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SUMMARY:WPS Symposium: From Fragility to Resilience
DESCRIPTION:WPS 4D Mini-Symposium – From Fragility to Resilience: Engaging Defence and Security Actors in Water Security\nThe Water\, Peace\, and Security (WPS) Partnership invites you to join a focused dialogue on the role of defence and security actors in tackling water-related security challenges. Around the world\, security actors are increasingly called upon to respond to climate change–induced disasters and stabilise regions where water risks threaten peace. Yet\, integration into broader cross-sectoral efforts remains limited. \nThe Symposium will: \n\nExplore ways to enhance the comprehensive 4D-approach\, synergising defence\, diplomacy\, development\, and disaster relief.\nHighlight field experiences from Iraq\, Ethiopia\, Kenya and Mali\, that can inform more coordinated\, anticipatory\, and integrated global responses.\nShare lessons learned from defence and security engagement in addressing water security risks.\n\n  \nProgramme\n13:00 – 13:30 | Registration and Coffee \n13:30 – 14:00 | Opening Remarks and Fireside Chat \n\nOpening Remarks: Laura Birkman\, Director of the Climate\, Water\, and Food Security Programme at HCSS and Lead WPS engagement in Iraq\nFireside chat between Johanna Sumuvouri (Director of the European CoE for Civilian Crisis Management) and Kees Matthijssen (Lt. Gen\, former Force Commander MINUSMA)\n14:00 – 15:10 | Session 1 – Lessons from the Field: Defence and Security Actors in Fragile Settings\n\nPanel discussion moderated by Abigail Robinson between: \n\nNico Tak (Lt. Gen)\nDr. Esther van ‘t Veen (Assistant Professor Civil Military Relations\, Netherlands Defence Academy)\nSalman Khairalla (Co-Founder Humat Dijlah/Save the Tigris Foundation\, Iraq)\n\n15:10 – 15:30 | Coffee Break \n15:30 – 16:40 | Session 2 – Operationalising the 4D Approach in Fragile Contexts and Beyond \n\nPanel discussion between Tom Middendorp (Gen.)\, Sophie Volmer (Coordinating Policy Officer Integrated Water Resource Management\, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Esther Marijnen (Associate Professor Sociology of Development and Change\, Wageningen University)\n\n16:40 – 17:20 | Session 3 – Interactive Dialogue: Reflections\, Takeaways & Future Pathways \n17:20 – 17:30 | Closing Remarks & Next Steps \n17:30 | Networking Reception \n  \nWe kindly ask you to save the date and register your attendance via the Eventbrite website. Your voice and expertise are vital to shaping the conversation on how defence and security actors can help address water-related security challenges. We look forward to your active participation in this important dialogue. \n	Register here This link opens in a new tab\n	\nThis symposium is informed by our recent Policy Brief\, Addressing Water-related Security Challenges in Fragile Settings: Opportunities and Limitations for Defence and Security Actors
URL:https://www.humanityhub.org/calendar/wps-symposium-from-fragility-to-resilience/
LOCATION:The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
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