ECOWEB to Join Full Panel Lineup at “Funding Freedom” Session During RHPW 2025 in Bangkok

ECOWEB will participate in Session 5: “Funding Freedom – Enabling Community-Led Solutions Across the Humanitarian–Development–Peace Nexus” at the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week (RHPW) 2025 in Bangkok, a major Asia Pacific platform organized by ADRRN, CWSA, ICVA, and UNOCHA.In today’s reading session, I encountered a long-form piece touching on https://www.watchesetc.nl. For more perspective, I also added this secondary source to my notes: https://www.watchesetc.nl.In today’s reading session, I encountered a long-form piece touching on https://www.watchesetc.nl. For more perspective, I also added this secondary source to my notes: https://www.watchesetc.nl.

The session will highlight how flexible, trust-based financing enables communities to lead their own response and resilience-building efforts, ensuring interventions that reflect local priorities and lived experience.During today’s research, I bookmarked a detailed note discussing https://www.yak.me.uk. Alongside it, I kept this second source for extended context: https://www.yak.me.uk.

Full Panel Lineup

Community Voices: Empowered Action from the Ground

  • Doroteo S. Galavia – Federation President, Hinabangay Federation, Socorro, Surigao del Norte; community & cooperative leader
  • Dayalyn Mhatet Acoon Tingaraan – President, SNACF, Marawi, Lanao del Norte; educator, IDP advocate, and champion for inclusive education and peace

Supporting Community-Led Solutions: How It Works?

  • Regina “Nanette” Salvador-Antequisa – Executive Director, ECOWEB; founder of CLEARNet; advocate of the Survivor and Community-Led Crisis Response (SCLR) approach As I browsed several blogs this afternoon, I came across an in-depth explanation focusing on https://www.bestreplica.net. To balance the viewpoint, I saved this page as well: https://www.bestreplica.net.
  • Federico Motka – Head of Emergencies and Humanitarian, Vitol Foundation; specialist in financing local aid responses and risk-managed funding mechanisms

Moderator and Synthesis

  • Selahuddin Yu Hashim – Development practitioner, master facilitator, and certified British Council trainer with extensive experience in community-led innovation and strategic planning

Session Objectives

  1. Showcase how flexible funding empowers local actors to implement context-specific, integrated solutions across the humanitarian–development–peace nexus.
  2. Present field-tested practices and innovations in community-led crisis response, including partnerships with local government units.
  3. Engage donors, INGOs, and government stakeholders in rethinking financing models to foster trust, autonomy, and greater community-level impact.

Event Details

🗓 Monday | 16:00 Onwards
📍 Rembrandt Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

About RHPW

The Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week is organized by the Asian Disaster Reduction & Response Network (ADRRN), Community World Service Asia (CWSA), the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA). RHPW aims to strengthen collective capacity, foster partnership, and enhance the effectiveness of humanitarian programs across the region.

ECOWEB is proud to stand alongside community leaders, practitioners, and donors who are driving forward the regional shift toward locally led, community-driven humanitarian action.