Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) is an annual event organized the
.
The event is a forum for people who work in
humanitarian aid
Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to people who need help. It is usually short-term help until the long-term help by the government and other institutions replaces it. Among the people in need are the homeless, refugees, and ...
to collaborate on challenges and solutions in their work. It takes place in
Geneva
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and has been running since 2015.
Nomenclature
The event was originally a one week long and was called the ''Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week''. In 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event switched to online modality, and the event titles changed "''week"'' to "''weeks"''.
Purpose
The HNPW is a forum where humanitarian aid practitioners and researchers can meet and discuss challenges to their work and collaborate on solutions. Topics include safety, coordination, logistics, information management.
Attendees
Attendees include staff from
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
agencies, government, military, academia, humanitarian organizations, the
Red Cross Movement, and civil society groups.
Organisers
The event is organised by the Leading Edge Programme, who took over from the Consultative Group for Emergency Preparedness and Response in 2017. The Leading Edge Programme's secretariat is the
.
History
The first event took place in 2015
and in 2021 switched from a week long in-person event to a three-week online mode in 2021.
During the 2021 online event there were almost 250 topics, including
localisastion, the
climate crisis
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, and better encouraging anticipatory action in areas prone to humanitarian emergencies.
External links
Official website
References
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Humanitarian aid
Annual events in Switzerland
United Nations conferences