Together We Stand

Giving with two hands and a bow.............................................. 86 Hanford Lin, Chien-Cheng Yang, Steve Chiu, Stephen Fomba and Debra Boudreaux, Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation Together we stand: religion as a means towards peaceful coexistence................................................................... 90 Zeshan Zafar and Sumbella Khan, The Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies Supporting decisions in crisis response: Artifcial Intelligence for Digital Response and MicroMappers..................................... 93 Qatar Computing Research Institute, Social Computing Building capacities for sustainable partnerships. ........................ 96 Louise Julin, Funding Officer; and Kelly Kirk, Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development–Legal Aid Forecast-based fnancing: climate science and timely funding of early actions in an anticipatory humanitarian system. ................ 99 German Action Plan for Humanitarian Adaptation to Climate Change Rising from the mud: recovery and reconstruction in Malaysia...... 102 National Disaster Management Agencies Malaysia The Philippines: partnerships for humanitarian action............. 105 Jesus RS Domingo, Assistant Secretary for United Nations and International Organizations, Department of Foreign Affairs, the Philippines Alwaleed Philanthropies: forging strong partnerships for greater impact..................................................................... 109 HRH Princess Lamia bint Majed AlSaud, Secretary General, Alwaleed Philanthropies Luxembourg’s SATMED programme brings e-health to remote areas............................................................................. 113 Max Lamesch, Coordinator of Humanitarian Action, Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Mexico: a set of alliances to face adversity................................ 117 Luis Felipe Puente Espinosa, National Coordinator of Civil Protection, Mexico Risk transfer and insurance: investing in disaster risk reduction for urban resilience. ................................................................. 121 Mihir R. Bhatt, All India Disaster Mitigation Institute; and Ronak Patel, Stanford University Building resilience to economic shocks in Uganda’s dairy sector: the role of Farmers’ organizations. ........................................... 125 Dr Umar I. Kamarah, Islamic Development Bank Responding to the livelihoods needs of quarantined households during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone............. 128 Michael Solis, Sierra Leone Programme Manager; and Rebecca Grogan, Project Officer, Trócaire Building partnerships to improve resilience and safety of fsher families in the Bay of Bengal........................................... 132 Yugraj Singh Yadava, Director; and Rajdeep Mukherjee, Policy Analyst, Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India The Turkic Council’s approach to humanitarian diplomacy. .... 136 Ambassador Ramil Hasanov, Secretary General; Pelin Musabay Baki, Project Director; and Yedil Myrzakhanov, Project Director, Turkic Council African Risk Capacity: an African-led strategy for managing natural disasters....................................................... 139 Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Chair, African Risk Capacity Agency Governing Board; and Dr Lars Thunell, Chairman, African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Board of Directors The Kizilaykart electronic smart card/e-voucher programme..... 143 Turkish Red Crescent Migration and Refugee Services Department Recovery resilience: empowerment in the face of adversity....... 146 Saleha Ali, Carol Liew and Masahiro Ishizeki, Mercy Relief Investing in the future: provide people with hope for a life and build a resilient society...................................................... 149 Tsukasa Hirota, Director, Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Relief Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Fifty-four years of development cooperation............................. 152 Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Empowerment of communities towards disaster resilience through disaster risk management for sustainable development.... 155 Omar Osman, Kamarulazizi Ibrahim, Kanayathu Chacko Koshy, Ahmad Firdaus Ahmad Shabudin, and Sharifah Nurlaili Farhana Syed Azhar, Centre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia The humanitarian capacities challenge: dealing with the present and preparing for the future......................................... 159 Dr Randolph Kent, King’s College, London, UK Embedding good governance in the World Humanitarian Summit Synthesis Report: a spotlight on the evidence.............. 161 Lance Croffoot-Suede, Head; Ulysses Smith, Attorney; and Menaka Nayar, Attorney, Linklaters, International Governance and Development Practices Notes and References............................................................... 163 Contents [ 6 ]