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Program

DAY 1: Tuesday 25 June 2024

Venue:
Danish Red Cross headquarters,
Blegdamsvej 27,
2100 Copenhagen Ø

17:00 – 19:00
Kick-off evening reception: a relaxed beginning to a busy three-day
programme in Copenhagen. Get a feel for the IFRC PS Centre, and meet and greet your former, current, or potential colleagues and partners.

In conjunction with the 30 year anniversary celebration of the PS Centre, we will also celebrate the 25th Anniversary of our Director Nana Wiedemann’s tenure working for the Danish Red Cross and the IFRC Psychosocial Centre.

Market place: information material, drinks and light food.

DAY 2: Wednesday 26 June 2024

Venue:
Moltke’s Mansion,
Dronningens 
Tværgade 2,
1302 Copenhagen K

08:30 – 09:00: Coffee and registration

09:00 – 10:00
Opening ceremony: the event will be opened in the impressive setting of Moltke’s Mansion in central Copenhagen starting a tour of 30 years of shared history for the MHPSS community.
– Jagan Chapagain (video address), IFRC
– Anders Ladekarl, Danish Red Cross
– Petra Khoury, IFRC
– Nana Wiedemann, PS Centre

Hosts:
– Eliza Cheung, Asia Pacific MHPSS Collaborative, Hong Kong Red Cross
– Anjana Dayal de Prewitt, American Red Cross

10:00 – 10:40
Keynote speech: MHPSS: The big picture
– Mark van Ommeren, WHO

 

10:40 – 11:00: Break: A coffee, a chat, a collegial greeting

11:00 – 11:50
Roundtable: Development of MHPSS globally – inter-agency responses to diverse emergencies
– Joe Prewitt Diaz,  American Red Cross
Fahmy Hanna, WHO
– Jennifer Groves, UNICEF
Barbara Rijks, IOM
– Sofia Casas, UNHCR
Moderator: Carmen Valle Trabadelo, PS Centre

12:00 – 12:45
Breakout session #1

Caring for staff and volunteers
– Stephen Regel, University of Nottingham
– Kinan Aldamann, ICRC
Moderator: Guleed Dualeh, PS Centre

Disasters, tsunami, earthquake – natural or technological emergencies
– Mette Sonniks
– Zenaida Beltejar, 
University of the Philippines 

Restoring Family Links and Families of the Missing
– Ea Suzanne Akasha
– Helene Ely, ICRC

 

12:45 – 14:00: Lunch: Munching, moving, mingling

14:00 – 14:45
Fireside chat: MHPSS Research and Monitoring and Evaluation over time
– Fred Vallieres, Trinity College University Dublin
– Alastair Ager, Queen Margaret University
– Wietse Tol, University of Copenhagen

14:45 – 15:15
Entertainment: Youth Mental Health Choir

15:15 – 15:35: Break: A coffee, a chat, a collegial greeting

15:40 – 16:10
Presentation: Child focused MHPSS (past, present & future)
– Anne-Sophie Dybdal, Save the Children Denmark

16:15 – 17:00

Breakout session #2

Regionalisation & localisation – past, present & future
– Eliza Cheung, Asia Pacific MHPSS Collaborative, Hong Kong Red Cross
– Bhanu Pratap, IFRC

Walking alongside indigenous communities and understanding complex trauma
– Shelley Cardinal, Canadian Red Cross

The dilemma of exposure: ethics of photography in an MHPSS humanitarian context
– Jesper Guhle, PS Centre

17:00 – 17:30
Fireside chat:
Working in conflict – the evolution of ICRC’s MHPSS work
– Carla Uriarte Chavarri, ICRC
Interviewer: Carmen Valle Trabadelo, PS Centre

17:30 – 17:45
Wrap Up for the day & logistics

17:45 – 18:30
Welcoming drinks reception

18:30 – 22:00: Dinner: dining, dancing, debating

DAY 3: Thursday 27 June 2024

Venue:
Moltke’s Mansion,
Dronningens 
Tværgade 2,
1302 Copenhagen K

08:30 – 09:00: Coffee and registration

09:00 – 09:15
Welcome, practicalities & logistics

09:15 – 10:45
Keynote speeches: MHPSS in a Changing reality 
– Alastair Ager, Queen Margaret University

Keynote speech: Working with Governments and humanitarian diplomacy to achieve better MHPSS outcomes
– Nathalie Olijslager Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 

10:45 – 11:10: Break: A coffee, a chat, a collegial greeting

11:15 – 12:10
Breakout session #3

Future perspectives on: Quality, supervision & workforce development
–  James Underhill, WHO
– Catia Sofia Peres de Matos, PS Centre
– Ahlem Cheffi, PS Centre

Future perspectives on: Artificial intelligence, e-MH & online spaces
– Kristoffer Vernmark, Linkoping University
– Rilana Stoeckli, Swiss Red Cross
– Viktoria Zöllner, Swiss Red Cross

Future perspectives on: Gender – invisible women and groups (SOGIESC/LGBTQIA+)
– Anjana Dayal de Prewitt, American Red Cross

 

12:15 – 13:20: Lunch: Munching, moving, mingling 

13:20 – 13:30
Group photo: Look your best!

13:30 – 14:30
Roundtable:
The donor perspective on how to effectively deliver MHPSS services
– Andreas Kiaby, Danida
– Elisa Rossetti, DG ECHO
– Marianne Monclair, NORAD
– Renet van der Waals, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Moderator: Mette Petersen, Red Cross EU Office

14:35 – 14:45
Video: Voices from the regions

 

14:45 – 15:10: Break: A coffee, a chat, a collegial greeting

15:10 – 15:45
Presentation: The MHPSS impacts of the climate crisis
– Shona Whitton, PS Centre
– Georgina Campbell

15:50 – 16:30
Presentation: the youth perspective
– Clara Rubin, Danish Red Cross Youth
– Jonas Wiederholt Larsen, Danish Red Cross Youth

16:30 – 16:50
Closing session: What have we learned and where are we going?
– Anders Ladekarl, Danish Red Cross
– Petra Khoury, IFRC
– Nana Wiedemann, PS Centre

Place
Copenhagen, Denmark

Addresses
Danish Red Cross headquarters,
Blegdamsvej 27,
2100 Copenhagen Ø


Moltke’s Mansion, Dronningens
Tværgade 2,
1302 Copenhagen K

Date
25 – 27 June 2024