PHAP Online Briefing - Humanitarian Futures: Capacities for 21st century humanitarian organizations
Join us for the next PHAP Briefing on 12 December for an introduction to “strategic foresight” and to a new set of tools developed for this purpose. Hear from Randolph Kent and Joanne Burke, creators of the Humanitarian Futures Platform, and from Beris Gwynne, Incitare to learn more about the capacities that can help humanitarian organizations ensure that they are “fit” for the future.
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PHAP Online Briefing: Contested Evidence: The challenges and limits of evidence-based approaches to humanitarian action
As part of Humanitarian Evidence Week, on 7 November, PHAP will host an online discussion, looking critically at the concept of evidence-based approaches to humanitarian action.
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PHAP Online Briefing: Mitigating corruption in aid - main risks and best practice from the CREATE report
Join us on 26 October for a PHAP Briefing with Adele Harmer from Humanitarian Outcomes and a guest expert from Transparency International. The event, organized in partnership with CHS Alliance and Transparency International, will focus on the key findings of the CREATE report, presenting the main corruption risks, but also key mitigation efforts and recommendation that have been identified in the four analyzed settings.
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Launch Event - The Future of Aid: INGOs in 2030
In recognition of UN day in Geneva, the Interagency Regional Analysts Network (IARAN) is launching the Future of Aid: INGOs in 2030, a report which analyses the future of the humanitarian and development sectors, within wider global changes, and the role of international NGOs within it.
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PHAP Online Briefing: IHL at sea – key findings from the updated ICRC Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention
During this briefing on 4 October, Bruno Demeyere, Legal Advisor at the ICRC, will present the key findings of the updated ICRC Commentary on the Second Geneva Convention, thus allowing interested humanitarian professionals to have a solid understanding of the basic principles conferring protection in case of an armed conflict at sea.
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Geneva networking reception (following the PHAP GA 2016)
Following last year's networking events organized for the Geneva humanitarian community, we are inviting all those working in humanitarian affairs to join us for a reception on 22 June This will be an opportunity to meet up and discuss with others in the humanitarian community in Geneva, as well as humanitarian practitioners visiting Geneva to attend the PHAP 2016 Annual General Assembly.
The reception will begin at 17:30 at the office of the PHAP secretariat at Rue de Montbrillant 87, 1202 Geneva.
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Expert Briefing: IHL regulating humanitarian activities – key findings from the updated ICRC Commentary on the First Geneva Convention
With Bruno Demeyere, Legal Adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
What do the 1949 Geneva Conventions say about the right of impartial humanitarian organizations to offer their services and about the way in which Parties to a conflict need to respond to such an offer? How has practice over the past 60 years in this area influenced the interpretation of the law?
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Empowering local leadership in humanitarian work – a global HR perspective
In parallel with initiatives to direct more humanitarian funding to local NGOs, another process of localization is taking place within many international humanitarian NGOs. Organizational design is evolving – driven by multiple factors and enabled by technology. Job market data show that traditional hierarchical structures are giving way to new models, and leadership positions previously filled by expatriates are increasingly filled through local recruitment.
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Learning Stream on Humanitarian Financing: Pooled funding – how can NGOs engage?
In the third session of the learning stream on humanitarian financing, jointly organized by ICVA and PHAP, participants will be provided with an overview of the different existing pooled funding mechanisms with a focus on the CBPFs, and pooled funds managed by NGOs. Guest experts will also address current challenges and opportunities regarding NGO access to pooled funds, followed by an opportunity to questions and answers.
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IRIN Geneva launch event
This event marks IRIN's establishment as an independent media organization and the opening of our new headquarters in Geneva.