ALNAP 33rd Annual Meeting: Facing the Unknown: Managing Uncertainty in Humanitarian Action | Virtual

? 18-19 November 2020
Virtual

This Meeting will explore the challenges posed by uncertainty and what humanitarians can do to better equip themselves to respond within this context.

COVID-19 has brought with it an unprecedented climate of uncertainty. With few useful experiences to draw upon, individuals, organisations, and societies are struggling to define and adapt to a ‘new normal.’ Although uncertainty is familiar terrain for humanitarians accustomed to operating in unstable circumstances, COVID-19 has thrown up a heady mix of new challenges– operational, financial, even existential. But alongside these challenges, the Pandemic may also offer opportunities to re-imagine humanitarian assistance itself. Is this the time to leverage change and create a new humanitarian business model? If so, what is possible?

This Meeting offers an opportunity for different humanitarian constituencies – donors, United Nations agencies, NGOS, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, networks, and academics – to come together not only to navigate the current moment but also to pool experiences and work towards a shared understanding of what we want to do differently in the future.

The Meeting will be divided into two components: a virtual curtain-raising event on 18 November 2020 which will allow ALNAP Members to contribute to the Meeting Background Paper; and an in-person event in 2021, which will bring ALNAP Members together in the usual format.

Original source: ALNAP