Associate Policy Officer @DDisplacement | Views my own.
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined July 2016
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Timo Schmidt retweeted
📰Colombia’s Commitment to Disaster Displacement in 2024: From Global Policy Development to Regional Leadership". Read a short piece that my colleague @TimoASchmidt and I wrote here: 👉disasterdisplacement.org/new…
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Happening this Thursday (3 October) at the Regional #GCM Review for Africa ➡️ virtual side event on Human Mobility, Disasters, and Climate Change in the IGAD Region: Lessons Learned and Strengthened Partnerships
Register here: bit.ly/3MUKvr8
Timo Schmidt retweeted
1/20. 📜NEW BRIEF: “#Participation, #Engagement and #Representation of #Migrants, #DisplacedPersons and #Refugees in #LossAndDamage Financing, Action and Support”
🔗 Read it here: lossanddamagecollaboration.o…
This new study by W. Kaelin & H.E.C. builds on a Policy Brief launched at the Global Refugee Forum. Access both here:
Study: bit.ly/3W5z70X
Policy Brief: bit.ly/3RUS6st
Thankful for the opportunity to have supported this work!
@Refugees @DDisplacement
NEW study: #Displacement across borders- Review of literature, legislation & case law to protect persons displaced across borders in the context of disasters & the #ClimateCrisis. Supporting the Global Compact on @Refugees. By W. Kaelin & H.E.C unhcr.org/media/no-43-displa…
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Kenya Signs the IGAD Transhumance Protocol.
H.E. Dr.@MusaliaMudavadi, Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of the Government of Kenya, signed the IGAD Transhumance Protocol on behalf of the Government of Kenya. The signing was witnessed by an IGAD Secretariat delegation led by Dr. @FatumaIAdan, IGAD Head of Mission in Kenya, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, accompanied by @DerejeWaq, Director of @ICPALD.
The Republic of Kenya is the sixth #IGAD Member State to sign the protocol, following the Republic of Sudan, the Republic of South Sudan, the Federal Republic of Somalia, the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, and the Republic of Djibouti.
Read more: bit.ly/4e4p9Uq
Timo Schmidt retweeted
🔔There is still time to register for this exciting GCM Talk on Wednesday!
Register 👉 t.ly/-GoTr
We will draw on @UNMigNetwork's CLIMB Database to explore recent developments, best practices and challenges to implementing GCM commitments in the Arab region.
Timo Schmidt retweeted
Thanks to @DDisplacement’s partnership, IOM #Kenya is expanding its operations to avert, minimize, and address disaster displacement in #Kenya. Today, with the State Department for ASALs and @KenyaRedCross, we are planning for validation of the Kenya National Shelter Strategy.
Timo Schmidt retweeted
Learn how to prevent and manage disaster displacement in your community with this FREE online course ⛈💡 🌞
➡️ bit.ly/3e48IJI
@NRC_Norway @DDisplacement @UNmigration @IOM_MECC @Refugees @IDMC_Geneva @ifrc
Timo Schmidt retweeted
Don't miss these conversations with the SR HR IDPs on planned relocations in the context of disasters and climate change:
🗓️14 March: Americas
🗓️15 March: Pacific, Europe & Africa
🗓️19 March: Asia
More info & registration links here: bit.ly/3Vc3R06
Together with the SR HR IDPs @PaulaGaviriaB, the PDD Secretariat is organizing a series of online conversations on planned relocations in the context of climate change. These dialogues & exchanges will inform the SR's report to HRC56.
👉More info here: bit.ly/3Vc3R06
Timo Schmidt retweeted
Together with the SR HR IDPs @PaulaGaviriaB, the PDD Secretariat is organizing a series of online conversations on planned relocations in the context of climate change. These dialogues & exchanges will inform the SR's report to HRC56.
👉More info here: bit.ly/3Vc3R06
Timo Schmidt retweeted
OHCHR | Call for input for the HRC56 thematic report on climate change and internal displacement: focus on planned relocations of people in the context of the adverse effects of climate change and disasters ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input…
Timo Schmidt retweeted
We are excited to welcome Costa Rica as Vice Chair of the PDD! 🇨🇷
🤝Together, Kenya and Costa Rica will lead the Steering Group to strengthen the protection of disaster displaced persons
Timo Schmidt retweeted
📢Open Vacancy!
We are looking for a Consultant to develop a technical guide on averting, minimizing and addressing non-economic losses in the context of human mobility
📌For more info: bit.ly/3wpBuS1
🗓️Apply by 06 March
Timo Schmidt retweeted
We are proud to launch the world’s first free online disaster law course!
In a world experiencing increasing disasters compounded by climate change, we must ensure increased knowledge of the role legal frameworks play in disaster & emergency settings.
disasterlaw.ifrc.org/node/98…
Timo Schmidt retweeted
📢Are you attending #GFMD14 in Geneva?
Come visit us at the #CLIMBDatabase Booth and learn more on the 1st database consolidating key data on policies & practices related to human mobility, disasters, climate change and environmental degradation
➡️lnkd.in/eq6xZ9wU
Timo Schmidt retweeted
Join us at the #GFMD this week to check out @SkaarSays’ interpretation of the #NansenPassport, urging us to consider how to inspire and unify us around the challenges related to #ClimateChange, #Displacement and #Migration.
Come join the discussion online in our side event at the GFMD - it’ll focus on bringing civil society and grassroots speakers together, among them authors, experts and artists!
bit.ly/47C4Ycd
🌍Are you attending #GFMD14? Join us on Wednesday to learn how the impacts of slow-onset #ClimateChange shape #HumanMobility outcomes
🗓️24 January, 12:30-2:00 pm
📍CICG, Room CCV – Lausanne & online ➡️🔗bit.ly/47C4Ycd
More info here👉tinyurl.com/ym4u3et7
Timo Schmidt retweeted
Every year, the impacts of slow-onset #ClimateChange affect millions of lives🌎
Join @caritasfrance @cmdplatform @GFMD_CSD
and the PDD next week at #GFMD14 to discuss regular #Migration pathways in the age of climate change
📅Jan 24
⏰12:30
Learn more➡️bit.ly/3S3kKH5
