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- What is World Humanitarian Day – and why is it important?
World Humanitarian Day takes place every 19 August It recognizes, and aims to raise awareness of, the work of humanitarians around the world The World Economic Forum is committed to humanitarian principles and brings partners together to promote peace efforts and to increase funding to tackle humanitarian crises
- The 20 humanitarian crises the world cannot ignore in 2023
More than 100 million people today are on the run from conflict and disaster, and 340 million are projected to be in need of humanitarian assistance in 2023 Every year, the International Rescue Committee compiles data on the world's most worrying conflicts: the Emergency Watchlist The Emergency Watchlist is more than a warning — it is a guide on how to avert or minimise those humanitarian
- Innovation is hard, but for humanitarians it’s essential
Despite the success of aid projects like cash-based assistance, humanitarian innovation remains the exception rather than the norm
- Bridging the gap: how the private sector is streamlining humanitarian . . .
The World Food Programme-led Logistics Cluster has been optimizing emergency humanitarian response logistics for over 20 years Private sector partnerships are needed to help the humanitarian system become more responsive, locally led and sustainable The Logistics Emergency Team offers a host of case studies in how to combine humanitarian community know-how with logistics industry efficiency
- Rethinking humanitarian supply chains for the 21st century
Responsible for 60-80% of response costs and essential for life-saving assistance, supply chains are key to humanitarian impact and need to be recognized
- Logistics Emergency Team: 20 years of coordinating humanitarian aid
It has been 20 years since the Logistics Emergency Team was established to support humanitarian aid efforts across the globe Here's what you need to know
- A new framework for cross-sector cooperation | World Economic Forum
The Humanitarian and Resilience Investing (HRI) initiative has developed the Framework for Frontier Market Cooperation, which presents a new model of collaboration tailored to the complex realities of today’s development landscape Designed to move beyond traditional aid-based approaches, the framework brings diverse stakeholders together – governments, development and humanitarian actors
- The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and its global impacts
Humanitarian agencies spoke live Monday on the Ukraine crisis, explaining what they need from governments and business and the global implications for aid and food
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