After months of preparation, from 5 to 9 June, ARCS held its Strategic Planning (SP) and Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) workshop, bringing together 51 ARCS participants, seven representatives from six sister national societies (the Japanese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German and Swiss Red Cross societies), the Federation's Head of Asia and Pacific Department in Geneva, Federation regional ID delegate and 11 Federation and ICRC country delegation national and expatriate personnel.