:00 ― 12:30 Plenary session 11:30 ― 13:00 Assembly Hall Livestream in rooms XVII and XIX Debate on burden- and responsibility-sharing (resumed) SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS SPECIAL EVENT WEBCAST 9:00 ― 11:00 IGAD Comprehensive OPENING PLENARY SESSION Regional Response for Welcoming remarks by the Co-Hosts PARALLEL SESSIONS Refugees Film Room XVII Room XIX Statement by the United Nations Secretary-General High-level dialogue on High-level dialogue energy and infrastructure on protection capacity 13:00 ― 13:30 Statements by the Co-Conveners LUNCH BREAK Broadening the base 11:00 ― 13:00 13:00 ― 15:00 13:30 ― 15:00 12:30 ― 14:30 13:00 ― 14:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS Room XVII Room XIX SPEAKERS' CORNER SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS LUNCH BREAK SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS High-level dialogue on High-level dialogue SPEAKERS' CORNER 15:00 ― 17:00 15:00 ― 16:30 jobs and livelihoods on education 14:30 ― 19:00 SPECIAL EVENT SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS 13:00 ― 15:00 13:30 ― 15:00 Global Academic Assembly Hall Livestream in room XVII LUNCH BREAK Interdisciplinary Plenary session WEBCAST SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS Network Launch SPEAKERS' CORNER Debate on burden- and responsibility-sharing 15:00 ― 19:00 15:30 ― 18:00 16:30 ― 18:00 High-level session on solutions SPECIAL EVENT SPECIAL EVENT High-level session on comprehensive responses in action Assembly Hall WEBCAST MIRPS high-level SSAR Support CLOSING PLENARY SESSION 19:00 ― 20:30 event Platform Debate on burden- and responsibility-sharing (resumed) Serpent Bar SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS High-level panel on inclusive societies Reception Limited to secondary badge holders Joint statement by refugee delegations 18:00 ― 21:00 Reception hosted by the Swiss Federal Council, the State High-level closing panel Indoor football tournament: Celebrating the power of sport Council of the Republic and Canton of Geneva, and the to build inclusive & cohesive communities (registration only) Administrative Council of the City of Geneva Marketplace of Press VIP Social Exhibits ALL DAY EVENTS good practices stake-outs Media Zone Global Refugee Forum 16-18 December 2019 ― Palais des Nations, Geneva MONDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2019 SPOTLIGHT SESSIONS 10:00 ― 11:30 ROOM XXI PARTNERSHIP FOR ADDRESSING FORCED DISPLACEMENT IN AFRICA BURDEN- AND RESPONSIBILITY-SHARING Organisers (English, French) Africa Group Moderator Mr. George Okoth-Obbo, Assistant High Commissioner for Operations African Union (AHC-O), UNHCR Egypt Speakers ⋅ Hon. Prof. Paul Mavima, Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social International Committee of the Red Welfare, Zimbabwe Cross (ICRC) ⋅ H.E. Ms. Minata Samate Cessouma, Commissioner for Political Affairs, African Union ⋅ H.E. Ambassador Hamdi Sanad Loza, Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs, Egypt ⋅ Mr. Peter Maurer, President, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) ⋅ Mr. Xavier Devictor, Practice Manager, Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group, The World Bank Group ROOM XXII BRIGHTER FUTURES: THE PROMISE OF ECD IN CRISIS SETTINGS EDUCATION Organisers (English, French) International Rescue Committee Moderator Ms. Julie Gichuriu, Journalist, Entrepreneur and Media Personality (IRC) LEGO Foundation Speakers ⋅ Ms. Afshan Khan, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia (ECA), Moving Minds Alliance and the Special Coordinator for the Refugee and Migrant Response in Europe, UNICEF Save the Children ⋅ Ms. Carol Thompson O’Connell, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Sesame Workshop Population, Refugees, and Migration, United States of America (the) UNICEF ⋅ Ms. Najat Maalla M’jid, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children ⋅ Mr. John Goodwin, CEO, LEGO Foundation ⋅ Ms. Sherrie Westin, President, Sesame Workshop ⋅ Ms. Cecilia Vaca Jones, Director, Bernard van Leer Foundation ⋅ Mr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO) ⋅ Ms. Keiko Miwa, Regional Director, Human Development, Middle East & North Africa Region, The World Bank Group ROOM XXIII WHEN SECTORS MEET: THE PROMISE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 10:00 ― 10:45 ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE Organisers (English, French) Smart Communities Coalition Moderator Ms. Katrina Pielli, Corporate Relationship Management Lead, USAID Global members: Development Lab Mastercard, Mercy Corps, Shell, USAID Speakers Opening remarks ⋅ Mr. Vasco Hamisi, CEO, Okapi Green Panellists ⋅ Mr. Paul Musser, Senior Vice President, Humanitarian & Development, Mastercard ⋅ Mr. Anthony Kituuka, Executive Director, Equity Bank, Uganda ⋅ Ms. Jo Cochrane, Vice President, Social Innovation, Shell ⋅ Mr. Simon O’Connell, Executive Director, Mercy Corps Europe BACK TO TOP 1 Global Refugee Forum 16-18 December 2019 ― Palais des Nations, Geneva ROOM XXIII SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION IN 10:45 ― 11:30 REFUGEE AND HOST COMMUNITY SETTINGS Organisers ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE (English, French) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Moderator Mr. Thomas Fohgrub, Team Leader of the Global Plan of Action for Global Plan of Action for Sustainable Energy Solutions in Situations of Displacement, GPA/UNITAR Sustainable Energy Solutions in Situations of Displacement / Speakers ⋅ Hon. Eng. Hilary Obaloker Onek, Minister for Relief, Disaster UNITAR Preparedness and Refugees, Uganda Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway ⋅ Mr. Olivier Jacquet, Business Development VP, Africa, Middle East, South World Food Programme (WFP) America, Access To Energy/Sustainable Development Division, Schneider Electric ⋅ H.E. Ambassador Hans Brattskar, Permanent Representative of Norway to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva ⋅ Mr. Charles Tellier, Head of the Conflict and Fragility Unit, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) ⋅ Mr. Daniel Gustafson, Deputy Director-General Programmes, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ROOM XXIV VOICES OF REFUGEES JOBS AND LIVELIHOODS Organiser (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish) UNHCR Moderator Mr. Ahmad Sufian Bayram, Syrian Refugee and collaborative economy activist in Germany, Techstars Speakers ⋅ Mr. Diego Fernando Narváez, Colombian refugee student in Ecuador ⋅ Ms. Joana Ibrahim, Syrian refugee entrepreneur in Brazil ⋅ Mr. Yasin Jama, Somali refugee Doctor, NGO member in France ⋅ Ms. Jacqueline Kapinga Bajika Zandamela, Congolese refugee private sector employee in Mozambique ROOM XXVI PROMOTING PARTNERSHIPS AMONG DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS IN SUPPORTING NATIONAL PROTECTION CAPACITY AND THE PROVISION Organisers OF LEGAL AID SERVICES TO ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES PROTECTION CAPACITY Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (English, French, Spanish) (APPRN) Danish Refugee Council (DRC Moderator Ms. Julia Mayerhofer, Co-Director of PILnet's office in Hong Kong, the Global Network for Public Interest Global Network for Public Interest Law (PILnet) Law (PILnet) Speakers ⋅ Mr. Mahamat Ibrahim Sallet, Refugee Youth Delegate, Global Youth UNHCR Advisory Council, and President of Living Together ⋅ Ms. Analia Cascone, Coordinator, Defensor General de la Nacion, Argentina ⋅ Ms. Cecilia Vejby Andersen, Head of Unit, Danish Refugee Council (DRC) ⋅ Mr. David Manne, Executive Director, Refugee Legal ⋅ Ms. Naiyana Thanawattho, Director, Asylum Access Thailand, and Deputy Chair of the Regional Protection Working Group, Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) ⋅ Ms. Awmaima Amrayaf, Pro Bono Project Coordinator at DLA Piper, United Kingdom BACK TO TOP 2 Global Refugee Forum 16-18 December 2019 ― Palais des Nations, Geneva ROOM XXVII WORKING TOGETHER TO FACILITATE REFUGEE SELF-RELIANCE 10:00 ― 10:45 SOLUTIONS Organiser (English, French, Spanish) Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative Moderators ⋅ Ms. Sarah Costa, Executive Director, Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) ⋅ Ms. Kellie Leeson, Lead Consultant, Refugee Self-Reliance Initiative Speakers ⋅ Mr. Robert Hakiza, Executive Director, Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID) ⋅ Mr. Tadashi Yanai, CEO of Fast Retailing, UNIQLO (video) ⋅ Mr. Roman Alberto Cepeda González, Secretary of Labor in Coahuila, México ROOM XXVII BUILDING SELF-RELIANCE AND FACILITATING REFUGEE INTEGRATION IN 10:45 ― 11:30 ETHIOPIA Organiser SOLUTIONS (English, French) UK Department for International Development (DFID) Moderator Mr. Jonathan Andrews, Senior CRRF Coordinator, UNHCR Ethiopia Speakers ⋅ Mr. Addisu Kebenessa, Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), Ethiopia ⋅ Mr. Dan Ayliffe, Humanitarian Advisor, UK Department for International Development (DFID) ⋅ Ms. Aude Galli, Regional Coordinator, Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat (ReDSS), Kenya ⋅ Mr. Benjamin Reese, Refugee & Migration Programme Specialist, UNICEF, Ethiopia ROOM V IMPROVING TEACHER SUPPORT IN CRISIS CONTEXTS 10:00 ― 10:45 BURDEN- AND RESPONSIBILITY-SHARING Organisers EDUCATION (English, French) Education International Inter-Agency Network for Education Moderator Ms. Mary Mendenhall, Associate Professor of Practice, Teachers College, in Emergencies (INEE) Columbia University Teachers College Columbia Speakers ⋅ Mr. Dennis Sinyolo, Senior Coordinator, Education International ⋅ Mr. Robert Ochan Leomoi, Refugee Teacher, Refugee Student Delegation ⋅ Ms. Charlotte Bergin, Capacity Building Coordinator, Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) ⋅ Mr. Dean Brooks, Director, Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) ROOM V THE POWER OF TVET – SKILLS TRAINING FOR