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We are pleased to announce that the third edition of the European Humanitarian Forum will take place from Monday 18 to Tuesday 19 March 2024. The event will be held in Flagey, in Brussels, and will be livestreamed on this website.
The Forum, co-organised by the European Commission (DG ECHO) and Belgium in the framework of its Presidency of the Council of the EU, takes place in the context of sharply increasing global humanitarian needs, at a time of shrinking humanitarian space, increasingly complex and protracted conflicts, the politicisation of aid, and increasing vulnerabilities due to climate change.
Global humanitarian needs have reached unprecedented levels. In 2024 nearly 300 million people around the world will need humanitarian assistance and protection, due to conflicts, climate emergencies and other drivers.
Following the success of the first two editions of the European Humanitarian Forum in March 2022 and 2023, the third edition will continue to look at humanitarian aid in a wider, cross-sectoral context. The Forum will explore and address the implications of the current, most pressing humanitarian crises, including relevant interaction of humanitarian aid with other key sectors and policy areas. Additionally, the Forum will bring together local actors, with the objective to jointly propose innovative, more sustainable solutions to contemporary humanitarian challenges.
DG ECHO commissioned the Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations to facilitate expert discussions on the two key themes of the European Humanitarian Forum 2024. Held in January 2024, these exchanges gathered a rare selection of representatives from humanitarian and development donors, practitioners, researchers, think tanks, DAC, and non-DAC States. They led to several concrete recommendations on both the internal and external approaches, which have been captured in two short and independent policy notes, consultable here:
- Inviting non-DAC perspectives to the funding gap discussion: The need for a paradigm shift
- Inviting non-DAC perspectives to the funding gap discussion: The need for a paradigm shift
These documents have been prepared by Egmont Royal Institute for the European Commission (DG ECHO) and they reflect solely the views of the authors. The European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Addressing the global humanitarian funding gap
This year’s Forum has a specific focus on the unprecedented levels of humanitarian needs not least in the context of forgotten crises and fragile humanitarian environments in order to explore ways to reduce them, mobilise more resources and improve efficiency and effectiveness of humanitarian response. Download the ‘Snap Shot on action by the EU and its Member States in addressing the humanitarian funding gap’ to find out more.