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Virtual
On 14-15 December 2023, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) will convene the twelfth annual Global Humanitarian Policy Forum (GHPF). For the fifth consecutive year, the United Nations Foundation (UNF) will contribute its invaluable expertise and network across and beyond the humanitarian sector to co-host the GHPF.
This year’s forum will bring together leaders with diverse backgrounds and skill sets to share their perspectives on the state of the world at the end of 2023, the global risks and challenges that keep them up at night, and the possible ways forward for the humanitarian system. A High-level Opening Panel and two interactive sessions will highlight some of the biggest challenges and opportunities the sector faces, including geopolitical tensions and conflict, climate change, and humanitarian diplomacy. In addition, OCHA will present its new Flagship Initiative to reform and strengthen certain key aspects of the humanitarian system.
This year’s forum is held against the backdrop of humanitarian needs that are on track to skyrocket far beyond the humanitarian sector’s resources and capacities. New and persisting conflicts are driving displacement at unprecedented levels. Climate shocks are forcing people from their homes, destroying livelihoods, intensifying food insecurity, and exacerbating health concerns. Conflict, economic shocks, and climate extremes are fueling the largest global food crisis in modern history. Economic uncertainty persists amid high inflation, financial sector upsets, ongoing effects of the war in Ukraine, and the lingering aftershocks of the Covid-19 pandemic. The most vulnerable are bearing the brunt of the suffering.
Since 2012, the GHPF has convened members of the humanitarian community and experts from other fields to anticipate future trends, launch new policy ideas, and explore the practical challenges and opportunities of translating policy into practice in crisis contexts. Over the past twelve years, the GHPF has been at the forefront of shaping the international humanitarian community’s policy agenda.