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Under the auspices of
H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Crown Prince of Dubai, Minister of Defence of the United Arab Emirates
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Main Sponsor:
In Cooperation with:
Officially Supported by:
United Nations
Organised by:
Dubai
With a growing community of dedicated facilities for humanitarian aid
organisations and suppliers, a safe and modern environment conducive
to business, and exciting recreational activities, Dubai is the ideal
meeting point in the Middle East.
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Direct access to the world’s most
severe crises
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Flourishing regional economies
allow for greater allocation of
funds for humanitarian aid
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Open discussion of critical
issues relating to the Middle
East
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A concentration of aid agencies
attracts a variety of suppliers
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INDEX Conferences & Exhibitions Org. Est.
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DIHAD 2005
DIHAD 2005 - Challenges and
New Partnerships, April 5-7
Under the auspices of H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
and Minister of Defence – UAE, sponsored by Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and
Charity Est., in cooperation with Dubai Aid City, and officially supported by the UAE Red Crescent, the
United Nations, and the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dubai hosted the International
Humanitarian Aid and Re-Development Conference and Exhibition for the second year in a row. Since
DIHAD was first launched in 2004, formidable progress has been made and is evident from the
overwhelming support from the local as well as international organisations. This year, the discussions
were focused on the challenges that humanitarian actors face and the new partnerships which are
Mr. Nadir Hadj-Hammou, Mr. Hussain Fahmi, His Highness Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum,
H.E. Ibrahim Bumelha, Prof. Mario Baldassarri and Mr. Abdul Salam Al Madani
cutting the ribbon at the inauguration ceremony of the exhibition.
As the only event of its kind in the Middle East, DIHAD has been successful in addressing the needs of
various humanitarian actors. Rapidly becoming the humanitarian hub of the Middle East, Dubai’s safety,
geographical proximity to the most severe humanitarian crises in the world, efficient logistics and
specialized facilities for humanitarian aid agencies, enabling and supportive government, and access to
resources have been the main reasons why such a specialized event has succeeded. Additionally, as a
neutral and progressive event, DIHAD has created a unique space from which agencies can present
their work to the Arab world and at the same time seek resources, have a platform from which to voice
appeals, educate all stakeholders about best practices and act as a bridge between western and
eastern humanitarian ideologies.
We take this opportunity to thank everyone who was a part of DIHAD 2005 and look forward to
continue working towards the goal of making this event an effective meeting point for humanitarian
professionals.
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formed to overcome these.
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DIHAD 2005
Opening Ceremony
The opening ceremony was held on April 5th at the conference hall. H.H. Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum
Al Maktoum, Director General of the Department of Information represented the patron of DIHAD,
When asked
how effective
effective
DIHAD was
in
establishing
new
contacts,
80% of
Left: H.E. Ibrahim Bumelha, Vice President of Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Est.
and Right: H.E Khalifa Nasser Al Suweidi, Chairman of the Board of Directors - UAE Red Crescent delivering their
messages at the opening ceremony.
exhibitors
rated it
between
good and
excellent.
H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Minister of
Defence of the United Arab Emirates. H.E. Ibrahim Bumelha delivered an opening address where he
welcomed the guests. He stated that the vision and wise policies of the leaders of the UAE have led to
the emergence of the nation as a regional hub for economic activity, including humanitarian aid. He
expressed dismay at the destructive effects of war which continue to plague the world, a world which
is already challenged because of natural disasters. He stated that in this regard, the UAE is proud to
facilitate the work of humanitarian actors.
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success of DIHAD.
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He closed by thanking everyone who contributed to the
DIHAD 2005
H.E. Khalifa Nasser delivered the speech of
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs and President of UAE Red
Cresent.
He
then
continued
to
thank
H.H. General Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al
Maktoum for his support of this important
initiative.
He stressed the need for further
cooperation
among
the
regional
and
international humanitarian agencies and closed
by praising the success of DIHAD where
Renowned Egyptian Actor and UNDP Goodwill
Ambassador, Mr. Hussain Fahmi delivering his message at
the opening ceremony
panelists, exhibitors, and delegates alike could
seek
ways
to
better
assist
affected
Congratulations on
yet another successful
conference. I trust all
your sponsors, the
Chairman and
above all the Crown
Prince are satisfied
and very appreciative
of the excellence of
the event and its
organization.
communities.
Finally, Hussain Fahmi who is UNDP’s Goodwill Ambassador, as well as one of the most respected
Egyptian actors, closed the ceremony by thanking the local authorities and H.E. Bumelha. He continued
by discussing the needs of the Arab region, the diseases in Africa, as well as highlighting the fact that
there are over 20 million mines which have not been cleared in Egypt. Also, he mentioned that the UN
initiative of erradicating poverty needs to be further implemented in the region.
He concluded by
stressing the importance of education, and also in the aftermath of the Asian Tsunami, women’s rights.
He thanked the UAE Red Crescent for its continued support in humanitarian affairs.
Fredrick Dubee
The Global Compact
Executive Office of
the Secretary-General
of the United Nations
The VIPs and dignitaries then made their way to hall number seven where the exhibition was officially
delegation entered the hall where they met with several exhibitors and toured their stands.
After inaugurating the exhibition, H.H. Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum toured the exhibition hall with
the delegation of dignitaries. On the left, he is speaking to Mr. Ehab Shanti, Communications Officer at UNDP’s
Programme of assistance to the Palestinian People (PAPP) stand. At the center he is speaking to Dr. Rima Salah,
Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF at the UNICEF stand. On the right, he is visiting the General Motors stand.
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opened when H.H. Sheikh Hasher Bin Maktoum Al Maktoum cut the ribbon. Immediately after, the
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DIHAD International Scientific Advisory Board
We would like to extend our thanks to the International Scientific Advisory Board for their continued
support in ensuring the success of DIHAD 2005. The newly-created International Scientific Advisory
Board was designed to allow direct input from the major stakeholders in the DIHAD conference. Made
up of eleven high-ranking officials from International NGOs, United Nations Agencies, and local charity
and government organisations, the diversity of the International Scientific Advisory Board has added
significant value to the development of the conference by ensuring representation from a wide spectrum
of sectors.
Walid Hareb -
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Chairman
Director of Projects - JAFZA
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Nadir Hadj-Hammou
Amir Abdulla
Vice-Chairman
Resident Representative - UNDP
& Resident Coordinator - UN UAE
Regional Director
World Food Programme
Abdul Salam Al Madani
Mohammed Al Zaroni
Barbara Castek
Chairman of Organising Committee DIHAD
Manager of Dubai Branch
UAE Red Crescent
Head of Dubai Aid City
Peter Hansen
Karim Laouabdia
Adeeb Lootah
Commissioner General - UNRWA
Director - Campaign for
Access to Essential Medicines
Medecins Sans Frontieres
General Director
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Humanitarian and Charity Est.
Sultan Lootah
Gerhard Putman-Cramer
Daniel Toole
Manager, Business Promotion Trade and
Industrial Development Dept.
Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry
-- DCCI
Deputy Director
(Natural Disaster Policy) and
Chief Emergency Services Branch OCHA
Director Office of Emergency Programmes
- UNICEF
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Exhibition
The exhibition hosted over 120
suppliers of humantiarian goods and
services in a hall of over 2000
square
metres.
Over
2,500
professional trade visitors from
international
procurement
NGOs,
agencies,
charity
about the
specialised
UN
agencies, and local as well as
regional
When asked
organisations
overall
successs of
DIHAD, 75%
participated in DIHAD 2005. With
a strong presence at the exhibition
were General Motors, Chancel,
Dubai Aid City, Alpinter, Innovation
of exhibitors
rated it
between
Norway, Aksa Generators, and H.H.
Sheikh Noor Ud Din and Sons. The NGOs which were present included UAE Red Crescent, Mohammed
good and
Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humantiarian and Charity Est., Sharjah City for Humantiarian Services, HOPE
excellent.
Worldwide, Medecins sans Frontieres, Human Appeal, Hope Peace and Joy – Iraq, Al Zubair Charity
Foundation - Sudan, Islamic Relief UK, and Charity Foundation for Special Diseases – Iran. Eight UN
agencies were also present: World Food Programme, World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNRWA,
UNESCO, UNDP UAE, UNDP-PAPP, and UNHCR.
By sponsoring the accommodation costs of procurement
attendance. The data which follows was collected from over
100 procurement officers who registered for this offer and
is a good indicator of the trends in procurement at DIHAD.
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officers, DIHAD was able to significantly increase their
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Types of Goods Procured at DIHAD 2005
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The exhibition
proved very fruitful
for Dubai Aid City
as a platform to
introduce the concept
to an international
audience.We could
establish important
contacts and maintain
valuable existing
relationships with the
humanitarian
community.
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Head
Dubai Aid City
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Food Goods 6.16%
Medical Equipment 8.80%
Drugs & Vaccines 5.57%
Temporary Housing & Shelter 6.47%
Water Purification Systems & Storage Tanks 5.28%
Sanitation & Hygiene Equipment 6.45%
Power Generators & Power Supply Equipment 6.74%
Vehicles & Transportation 8.80%
Logistics, Shipping & Freight Services 8.80%
Telecommunications & Information Technology 9.09%
Clothing 3.81%
Construction Materials 3.23%
Education Products such as Books, Stationary & Desks 4.69%
Security Services 3.23%
Others - less than 3% each (Solar Energy Systems & Products, Mine Detection & Clearance Equipment,
Agricultural Equipment & Products such as Fertilizers, Engineering & Environmental Solutions,
Public Safety & Fire Prevention Tools, Rescue Tools)
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Procurement Officials’ Budgets
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1. Between 1-10m USD
I would like to thank
you for your hospitality
during the event. It was
very useful and I had
the opportunity to meet
old as well as new
potential WFP
suppliers.
6. Between 500,000
and 1m USD
5. Between 100,000
and 500,000 USD
2. Between 10 to 100m USD
3. More than 100m USD
4. Under 100,000 USD
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Between 1-10m USD - 51%
Between 10 - 100m USD - 29%
More than 100m USD - 5%
Under 100,000 USD - 4%
Between 100,000 and 500,000 USD - 4%
Between 500,000 and 1m USD - 7%
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Roberto Marchetti
Head
Procurement Unit
WFP ETHIOPIA
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Best Stand & Best Display Awards
Dubai Aid City
Chancel International FZE
For the first time, the organising committee of DIHAD got together and evaluated the exhibition stands.
The result landed Dubai Aid City with the ‘Best Stand of the Year Award’ for DIHAD 2005. Ms. Barbara
Castek, head of Dubai Aid City was presented an award at the Gala dinner. A close second place was
awarded to Dr. Adel Gawish from Chancel International. Third place was won by H.H. Sheikh Noor Ud
Din and Sons. The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Est. was awarded
the ‘Best Display’ for their photography display which was presented in the main concourse of the
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exhibition hall.
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H.H. Sheikh Noor Ud Din & Sons
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Humanitarian and Charity Est.
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UNDP Goodwill Ambassador,
Hussain Fahmi at DIHAD 2005
75% of the
exhibitors
rated the
quality of
visitors
Mr. Fahmi after the opening ceremony.
Mr. Fahmi receiving an award at the Gala
Dinner.
between
good and
DIHAD was fortunate enough to host one of the most respected Egyptian actors of all time. Mr. Husain
Fahmi has been at the forefront of Arab cinema and has also served as goodwill Ambassador for UNDP
excellent.
for the past 6 years. The presence of Mr. Hussain Fahmi at DIHAD attracted a significant portion of
the public at large who, because of his leadership, are now aware of some of the serious challenges
which humanity is facing around the world. Attending several press conferences, meeting with
exhibitors and panelists alike, as well as visiting several centres where UNDP is active in the UAE, Mr.
Fahmi’s presence at DIHAD was immensely successful. We look forward to continuously incorporating
Mr. Fahmi at the press conference.
Mr. Fahmi with fans.
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the example which he set, in future events.
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DIHAD 2005
Conference Highlights
Hany El Banna – President of Islamic Relief UK
“Islamic NGOs are facing major problems and are being hampered, restricted,
isolated, and then closed down.
The problem is in misconceptions, trust,
misunderstanding, and stereotyping.
It was a pleasure to
have had the
opportunity to meet
your panelists and
learn from their
commentary. Their
information and
knowledge shared was
very useful in
shedding light on some
of the procurement
challenges and
opportunities for
improvement apparent
today as they see it.
Hani Obeid
Director Sales & Business
Development
Tejari.com
Some of the reasons for this are the
various restrictive government regulations which are counter-productive,
international
pressures,
and
the
mistaken
link
between
Islam
and
terrorism…Also there are some problems with the Muslim NGOs as well.
Sometimes we are very weak in monitoring and auditing, building our own
capacity, communicating with international NGOs and bodies like the UN and the European Union, and
misrepresent the Dawa of Islam by mixing it with other humanitarian work.
At the end of the day
beneficiaries, communities, donors, governments and NGOs will suffer….By allowing, regulating and
monitoring Muslim NGOs we will be able to improve this situation. This can be done by changing the
culture, forging real partnerships with the UN and other NGOs, building bridges, capacity building, good
governance and education.”
Charity has to be a subject taught to the children in the schools from the infancy to the university, so
that in the future we have a generation who believes in charity and therefore in humanity.”
Abdul Rahman Abu Dhom – Undersecretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs - Sudan
“I’d like to stress this very important UN General Assembly resolution number 46182 from 1992, which gives the affected state the right of ownership,
leadership, and initiative on the one hand and gives the partners the right of
cooperation to assist in responding to the crisis on the other, plus the other
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protocols and agreements which were made by the government and the arms
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holders.”
Wrong signals given by the newspapers, the dignitaries, and media people.
Last year 160 media
organisations came to Darfur who made reports built on their own visions, not realizing the problems
which result from these wrong signals giving the arms holders the feeling that they are right, while they
should have been told that they are wrong and their hands should have been kept away from hurting
other civilians. Those affected include even the UN workers and the NGOs, none ever was ever caused
by the government nor by people living in government controlled areas, it was all done by those holding
arms.”
Darfur has not been forgotten… If you consider that for the past 20 years or more, state secretaries
of America or of the UK have not visited the Sudan, even the Secretary General of the UN has not
visited the Sudan except during this crisis. We are thankful that they did, we are thankful for their
humanitarian concern, but we believe that the way the issue has been tackled has missed the root
causes which need to be addressed in a lecture of its own.”
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The western people want us to respond to them on their wavelengths, while we have repeatedly asked
them to bend to our wavelengths so that when we communicate to you, we communicate on the same
wavelengths and you understand us and we will be able to respond to your needs. The international
community, starting with the UN itself has a number of slogans which we did not bring from our homes.
These slogans talk about accountability, transparency, partnership, capacity building, funding the CBOs.
Nobody ever, and I say this loud and clear, be it an NGO or a UN agency has ever stood on its feet to
fulfill these slogans.”
Ibrahim Abdul Halim – Secretary General, Al Zubair Charity Foundation
“One of the problems that we encountered was the misunderstanding of the
language by international NGOs. Many words used are interpreted wrongly. For
example the word ‘irtisak’ which was commonly used by the international media.
Some of them were using the word to mean taking the belongings of people by
force, while others translated it as rape. The local community and NGOs knew
the meaning but the international NGOs did not. Another one of the lessons that
we learned is that tribes have their own traditional laws and ways in which they
resolve their conflicts.
Now this problem is being solved by another mechanism from international
NGOs and we have learned that these international NGOs cannot solve the problem.”
Mohammed Anis Salem – Director of Communications MENA, UNICEF
“We have national NGOs with us from the beginning and we include them in
assessing the capacity for response. I agree that very often they are the fastest
and most cost effective, but sometimes this is not the case, they do not have the
capacity, they do not have access and neutrality of international NGOs.
In
let us take this issue comprehensively and not think only about Darfur.
Sometimes the only mechanism is the international one. When you have a UN
appeal and not a single Arab state is contributing, the Arab world has to debate this.
If this is a
conscious decision, then fine, let them come out and say this. But this is not the case. Many times
when we have gone to the Arab governments and to the Secretary General of the Arab League, he was
surprised to hear this. A couple of weeks ago, I was at the Islamic Development Bank, and they were
surprised to hear this.”
Another thing that the Arab world needs to debate is how do you coordinate humanitarian relief
operations in this region. You cannot continue to send anything in a military airplane and say that this
is humanitarian relief. You have to move to an era of more professional and coordinated work…The
Arab Summit resolution from last week invites Arab NGOs to contribute to a debate on how we are
coordinating humanitarian relief in this region. You cannot continue to meet for the first time when you
reach Darfur, its too late… There are working groups for water, education, health, and these groups
think, work, and implement together.”
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Palestine, the Israeli checkpoints will only allow international NGOs to pass by. So
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Arjun Katoch – Chief Field Coordination Support Section, Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
OCHA and Secretary of INSARAG
“Private sector entities internationally are relatively new in this field. For example,
the World Economic Forum formed the Disaster Response Network which
started this trend in an organised fashion two or three years back…My message
to private sector companies is that there are existing coordinating mechanisms
out there and you have to plug into them. We do not want people coming into a
disaster who are setting up their own little hubs and causing confusion to the
entire system. Private sector response is very welcome but it must come as part
of a system. They should also consider being part of their government’s response, and the best example
of that is NOREPS…Here the government offers assets to affected areas and through NOREPS, they
secure the goods and services.
This way Norwegian companies go under the umbrella of the
government.”
Peter Rees – Head of the Operations Support Department - International Federation of the Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC
“We recorded 279 large emergencies last year alone. Out of these 279, we only
required to launch 27 international appeals for assistance. This is because the
capacity of our national societies, which is the key, to respond by themselves is
to us the indicator of success.
It is important not just to focus on the
international tools…Just to give you an idea of the capacity of what I am talking
about, the Iranian Red Crescent is auxiliary to the public authorities and has full
responsibility for the coordination and response of natural disasters. They have
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2 million volunteers of which 70,000 are trained in disaster management. They have 6,800 staff, they
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have relief supplies available for 1.3 million people and in addition to that they are preparing for a further
half a million just in the case of the anticipated earthquake in the capital, Tehran…We have become
rather static and old fashioned in our international response that has been so dependant on Western
Europe, the North to the South idea, and why should I have to do that when I have such huge capacity
in the region. So my talk which includes the importance of Dubai is how can we have stronger regional
solutions that can often be culturally more appropriate, faster and cheaper.”
I have been having discussions with the UAE Red Crescent and Aid City about how to significantly boost
the potential support not only regionally but globally out of Dubai, because we have been very impressed
by the efficiency from Dubai of the ability to deliver air freight and sea freight. Just recently goods from
here went to the Maldives, Nairobi, Colombo and Indonesia, so we see this as a major potential to
increase capacity in Dubai, and I think it has been a lost opportunity in the past.”
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Richard Allan – Director, MENTOR Initiative
“With insecticide treated plastic sheeting on the roof and on the walls, we have
seen the largest reduction with any malaria control tool to date. This approach
is being used in Darfur, Liberia and the Tsunami affected areas. So far in every
test we have applied it to, it is safe to the people living inside it as it does not
collect in the soil, it does not collect in the people, and it does not collect in food
when being wrapped in it.”
Together with the French Space Agency we have been developing a system which looks like a post box
in the middle of the forest, thousands of miles from the ministry of health. We train people to send
messages through this satellite post box so when they send the messages, they are seen immediately
by the ministry of health or in the MENTOR office. They run on a military battery for two years, do not
require language because it is based on pictures, which are then sent to a website, where they are
automatically analyzed and made available back on that website. Thus providing remote data within
minutes across thousands of miles.”
Karim Laouabdia - Director, Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines - MSF
“MSF distributes over 1 million ACT treatment per year and more than 90% of
them are confirmed by a lab test. Where are we today in terms of ACT’s? The
shortages of treatments have become a reality. Novartis has announced that
they are only able to supply half of 60 million Co-artem treatments forecasted by
WHO in 2005. There has been no pre-purchase done, low Global Fund
disbursements with no alternative funding, and there continue to be acute
We recommend to prime the pump and money has to be made
available to send a clear signal to the producers of raw materials before November.
Then
manufacturers can increase their production so as to meet the demand for 2006. We have a crisis
for 2005, we will not have enough treatments. WHO has to pre-qualify as many suppliers as possible,
we must help the countries pool their resources as well as helping to implement new protocols: training
medical and lab staff.”
Kingsley Moghalu – Head of Global Partnerships, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and
Malaria
“ I represent the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. These three diseases kill 6 million
people every year.
That’s far more than any weapon of mass destruction and far more than the
Tsunami. In fact, the death toll from HIV/Aids and Malaria, individually is roughly the equivalent of one
tsunami every week…The fund has been able to mobilize about 6 billion dollars so far, and we have
programmes worth about 3 billion dollars in 130 countries…If you look at the problem of HIV/Aids,
Malaria and Tuberculosis 6 billion dollars is nothing. For HIV/Aids alone, UNAIDS estimates that we
must reach expenditure of about 20 billion dollars every year by 2007 if we are to make a serious
impact on this disease.”
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“We hope that rapid and predictable supply of these medicines will be established
by 2006 at the latest. Largley because of the assurances that The Global Fund
has made and the 200 million dollars it has kept aside. This is one of the main
motivating factors that has led Novartis to begin to try produce more medicines.
If that financial commitment would not be there, we would not even be talking
about large scale production of ACT’s. In five years, The Global Fund should be
able to finance more than 100 million insecticide treated bednets and more than
145 million causes of treatment for ACT.
“One very good example of a major success in the fight against malaria is in the Lubombo area which
is part of Swaziland, South Africa and Mozambique. Here the Global Fund is financing spraying, which
has reduced Malaria by 90% in the past year or two. This demonstrates the kinds of possibilities that
exist in the fight agains malaria. Out of the 2 billion dollars per year needed to roll back malaria, only
600 million is available at this point. Sixty percent of this funding is being provided by The Global Fund.
It is also important to note that one third of the whole portfolio of The Global Fund is going to states
that belong to the Organization of Islamic Conference.”
Beth Kuttab - Head of Relief and Social Services, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees in the Near East – UNRWA
“After the Israeli incursion into Jenin camp, we had to remove 30,000 square
metres of rubble alone with more than 435 houses destroyed inside the camp.
It is a great pride that the United Arab Emirates Red Crescent Society can say
that they responded to that particular crisis in a very timely way. The United Arab
Emirates Red Crescent Society gave an unprecedented donation to UNRWA. It’s
the largest single donation in the agency’s history. They gave 27 million dollars
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to rebuild Jenin Camp and I am very pleased to be here in the United Arab
Emirates to express our gratitude and appreciation for this wonderful support from the Arab world. The
Saudi government has recently donated 20 million dollars to UNRWA for shelters in Gaza.”
June Kunugi - Acting Representative Gulf Area Office United Nations Children’s Fund – UNICEF
“When one looks at the biggest donors who fund UNICEF, it is interesting to note
that the top three are Japan, Germany and the Netherlands.
These are the
countries that received the most from UNICEF after World War Two. Even in my
own country which is Japan, we have what is called the UNICEF milk generation.
In my own parents schools there were milk feeding programmes. These are the
donors today who are now providing the bulk of support to organisations like
UNICEF because they had the personal experience of what it is to be in a difficult
experience and then be provided support.
“Mobilizing resources is really about partnerships.
They need to be cultivated, a certain trust and
credibility needs to be built, people want to know where their resources are going, and they want to feel
that connection. When it comes to partnerships, that sense of ownership is really vital. There are 37
national committees within UNICEF, but it’s actually 6 million people supporting the work of these
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committees that then goes to UNICEF.
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“It is also important that a culture of humanitarian action and assistance is developed in societies from
very early on. In many industrialized countries as well as programme countries we have programmes
like education for development, and in fact in countries like Italy and the Netherlands, from a very early
age, children receive a very global education talking about the world dynamics and the needs of
developing countries as well as how individuals including children themselves can provide support.”
Tarek Shayya - Regional Donor Relations Officer for GCC World Food Programme – WFP
“When the world met at the Millennium Summit in the year 2000 and when they
decided what would be their priority for the next millennium, the number one
millennium development goal was to bring the number of hungry poor to half by
the year 2015. Now we are five years into the Millennium Development plan and
unfortunately we are nowhere close to reaching our goal. As a matter of fact,
studies show that if we are to continue up to 2015 at the same pace that we
did the first 5 years, we are going to bring the number of hungry people to 400 million by 2150, so
we are doing a terribly bad job at ending hunger.
“Fortunately, there is enough generosity to reach out to the hungry… When the World Food Programme
during the Tsunami crisis announced an operation for 6 months for 185 million dollars, we were able
to fund that programme in two weeks. Nevertheless, the silent and chronically hungry and even the
people living in crises conditions continue to be forgotten… If we look at who is donating to deal with
the hunger programme, the WFP receives about 2.7 billion dollars worth of food and money to feed
people, about nine countries constitute about 80% of those resources… When you look at the 95
million people that WFP assisted last year, about half of these were in Organisation of Islamic
Fred Dubee - Senior Advisor, Global Compact, Executive Office of the Secretary General, United Nations
“Let us unite the power of the market with the authority of universal principles.
Let us reconcile the creativity of business with the needs of the disadvantaged
and requirements of the future generation.
With these words the Secretary
General Kofi Annan challenged the business community and launched the Global
Compact. By compact, we mean an action-oriented, voluntary sharing of values
and principles. By global we mean that while the values and principles are
universal, the development and implementation of the compact must be rooted
in the traditions, culture, and religion of each nation.
“The Global Compact is nothing more than a platform for businesses, governments, and NGOs to use
that can help create very effective partnerships. We heard today that partnerships are based on need,
but they are also based on a sharing of ideals of principles and of mission. Today, there are over 2000
companies that belong to the Global Compact about 100 from this region, and about 101 out of the
fortune 500 companies.”
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Conference countries, yet less than 1% of WFP’s funding comes from countries of OIC membership.”
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Philip Hoare - Procurement Manager Sight Savers, Chairman Inter-Agency Procurement Group IAPG
“One of the issues which I wanted to discuss is gifts in kind. We get inundated
with well being and well thought out donations in kind, but they have been a major
problem. We have been offered out of date drugs, we get old and out of date
equipment which requires a high level of maintenance, and a lot of this is just
being dumped on the developing world. So we are trying to figure out a way to
get the good gifts in kind, and make people think before they donate stuff that
has been in their garage for 30 years and as a responsible NGO, we have learned
to say no.
“We formed a group called the Inter Agency Procurement Group in the UK ten years ago and we
brought together the major NGOs such as the British Red Cross, Oxfam, Save the Children and NGOs
like these. Through this network we have lobbied suppliers.”
Fred Schultz - Chief, Procurement and Logistics Division, United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East - UNRWA
“Out of the 500 million dollar UNRWA spends every year, about 35% is purely for
procurement.
If you take away the cost of the staff, the procurement figure
would be more like 90%… UNRWA has 900 installations in these five areas,
where we do our own construction of schools, clinics, we run our distribution
centres…We are running our schools differently than in most parts of the world
and it is because we do not have enough money. Every school is double shifted
which means that every school is utilized for 12-14 hours every day. So it starts
in the morning with new teachers and students and 6 hours later, a new school comes in with new
students and teachers. Of course it is something that we do not want, but we have been forced to do.
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“For the suppliers, they have to realize that we are not in the traditional areas of emergency purchase.
What we are buying are school supplies for the children, medicines for the clinics and health centres,
all the general supplies, as well as quite a bit of foodstuff.”
Ahmed Gubartalla - Regional Representative, Office of the United Nations, High Commissioner for
Refugees - UNHCR
“In our experience we have developed two methods that govern our procurement
processes. One method is emergency stockpiling for which we have a central
location in Copenhagen, and we have regional stockpiling in places such as Dubai,
Tanzania, Ghana, Zambia as well as stockpiling around situations where we
foresee a response and we preposition goods in places such as Iraq, Jordan,
Turkey and Iran. The second mechanism which we use is the frame agreements,
so even though we have an annual budget cycle, these frame agreements have
no time frame. What they do have is specificity of standards as well as prices of the items which we
procure…UNHCR procures vehicles, blankets, tents, plastic tarpaulins, kitchen sets, generators,
collapsible jerry cans, tires, tubes, information technology and telecommunication equipment, office
equipment, essential drugs, medical supplies, services such as inspection, consultancies, transport,
and forwarding. Along with this we have procurement which takes place in the field. This procurement
has certain ceilings so that we can allow flexibility to our field offices and be able to respond quickly.”
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Gala Dinner April 6th 2005
DIHAD 2005
proved to be an
undoubted success.We
were able to meet with
a large number of
friends and partners in
relief aid world as well,
using the event as a
big opportunity to
make valuable new
contacts in the aid and
development world.
Crown Plaza hotel. After enjoying the buffet, awards were presented by H.E. Ibrahim Bumelha, Mr.
Hussain Fahmi, Mr. Nadir Hadj-Hammou, and Mr. Abdul Salam Al Madani to the panelists and
chairpersons of the conference, as well as vip’s and dignitaries who had participated in DIHAD.
Dr. Adel Gawish
Chairman and
Managing Director
Chancel
International
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The annual DIHAD Gala Dinner was held on Wednesday April 6th, at the Jumeirah Ballroom of the
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Nissan Welcome Reception
DIHAD 2005 has
undoubtedly been a great
success for us: we made
many new contacts,
networked with existing
ones, launched two new
aid products (the
ZeroFly® insecticide
impregnated tent and the
Ambassador Ahmed Gubartalla, Regional
LifeStraw™ personal
The buffet at the reception
Representative UNHCR, Mostafa Mohaghegh,
drinking device) and
Operations Coordinator IFRC, and
expect to generate more
Fred Dubee, Senior Advisor Global Compact
than $1 million in sales,
with contracts over $2.5
million expected in the
near future for PermaNet® On the evening of Tuesday April 5th, members of the International Scientific Advisory Board,
mosquito nets, all relating
procurement officers, and dignitaries attended the Nissan Welcome Reception at Le Gourmand
to DIHAD.
restaurant in Ibis World Trade Centre Hotel.
Patrick Sieyes
Regional Director
Vestergaard Frandsen
Middle East
A short video presentation was made by Mr. Monal
Zeidan, Corporate Communications Manager for Nissan Middle East, in which Nissan presented all their
terrain vehicles which are specially fitted for the demanding conditions that the UN and International
NGO’s work in. Nissan is able to provide clients with vehicles as well as spare parts directly to areas
in Africa, Middle East, and Central Asia. For further information on Nissan, please contact Mr. Monal
Zeidan by telephone 971 4 881 7500 ext 290 or email monal@nissan-me.ae.
We take this
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opportunity to thank Nissan for sponsoring this event.
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Hani Obeid, Director Tejari, Philip Hoare,
Procurement Manager Sight Savers, and Mr. Saqib
Iqbal COO Tejari at the reception
Mr. Monal Zeidan, Corporate Communications
Manager Nissan Middle East FZE speaking about
Nissan’s all terrain vehicles specially fitted for the
aid and development community
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