Toni Frisch

Toni Frisch, Deputy Director General, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

"It has repeatedly been the location and organiser of our choice, and will remain so for the future.  With its truly open and fruitful exchanges, Wilton Park has also proven, on several occasions, its skill in gathering interesting and interested participants in order to truly advance the issue of the conference.

I am honoured to have been a participant myself several times.  SHA also profited from the services and skills of Wilton Park for the 2009 Annual UN-OCHA Retreat in Montreux (Switzerland) and intends to repeat this positive experience in the coming year.

Wilton Park will also be our first choice for the planned 2011 Conference on Environmental Emergency Prevention and Response, which hopefully will be another important step in the humanitarian work of adaptation to climate change."