Briefing on Migrants and Cities  

Friday, December 11, 2015 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) will conduct a briefing on migrants and cities intended for representatives from the UN, civil societies, and other organizations to become educated on contemporary issues of migration and how that affects global city populations. There will be opportunities to exchange personal experiences and lessons learned.

Location: United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 11, New York, NY 10017 

Friday, April 1 - Monday, April 4, 2016

 

This two part event will be held from Friday, April 1 to Monday, April 4, 2016 in San Francisco. The first two days will be a Symposium on Geography and Urban Health, jointly organized by the International Society for Urban Health and the Association of American Geographers, and co-sponsored by The International Geospatial Health Research Network and the AAG Health and Medical Geography Specialty Group. Sessions will highlight national and international cross-disciplinary approaches for enhancing collaboration in team science, technology transfer, designs for urban health, and advancing global urban health.  The following two days, the International Conference on Urban Health: Place and Health, is organized by the International Society for Urban Health. This conference will aim to share findings, methodologies, and technologies, and strengthen and create research and education collaborations focusing on the urban environment as an important "place" in population health research, interventions, and policies. Click here for more information on pricing and accommodations, and to submit an abstract to either program. 

Location: Hotel Nikko,  222 Mason Street, San Francisco, California 94102

The World Conference on Humanitarian Studies, "Changing Crises and the Quest for Adequate Solutions," will now take place from March 5-8, 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. While some conflict areas are slowly emerging from crises, Syria, Iraq, Libya, the Central African Republic, Nigeria, South Sudan, the Ukraine and other ongoing crises continue to spur human suffering, displace millions of people, destroy infrastructure and livelihoods, impair local institutions and create increasingly wicked political problems. As the number and diversity of crises continues to increase, local actors, governments, and humanitarian organizations are struggling to understand what is going on and respond to them. At the same time, many other actors, varying from Private Military Security Companies and private foundations to religious groups have entered the fray. The fourth World Conference of Humanitarian Studies aims to deepen our understanding of how and why crises are changing, which actors play a role in them, how this changes the interplay between humanitarian action and other actors and systems, and how this affects the prospects of prevention, preparedness, response and development.

The latest installment in ALNAP's urban webinar series will focus on the import a nt role of markets in urban humanitarian response. The webinar will  feature presentation s from the N RC and Oxfam, followed by a Q&A discussion. Alexandre Gachoud, Oxfam's Global Emerge ncy  Food Security & Vulnerable Livelihoods Advisor, will speak on Oxfam's history and approach to market assessment, and what it can bring to urban response. Laura Phelps and Emmeline Saint will present on the NRC's experience conducting Emergency Market Mapping and Analysis (EMMAs), specifically looking at education and youth markets in Jordan and DRC.