Joseph SEVERE

First name
Joseph
Last name
SEVERE
Email
[email protected]
Phone number
+509 39 06 5503
How do you self-identify or would like to be identified?
Man
Do you belong to any ethnic minority group of self-identify as an indigenous person?
No
Affiliation, organization, or community
Executive Director
Years of professional or activism experience or of knowledge built on specific indigenous expertise
15+ years
Country of residence
Haiti
Languages
French
In which geographic region (and sub-region) does your work mostly focus?
Latin America and the Caribbean
Do you have proven experience in gender and climate change issues?
No, my work/ area of expertise focuses on other climate related issues
Please provide your short bio reflecting on your academic, professional and practical background
  • SEVERE  Joseph

Short bio

  • He is born in Haiti. He is studying Education science and other. Now he is Executive Director of UNASCAD (Union des Amis Socio Culturels d’Action en DĂ©veloppement), a civil society organization listed in the databases of UNCSO, accredited by Global Compact for Migration and UN-Environment, recognized by Major Groups, Together First, Guardian, UNDRR/Stakeholders Engagement Mechanism (SEM), PAN (Pandemic Action Network), PMNCH (Partnership Maternal Newborn Children Health)
  • He is Consultant and  Advisory steering committee for Action for Global Health (AfGH)
  • He is member of CLIO (Cadre de Liaison Inter-Organisations) / Health commission
  • On the auspices of Together First, he is the Focal point to celebrate the UN75th anniversary in Haiti for this year 2020.
  • He is Commitment Volunteer of Sendai Framework.
  • He is co-author of multiple newsletters written and distributed in the intense promotion of the Sendai Framework linked to SDG and COP21.
  • On the auspices of ECOSOC and Major Groups, he was Lead Discussant for the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) by representing the Latin American Caribbean during the transition MDG to SDG, 6 July 2015, New York.
  • On the auspices of UNDRR and Major Groups, he was International Delegate for the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan, Sendai, 14-18 March 2015.
  • On the auspices of RET International, he was Regional Delegate for Disaster Risk Reduction, Panama, March 2018.
  • On the auspices of Global Network for Disaster Risk Reduction (GNDR), he was International Delegate for the Summit on Disaster Risk Reduction, Malaysia, April 2018.
  • On the auspices of the organization committee, he were the Lead Discussant of the XVIe Conference of AIDS, Ontario/ Canada

-  Under the direction of UNASCAD (Union des Amis Socio Culturels d'Action en Developpement), he was the National Director of the breastfeeding programme, nutritional counselling, mental health... for breastfeeding mothers and pregnant women victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti

N.B. : French is his main language.

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Advisory in technical assistance project