On 18th June, the Yemen branch of The Humanitarian Forum organised the Yemeni national consultation in partnership with Islamic Relief Yemen and UN OCHA. The consultation was attended by 60 representatives of local NGOs and civil society organisations. Prime Minister Mohammed Salem Basendwah and Minister of Planning and Cooperation, Mr. Read more…
We organised the consultation in Kuwait with International Islamic Charitable Organisation, who hosted the event with support from UN OCHA. Representatives from 50 organisations attended. The discussion included the recommendation that political and humanitarian aspects of work remain separate. The relationship between the actions of an organisation and the leaders Read more…
In Bahrain we worked with UN OCHA and The Royal Charity Organisation who hosted the consultation on 25th May. Representatives of 22 local and international charities and humanitarian organisations attended and discussed how the organisations present could develop their relationships, leverage and links with decision makers in governments and the Read more…
Since January 2014, The Humanitarian Forum has been working on the global consultation process ahead of The World Humanitarian Summit (WHS), which will be held in Istanbul in 2016. The World Humanitarian Summit is an initiative by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to improve humanitarian action. Through the two-year consultation process, Read more…
Our Qatar consultation was organised in partnership with Qatar Red Crescent, Qatar Charity and UN OCHA. It was held on May 24th, 2014 at the headquarters of Qatar Red Crescent Society in Doha. 24 organisations were represented including a variety of INGOs and local Qatari charitable and humanitarian organisations with Read more…
Where are you based? London, UK. We also have Humanitarian Forums in Yemen, Egypt, Libya, Indonesia and Sudan. How can I donate to The Humanitarian Forum? The Humanitarian Forum is entirely funded by private donors and we are very grateful for contributions. If you would like to make a donation Read more…
Continuing our work on the World Humanitarian Summit research process, our first event of the year was a UK-wide Diaspora consultation addressing the four themes of the World Humanitarian Summit. We looked in detail at humanitarian effectiveness, reducing vulnerability and managing risk, transformation through innovation and serving the needs of Read more…
Coordination Meeting for Arab Humanitarian Organisations in preparation for WHS 2016 On 26th January we brought together a range of humanitarian actors from 12 Arab States to discuss how we can better coordinate our efforts to ensure humanitarian responses are effective and efficient. Along with our partners, we were pleased Read more…
As you may know, The Humanitarian Forum has been working on the research and dialogue process leading up to the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS), which will take place in Istanbul in May 2016. We are pleased to confirm that our Acting Director, Dr. Tareq Bakri, will be one of the Read more…
The 21st consultation workshop for the 2016 UN World Humanitarian Summit for the Balkan region. Humanitarian and civil society organisations from Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Romania, Albania and Macedonia participated. The consultation was held in Skopje. Thanks to Qatar Charity, IHH and The Humanitarian Forum.