CHS Alliance 5th General Assembly – Stronger together: from individual to collective accountability
Friday 6: 11:00-14:00 CET
Join us for the 5th General Assembly of the CHS Alliance, an online event that will bring our global network together for two half-days of energizing discussions and connection.
Collaboration and harnessing our collective experiences for a more equitable and accountable aid system is at the heart of the CHS Alliance. We recognise the importance of coming back together to have in-depth discussions on where we are and how we can move forward together.
Key agenda items are:
- Opening session with UN Refugee Advisory Committee representatives
- Reports from the Chair, Treasurer and Executive Director
- Peer learning and exchange
- Announcing the Board election results
- Discussion on key strategic objectives including: towards an improved delivery, a stronger movement, and a more accountable system
- Hear external perspectives from the donor and UN communities
Overview of Agenda
| DAY 1 – Thursday 5 December – 1pm-4pm CET Time Converter link – Add this event to your calendar! |
DAY 2 – Friday 6 December – 11am-2pm CET Time Converter link – Add this event to your calendar! |
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| Timings (CET) | Session | Timings (CET) | Session | |
| Starts 13.00 | Opening – Why CHS Alliance Matters Nour Jarrouj, Moving Minds Alliance Aleksejs Ivashuk, Apatride Network Members of the UNHCR Refugee Advisory Committee |
Starts 11.00 | Open and welcome Grand Bargain Ambassador Bessler |
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Looking back – what have we achieved? |
Looking forward |
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| 13.15 | Members’ perspectives | 11.15 | Strategy session #2. CHS Alliance – impact on organisations’ effectiveness | |
| Executive Director and Board Perspectives | Governance – Strategy session #3 CHS Alliance Movement and Statutes | |||
| 14.30 | Break | 12.45 | Break | |
| 14.45 | Strategic direction – Process and timeline | 13.00 | Strategy session #3. External perspectives Peter Taylor – Head of Safeguarding Unit, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, UK Gemma Connell – Chief of the Assessment, Planning & Monitoring Branch, UN OCHA Christian Saunders – UN Special Coordinator on Preventing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse |
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| Strategy session #1. CHS Alliance – impact on communities | Ends 14.00 | Wrap up and Close | ||
| Ends 16.00 | Board Elections announcement | |||
Board elections
The Board elections will be held online the week prior to the meeting, with the results announced at the General Assembly meeting. All full members in good financial standing will be eligible to vote.
Registration is mandatory via the link below.
*The meeting will be conducted in English with live interpretation into Arabic and French. Auto-translated captions in multiple languages will also be available.