Speakers:

Gloria Miranda: Gloria has 24 years of humanitarian experience across national, international, and local levels in Colombia and Latin America. Trained as a psychologist and enriched by her experience in local theatre, she develops diverse training modalities that both strengthen capacities and enhance awareness programs. Currently operating in both virtual and physical environments, she leverages her direct field experience and innovative practices to coherently address the facilitating bi-directional capacity exchange between local and international organizations.

Sophie Nyokabi: Sophie is an accomplished Programme Management Specialist and well versed in Strategic Planning; Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning; and Research with over 20 years of experience. She has a stellar record in designing, planning, implementing and reporting of multi-donor [USAID, ECHO, UN, Japan] Result-Based programmes across the humanitarian development nexus as well as the gender, education, social and economic sectors within and without the UN Coordination system. She holds a Master of Science degree in International Management from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. She has handled a diverse portfolio in training and capacity development. In the past, Sophie led the RedR UK Sub-Sharan Africa Regional Office responsible for 9 countries undertaking capacity development for humanitarian organizations across 5 thematic areas of work. In her career within the humanitarian sector she has worked with international, and multilateral organizations. She has held regional as well as national positions with increasing responsibility. Sophie has managed programmes across the African continent leading multidisciplinary teams both remotely and in-person. She fosters and fortifies productive relationships with staff and stakeholders. She is passionate about transformation and uplifting the marginalized in society.

Zeynep Sanduvac: with over 20 years of experience, Zeynep specializes in Conflict and Disaster Risk Reduction, Psycho-social Support (PSS) in Emergencies, Education in Emergencies (EiE), Child Protection in Emergencies, Business Continuity in Emergencies, and Strategic Human Resources Management across national and international projects. She is a seasoned practitioner of Humanitarian Standards, serving as the Turkey focal point for Sphere and a certified trainer. Additionally, she is the Turkey focal point for the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) and an approved CHS trainer recognized by CHS Alliance. She finds great fulfillment in collaborating on an international stage with national or local teams to adapt and implement quality and accountability standards. Furthermore, she contributes as a board member of the Nirengi Association."

Juliet Parker is ALNAP 's Director. She is responsible for working with the Secretariat to coordinate strategy and ensure the coherence, implementation and impact of ALNAP's work. Juliet has 20 years’ experience of humanitarian programming and senior level strategic management in NGOs with a particular focus on performance and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL). Juliet joined ALNAP from Action Against Hunger UK where she was their Director of Operations. She has worked on the design and delivery of humanitarian response and resilience programmes across the world, and is passionate about the role of evidence, learning and uptake in improving the effective delivery of humanitarian aid.

Hosts:

Emmanuelle Lacroix is based in Paris and is the Senior Partnership Manager DisasterReady.org in Europe. A seasoned HR & Learning practitioner, she has been working within the INGO sector since 2005 with the British Red Cross, Save the Children UK and the CHS Alliance. In her various roles, she has been contributing to the strengthening of organizational culture, talent management practices and good practice, and staff ‘s capacities and wellbeing – always through a collaborative approach.

Esther Griederis Global Communities & Partnerships Lead at Humanitarian Leadership Academy, where she has worked since its establishment in 2016. She has over 20 years’ experience in the humanitarian and development sectors, working primarily on education, youth and health issues, and on humanitarian learning. She has extensive business development and partnerships experience, and loves figuring out how organisations can work together to turn good ideas into great social initiatives.

Geneviève Cyvoct: Geneviève has been working for 18 years in the humanitarian sector, on emergency and learning project managements, quality and accountability standards, and training facilitation, covering a number of regions and languages. She holds a Master in International Relations and a Swiss Federal Diploma in Adult Training. She has been working for the past 9 years in promoting the Core Humanitarian Standards on Quality and Accountability, and is passionate about developing learning solutions, and working in partnership with expert individuals and learning and training providers. She has been a member of several working groups focusing on learning and development in the humanitarian sector.