Event Details
First edition of the 2025 HRN Membership Meetings, held in hybrid format.
A registration link is provided for people wanting to attend. Please specify if you are to attend online or in-person.
The event is a regular Membership meeting of the HRN, held in hybrid format. We are encouraging people who will be in Ottawa then to join from the Cooperation Canada main meeting room (although they can also join online), and the rest of the membership to join online. The event will consist of 2 Zoom Calls, first from 10h00 to 12h00, then from 13h00 to 15h00. Please register before February 20th, 2025. Once registered, we will send you a Zoom link to join the meeting. Also find attached a document from IHA to consult prior to their session at the meeting.
Agenda
Time (EST)
Agenda sessions
9h30 โ 10h00
Arrival of participants in person at Cooperation Canada office
Support from Mark Edwards, Communications and Events, Cooperation Canada
10h00
Opening of Zoom call for all online participants.
10h00 - 10h05
Opening Session and housekeeping
Facilitator: Patrice Charpentier, HRN Manager
10h05 - 10h10
Land Acknowledgement
Facilitator: Patrice Charpentier, HRN Manager
10h10 - 10h15
Welcome remarks by HRN Co-Chairs
Facilitators: HRN Co-Chairs.
10h15 โ 11h15
Presentation and validation of GAC funding 2024 survey results
Facilitator: Kate Janson, Senior Program Manager, Emergencies & Humanitarian Assistance, Plan Canada
Presentation and Q&A.
11h15 โ 11h30
HRN update
Facilitator: Patrice Charpentier, HRN Manager
Presentation and Q&A.
11h30 โ 12h00
Introduction to Glue up for HRN
Facilitator: Patrice Charpentier, HRN Manager
Presentation, Q&A and practical exercise.
12h00 - 13h00
Lunch
13h00 - 13h20
HPAG update
Facilitator: Sharonya Sekhar, Director, Humanitarian Diplomacy, Policy and Movement Relations, Canadian Red Cross, and HPAG Co-Chair
Presentation and Q&A.
13h20 โ 13h40
Update from UNHCR ExCom in October 2024
Facilitator: Alexandria Bohรฉmier, Policy and Advocacy Advisor, Plan Canada
Presentation and Q&A.
13h40 โ 14h40
IHA new structure by Global Affairs Canada
Facilitators: Three IHA representatives
Presentation and Q&A.
14h40 โ 15h00
Wrap up and conclusion and evaluation of the day.
Facilitators: HRN Co-Chairs and HRN Manager
