The 16th Annual Southeast Asia Red Cross Red Crescent Leadership Meeting will be hosted in Manila, Philippines from 24-25 October 2019, under the generous hospitality of the Philippine Red Cross.

The leadership meeting is an important opportunity for presidents, secretaries, general and senior management in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to evaluate challenges, successes and future direction, as a way of further strengthening the world’s largest humanitarian network.

Meeting Resources

Manila Call for Action
Southeast Asia Roadmap

Meeting Outcome (New!)

Meeting Agenda

Session 1: Opening Ceremony

Session 2: Looking back

Session 3: One Billion Coalition and the Asian Coalition for Resilience

• One Billion Coalition for Resilience Overview
• Background Note: One Billion Coalition for Resilience
• One Billion Coalition – 2 pagers

Session 4: Reinforcing Manila Call for Action commitments and regional targets

Session 5: Localization of Actions

• Background Note: Non-Paper on Localization
• Regional Forum on Community Safety and Resilience
• Terms of Reference: Community Safety and Resilience Forum 2013
• Terms of Reference: Community Safety and Resilience Forum 2014
• Terms of Reference: Disaster management and risk reduction technical working group
• Red Ready Malaysia

Session 6: Migrant Workers

• Background Note: Migrant Workers
• Asia Pacific Migration Network 2019 General Meeting Report
• Networks in Southeast Asia
• Virtual Volunteer by Philippine Red Cross
• Supporting Migrants in the Philippines