The Global Humanitarian Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities, and the Value of Coordination

YCAPS is thrilled to announce our next event in collaboration with Research Center for Sustainable Peace at The University of Tokyo. This event will feature Ms. Joyce Msuya, an Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). OCHA is the division of the United Nations (UN) Secretariat responsible for coordinating humanitarian assistance. She will discuss OCHA's work around the globe, challenges faced, and the value of coordination. While the seminar is primarily geared toward students and junior researchers/humanitarian practitioners, all are welcome to participate.

Location: 

Collaboration Room 1, 4th Floor, Building 18,

Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo

Maps/Directions:

Google Map Directions to the Komaba Campus: https://goo.gl/maps/whzsBAr5bbG4dC6o9

Location of Building 18 on the Komaba Campus: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam02_01_17_j.html

Speaker:

Joyce Msuya is a Tanzanian microbiologist and environmental scientist who has been serving as Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs since 2021. From 2018 to 2021, she served as the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) at the level of Assistant Secretary-General.

Format: This event will be off-the-record. Questions are encouraged.

Registration: Required here: https://forms.gle/dC2GHPaRU6jCGYke8

Moderator: Dr. Ai Kihara-Hunt, The University of Tokyo

Co-Sponsor: Research Center for Sustainable Peace (RCSP), The University of Tokyo

Seminar Cost: Free of charge