In Partnership with ConnexUs
The USAID Bureau for Conflict Prevention & Stabilization (CPS), the USAID Peace & Security Sector Council, in partnership with ConnexUs, invite you to participate in the USAID Peace & Security Summit Partners Day, a fully digital event, which will be March 31, 2022, from 7:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT. Partners Day will convene USAID global staff, implementing partners, multilateral organizations, donors & interagency partners. We hope you will join us to exchange ideas, knowledge & learning to better prevent armed conflict & violence & promote peace. Please note that the press has been invited.
Before, during & after the Summit, you can use the ConnexUs Discussions to share your latest research findings, ask questions about the sessions, identify opportunities for future collaboration, and more! Through ConnexUs’ partnership with USAID, the Partners Day conversations will continue on the platform through our Discussions & Live Events.
Evidence & Learning for Conflict & Violence Prevention
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM ET
Moderator:
• Julie Werbel, Division Chief, Leadership & Learning Division, Center for Conflict & Violence Prevention (CVP) USAID CPS Bureau
Panelists:
• Daisy Chang, Peace Through Evaluation, Learning & Adapting
• Jessica Baumgardner-Zuzik, Alliance for Peacebuilding
• Jess Holst, Office of Transition Initiatives Colombia
Global Fragility Act & National Security Strategy Discussion
8:15 AM – 9:15 AM ET
Moderators:
• Robert Jenkins, USAID/CPS AtA
• Julie Southfield, DAA, CPS Bureau
Panelists:
• Isobel Coleman, USAID/D/AAID
• Linda Etim, National Security Council
• Anne Witkowsky, State/CSO A/S
• Christopher Maier, DoD A/S
Ukraine Discussion
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ET
Moderator:
• Claire Russo, CPS Bureau
Questions from the audience
Innovations in Armed Conflict & Violence Prevention
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM ET
Moderator:
• Rob Horvath, CVP Acting Director, USAID CPS Bureau
Panelists:
• Kimairis Toogood, Head of Conflict Hub; International Alert
• Amy McQuade, USAID/Middle East Regional Platform (MERP)
• Lisa Chandonnet-Bedoya, USAID/CPS Regional Coordinator for Latin America
Donor Community Discussion
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
Moderators:
• Alena Tansey, Conflict & Violence Specialist, CVP, USAID CPS Bureau
• Counselor Ken Yamashita
Panelists:
• Sophia Armanski, Deputy Head of Division, Crisis Prevention, Stabilisation, Peacebuilding
• Leigh Stubblefield, DFID UK
• Derek Mueller PH.D., Head of Division, SDC Division Middle East & North Africa, Fragility, Conflict & Human Rights
• Brian Kelly, IOM Washington