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13 November 2014
The regional World Humanitarian Summit consultation for the Europe and Others group of states will begin at the end of this month. Following on PHAP’s support for the Summit process, the association will be hosting a series of live online consultation events for the region leading up to the regional event in Budapest, Hungary, in February 2015.
Starting the events already this year, we...
12 November 2014
The World Humanitarian Summit will soon be starting its fourth regional consultation, with a focus on the Europe and Others group of states. Recognizing that their active participation in this consultation process is essential to achieving a more effective and professional global humanitarian response capacity, PHAP members have been providing their expertise and views in the first months of the...
11 November 2014
Building more effective partnerships with private sector actors is an important part of improving disaster preparedness, response, and recovery in many contexts. We invite you to an interactive online discussion on this topic on 26 November, focusing on how business organizes itself in preparing for and responding to emergencies.
Part of the World Humanitarian Summit consultations on “The...
10 November 2014
The spring 2015 calendar for PHAP’s courses on humanitarian law and policy is now available. Responding to the growing demand from professionals in the humanitarian sector for a clear and practical articulation of the applicable rules and policies guiding humanitarian assistance and protection in situations of armed conflict, PHAP organizes training courses on humanitarian law and policy in...
3 November 2014
While traditionally considered to be mutually exclusive, a multiplicity of actors – including governments, armed opposition groups, activists, and academic and policy experts – have increasingly referred to both international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) as applicable in armed conflicts. Focusing on how these two bodies interact for...
1 November 2014
As part of a collaboration with the UNICEF regional office for Middle East and North Africa, PHAP organized a special course on the protection of children in times of armed conflict in Amman on 9 and 10 September 2014. Focusing on the applicable legal frameworks in armed conflict – notably International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and International Human Rights Law (IHRL) – and their...
24 October 2014
In order to improve humanitarian effectiveness in Eastern and Southern Africa, what should be the priorities? This was the main question asked of six speakers, as well as more than 60 participants, in a live online consultation event for the World Humanitarian Summit hosted by PHAP on 23 October. The event was the final event hosted by PHAP leading up to the regional consultation for Eastern and...
20 October 2014
On 17 October, six speakers and more than 150 participants came together for an online event discussing the private sector’s role in the response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa. Organized in support of the World Humanitarian Summit consultation on “The power of business in emergencies,” the event was hosted by PHAP in collaboration with Business in the Community (BITC), a...
17 October 2014
In the third of a series of live online events hosted by PHAP leading up to the World Humanitarian Summit Eastern and Southern Africa regional consultation, the focus was put on the theme of “transformation through innovation,” and specifically on how to successfully scale up innovations for humanitarian action, both in the region and globally. The event, which took place on Thursday...
11 October 2014
On 27 and 28 September, the PHAP Board of Directors met in Geneva for a two-day retreat in the new office of the secretariat. This was an opportunity for in-depth and forward-looking discussion regarding some of the key questions and decisions that will face the association in the coming years.
Some of the main areas that were discussed included the question of whether new membership categories...