Time: 10:00 — 11:30 am

Location: The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC

About the Event: As the single largest donor of humanitarian aid, the United States' response is critical to determining how effectively internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees and other affected populations are dealt with in humanitarian crises. Although the United States has taken important steps over the past decade to integrate the needs of IDPs into its policies and programs, there remain significant ways to improve its response.

On June 30, the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement will host a discussion on how the United States can improve its response to internal displacement around the world. The event will feature a presentation of a new policy paper, “Improving the U.S. Response to Internal Displacement,” by authors Roberta Cohen, nonresident senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and Dawn Calabia, senior advisor at Refugees International. Following their remarks, Assistant Secretary of State Eric P. Schwartz, USAID’s Susan Reichle, Refugee International’s Joel Charny, and the German Marshall Fund’s James Kunder will respond with their comments. Senior Fellow Elizabeth Ferris, co-director of the Brookings-Bern Project, will provide introductory remarks and moderate a discussion.

After the program, panelists will take audience questions.

Introduction and Moderator

Elizabeth Ferris
Senior Fellow and Co-Director,
Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement
The Brookings Institution


Featured Speakers

Roberta Cohen
Nonesident Senior Fellow
The Brookings Institution

Eric P. Schwartz
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
U.S. Department of State

Susan Reichle
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance
USAID

Joel R. Charny
Vice President for Policy
Refugees International

James Kunder
Senior Resident Fellow
German Marshall Fund of the United States


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