HUMANITARIAN OUTLOOK:

CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES HUMANITARIAN ACITIVITIES

IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Themes:
The Energy of Humanitarian
‘STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIP IN HUMANITARIAN DIPLOMACY AND
DISASTER MANAGEMENTS’
GOALS:

1. To strengthen coordination and consolidation among

humanitarian organization in SEA.
2. To map out the pattern of activities in order to build
humanitarian oraganizations’ capacity.
3. To synchronize the vision, mission, goals of humanitarian
organizations in disaster managements and humanitarian
advocacy.
4. To encourage program synergy among the humanitarian
organizations.
5. To encourage the formation of SEAHUM management in
2019-2021
SEAHUM
What next?
STRENGTH

 INDIVIDUAL NGO IN ASEAN COUNTRIES IS ALREADY STRONG IN ALMOST EVERY

ASPECTS OF DISASTER AND HUMANITARIAN CONFLICTS MANAGEMENTS.
INCLUDING MANPOWER & FUNDS.
 SOMES ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED FOR MANY YEARS AND WELL-KNOWN IN
DELIVERING HUMANITARIAN WORKS INSIDE OWN COUNTRY AND EVEN
WORLDWIDE.
 SEAHUM IS FORMED IN 2012, BASED ON A COMMON ISSUE ie ROHINGYA
CONFLICT. ALTHOUGH STILL YOUNG, BUT IS VERY POTENTIAL TO BECOME ONE
OF THE RECOGNISED COLLABRATION AT LEAST IN ASEAN IF NOT WORLWIDE.
 ASEAN COUNTRIES BY ITSELF IS A STRONG COALLATION IN MANY ASPECTS SUCH
AS PEOPLES’ ROOT, FOODS & CULTURES, ECONOMIC, ETC.
WEAKNESS

 INDIVIDUAL NGO TENDS TO POTRAY ITS OWN STRENGTH.

 AND MOST OF THE TIMES MANY NGOs DELIVER THE SIMILAR ACTIVITIES AT THE
SAME SMALL DISASTERS AREA. DUPLICATING. THUS,INDIRECTLY WASTING
HUMAN RESOURCES, FUNDS AND TIMES.
 UNFINISHED JOBS/ACTIVITIES
OPPORTUNITY

 LOTS OF HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES, BOTH NATURAL DISASTERS AS WELL AS

HUMANITARIAN CONFLICTS. BOTH SHORT AND LONG TERMS.
 MEMBERS OF ASEAN ARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, NEED TO ADDRESS OR GIVE
ATTENTION TO ECONOMIC, EDUCATION DELEVEPOMENTS AND EVEN IN TERM OF
YOUTH DEVELOPMENTS. NGOS NEED TO PLAY IMPORTANT ROLES TOGETHER
WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
 SOME HUMANITARIAN ACITIVIES NEED COLLABRATION AMONGST NGOs BOTH
LOCALS AND INTERNATIONAL. ESPECIALLY A COMPLICATED AND TIME
CONSUMING HUMANITARIAN ISSUES.
 FASTER IN DELIVERING HELPS AND SOLVING THE ISSUE/PROBLEMS
 HELPING DEVELOP OR DEVELOP NEW or SMALL NGOs – Training, Expertise
ACTIVITIES Need COLLABRATIVE Efforts From NGOs
in SEAHUM
FOCUS
Not ONLY Disasters and Emergencies

Rakhine, Southern Thailand,Cambodia, Mindanoa,

Timor Leste.
Malaysia, Indonesia etc

1. EDUCATION – basic,skill training etc

2. ECONOMIC – food security etc.
3. YOUTH
4. WOMEN
5. HEALTH
6. ADVOCACY
THREAT

 POLICIES OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES KEEP CHANGING – POLITICS, FOREIGN

AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS
 ALREADY MANY COLLABRATIVE GROUPS – TRYING TO BE A CHAMPION RATHER
MAKE THINGS EASIER
 OUTSIDERS MAY LOOK IT IS A RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT OR FOCUSSING ONLY TO
CERTAIN GROUP.
 OTHERS – FUNDS, MANAGEMENT
THE END