The humanitarian financing landscape - first learning session with ICVA and PHAP

On 15 September 2016, more than 300 participants gathered online for the first event in the learning stream on humanitarian financing. The event featured presentations from three experts providing an overview of current trends and challenges regarding humanitarian financing, as well as an opportunity to ask questions and discuss.

The event, organized jointly by PHAP and the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), focused on the current funding flows and streams available in the humanitarian sector, the new trends that aim at transforming and improving the humanitarian financing system, and the main barriers that NGOs face when trying to access such funding. Sophia Swithern from Development Initiatives started off with presenting the main points from the Global Humanitarian Assistance report on financing. This was followed by Cyprien Fabre from OECD and Julian Srodecki from World Vision presenting on overall trends and obstacles for NGOs, respectively.

If you missed the event, you can access video and audio recordings at phap.org/15sep2016

As part of the learning stream on humanitarian financing, this event has been the first of five live interactive online learning sessions that ICVA and PHAP will organize in the coming months with the purpose of providing NGOs and humanitarian workers with a stronger understanding of the humanitarian financing system.

The next event will take place on 12 October focusing on UN humanitarian funding – demystifying NGO access. You can read more and register at phap.org/12oct2016