2019 Annual Partners Meeting
Geneva, Switzerland | November 5 – 7, 2019
The 2019 annual global partners meeting of the Call to Action on Protection from Gender-based Violence in Emergencies (Call to Action) took place on November 5 to 7 in Geneva. The meeting was hosted by the Government of Canada, the current global Lead of the Call to Action. There were over 80 representatives of the global partners, together with local CSO colleagues from the Philippines, Lebanon and the pilot Road Map countries of Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The meeting was held at a time when partners are considering their action plans for 2020 and preparing to develop a post-2020 Road Map that will guide the work of the partnership for the next five years. These two priorities were reflected in the objectives for the meeting:
Review near-term opportunities and challenges that should be addressed in the 2020 action plans of the collective.
Identify issues to address in an updated Road Map and confirm the process for drafting and finalizing the document.
The meeting also provided a great forum for sharing new resources developed by Call to Action partners. A high-level event hosted by Canada on the evening of November 5 called attention to the importance of understanding and operating effectively in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. The meeting agenda and accompanying concept note, together with the PowerPoint presentations for each session, are posted on the partners section of the Call to Action website. A summary of the outcomes from the high-level event is posted on the news page of the Call to Action website.