Design for Humanity Summit II 2019 Report

2019 REPORT

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GLOSSARY

HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN

an iterative design process that starts with the people you’re designing for and ends with new solutions made to suit their needs.

SPACES OF REFUGE

places where displaced persons seek protection in the immediate or longterm.

GLOSSARY

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CRISIS-AFFECTED COMMUNITIES

communities experiencing the ongoing consequences or aftermath of a humanitarian crisis —including host communities and displaced persons.

HUMANITARIAN ACTION

assistance, protection, and advocacy in response to humanitarian needs resulting from humanitarian crises.

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HUMANITARIAN NEEDS TODAY

131.7Â m in need of humanitarian assistance

90% of world's disasters are climate-relatedÂ

1 person

displaced every 2 seconds

70.8 m

25.9 m

forcibly displaced worldwide

are refugees

HUMANITARIAN NEEDS

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"WORKING WITH REFUGEES AROUND THE WORLD, IT’S NOT OFTEN SILENT WHERE YOU ARE, BUT FOR THE CORPORATE MEDIA, IT IS. THOSE VOICES DO NOT HIT THE MEDIA RADAR SCREEN. AND IT’S OUR JOB TO ELEVATE THEM,”

AMY GOODMAN HOST AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, DEMOCRACY NOW!

MISSION AND VISION

DESIGN FOR HUMANITY INITIATIVE Leaving no one behind means not only responding to people in need, but collaborating with them to design the spaces, projects, and policies that govern their lives.

A growing community of humanitarians and designers embrace the notion that good design is a public right deserved by all, especially those most inflicted by injustices and crises.

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"WE BELIEVE DESIGN AND INNOVATION CAN MAKE OUR RESPONSES BETTER AND HELP US FACE UP TO NEW CHALLENGES THAT COME OUR WAY. THAT'S WHY WE MUST ALWAYS REMAIN OPEN TO NEW IDEAS." RICHARD BLEWITT, HEAD OF DELEGATION AND PERMANENT OBSERVER, DELEGATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT SOCIETIES TO THE UNITED NATIONS

MISSION AND VISION

WE ENVISION A WORLD WHERE HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN IS A PUBLIC RIGHT EXTENDED TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CRISES

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MISSION AND VISION

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DESIGN FOR HUMANITY PILLARS

PROVOKE CHANGE

FOSTER DIGNITY

PROMOTE INCLUSION

CURATE MEMORY

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MISSION AND VISION

WE AIM TO INSPIRE A HUMANITARIAN DESIGN CHARTER BY:

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Amplifying the discourse on the role of design processes in humanitarian response

Integrating human-centered design processes into the norms of humanitarian action

Building a coalition of humanitarians and designers to launch research and pilot projects

STAKEHOLDERS

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OUR AUDIENCE HUMANITARIAN WORKERS

DESIGN PROFESSIONALS

CRISIS-AFFECTED PEOPLE

committed to saving lives

committed to designing

committed to designing

and alleviating suffering

solutions to social

solutions for their  own

in line with humanitarian

injustice and challenges

communities

principles

to humanitarian action

POLICY MAKERS AND DONORS

PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS

committed to funding

committed to proactively

projects and developing

investing their profit,

policies that mitigate or

technology, and talent to

end humanitarian crises

humanitarian efforts

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STAKEHOLDERS

DESIGN FOR HUMANITY LEADERS The Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University educates the future generation of humanitarians in the classroom, shapes humanitarian leaders in the field, and develops innovative solutions to complex humanitarian challenges worldwide.

The International Organization for Migration works to help ensure the orderly and humane management of migration, to promote international cooperation on migration issues, to assist in the search for practical solutions to migration problems and to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants in need, including refugees and internally displaced people.

STAKEHOLDERS

11 "THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN CALLS OUT FOR A HUMANISTIC APPROACH."

BRENDAN CAHILL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS

"HOME IS A MASSIVE PART OF OUR IDENTITY, AND TO LOSE THAT BECAUSE OF A WAR, A DROUGHT, LACK OF FOOD, CLIMATE CHANGE, A LAND SLIDE, AN EARTHQUAKE, WHATEVER, IS ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND SHOCKS A HUMAN CAN EXPERIENCE."

ARGENTINA SZABADOS, IOM REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE, EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA

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SUMMIT

DESIGN FOR HUMANITY SUMMIT II: DESIGN IN THE TIME OF DISPLACEMENT We brought together prominent humanitarian and design professionals to foster dialogue on how design can drive humanitarian response in a more dignified, inclusive, and sustainable direction.

JUNE 21, 2019

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY NEW YORK CITY

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SUMMIT

30 speakers

architects | urban planners | filmmakers | shelter experts | diplomats | design thinkers | graphic designers | emergency coordinators | humanitarian workers | product designers

4Â partners

200 attendees

3 Keynote Addresses

2 Design Dialogues

12 Workshops

150 Â #Design4Humanity Tweets

SUMMIT ADDRESSES Welcome Address

14 Humanitarian Keynote Address

BRENDAN CAHILL

ARGENTINA SZABADOS

Executive Director, Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs

Regional Director, IOM in South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia

Design Keynote Address

Storytelling Keynote Address

RICHARD BLEWITT

AMY GOODMAN

Head of Delegation and Permanent Observer, Delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to the United Nations

Host and Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

SUMMIT: DESIGN DIALOGUE ONE

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“It's important to get the numbers, the statistics, about refugees' right for funding purposes and for the media attention, but those numbers scare me. Big numbers can be quite dangerous because they create masses of people, and they're hidden behind the mask of 'refugees.'”

- Jan-Maurits Loecke

ARCHITECT, WRITER & URBAN ACTIVIST ABOUT SOCIAL FRACTURES/SOCIAL STRUCTURES

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SUMMIT: DESIGN DIALOGUE ONE

FROM CAMPS TO COMMUNITIES

MODERATOR: BRIAN KELLY

RAUL PANTALEO

LORIN KAVANAUGH-ULKU

Head of Community Stabilization Unit, International Organization for Migration

Co-founder, Studio TAMassociati

Senior Advisor, Open Innovation Competitions, U.S. Global Development Lab, USAID

JAN-MAURITS LOECKE

Architect, Writer, Urban Activist about Social Fractures/Social Structures

JOHAN KARLSSON

Managing Director, Better Shelter

SUMMIT: DESIGN DIALOGUE TWO

“Being able to create a narrative around a complex data set allows you to see it in context and give it meaning . . .

Data on its own doesn't have a lot of meaning, it's the way that you use it that makes it significant.”

- Erika Wei

SENIOR DATA VISUALIZATION DEVELOPER, UN OCHA'S CENTRE FOR HUMANITARIAN DATA

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SUMMIT: DESIGN DIALOGUE TWO

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FROM DATA TO STORIES

MODERATOR: AMY GOODMAN

ERIKA WEI

DUNCAN LAWRENCE

Host and Executive Producer, Democracy Now!

Senior Data Visualization Developer, UN OCHA's Centre for Humanitarian Data

Executive Director, Immigration Policy Lab, Stanford University

SANDRA VINES

JOCELYN KELLY

PAUL DILLON

Director for Resettlement, International Rescue Committee.

Founding Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative’s Women in War Program

Managing Editor, IOM's Media & Communications Division

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WORKSHOP SESSIONS: HOW MIGHT WE ...

understand migration and refugee situations in the age of big data?

Jeremy Boy, Data Visualization and Design Specialist, UN Global Pulse, Executive Office of the SecretaryGeneral, United Nations

design playgrounds for children in refugee communities?

Charles Newman, Designer, Builder, and Researcher, Unfrastructure Design, LLC

use mapping tools to better understand the place experiences of displaced refugee families?

Bree Akesson, Associate Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty of Social Work & Kearney Coupland, Ph.D. Candidate in the Geography Department, Wilfrid Laurier University

surface and support scalable, sustainable solutions for drought, natural disasters, urban displacement, and public health hazards by designing the solutions in concert with the communities affected?

Lillie Rosen, Learning Manager, DEPP Innovation Labs

WORKSHOP SESSIONS: HOW MIGHT WE ...

design and build communities with local people and local materials?

Joana Torres, Architect and Founder, Oficina Design

allow refugees and immigrants to travel back to their home countries through the documentation, cooking, and sharing of family recipes passed down from generation to generation?

Ayesha Mukadam, Visual Artist

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demonstrate the significance of incorporating education as the fourth core “pillar” of camp design, after food, medicine, and shelter?

Mary Stylidi, Regional Commissioner for Unaccompanied Child Refugees in Greece and Syria, UNHCR

help responders and affected communities better understand the nature of Ebola (EVD) outbreaks and improve strategic interventions for prevention and containment?

Michael de St. Aubin, Project Coordinator, KoBoToolbox, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative & Saira Khan, Data Analyst, Signal Program on Human Security and Technology, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative

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WORKSHOP SESSIONS: HOW MIGHT WE ...

understand what it means to have a code of ethics and its value in rigorous practice?

Azra Akšamija, Director, MIT Future Heritage Lab (FHL) and Associate Professor, MIT Art, Culture and Technology Program

understand how local governments use urban planning strategies to advance urban development for all residents, bridging the socalled “humanitariandevelopment divide?"

outline a series of tactics (drift, layering, and gameboard) used for penetrating beyond preconceptions of a place to record and document the present and inform possible urban futures?

Jessica Sadye Wolff, Urban Planner and Researcher

Susan Fitzgerald, Design Director, FBM Architecture and Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University

use Theory U as a socially innovative methodology to cultivate trust, foster authentic relationships, and promote collaboration for social impact?

Susan Melsop, Associate Professor of Design, Ohio State University

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CONTACT US

For media inquiries: Camille Giacovas Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs Communications and Research Officer cgiacovas@fordham.edu For future collaborations:Â Brendan Cahill, Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs Executive Director bhcahill@gmail.com

Thank You