Panel sessions
The EHF 2024 panel sessions will consist of moderated discussions among the wider humanitarian- development community, including EU institutions, EU Member States, third countries, partner organisations, local humanitarian actors, UN agencies, the Red Cross/Red Crescent family and academics.
Humanitarian Talks
Humanitarian Talks provide a space for discussion running in parallel with the EHF panels and an opportunity for focused exchange on concrete deliverables as well as on more specific humanitarian issues and crises that will not be addressed in the EHF24 panel sessions.
Humanitarian Talks complement the EHF programme with hands-on discussions, which reinforce the
“concrete delivery” aspect of the Forum. Proposed and led by partners and Member States, they offer an
alternative platform for humanitarian stakeholders to contribute and thematically complement the core
agenda of the event.
The Talks will showcase initiatives and discussions driven by partners, Member States and practitioners.
Recorded Humanitarian Talk, Organised by : Plan International
The objective of this session is to discuss the steady growth of the tools developed by the EU, its Member States and Participating States to the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), to respond to emergencies; and their complementary use to the EU humanitarian funding, to fill funding and operational gaps.
The session will explore which tools exist today, how they are being developed and deployed, how they reinforce a “Team Europe” approach to emergency response and what fundamental questions arise from their use in terms of respect of humanitarian principles.
The intention is to create a window of discussion and explore ways to further develop cooperative approaches between the Commission, Member States, Participating States and humanitarian partners in the delivery of concrete, pre-identified and complementary capabilities.
The session will examine concrete crises such as Gaza, Türkiye/ Syria, Sudan/Chad, Ukraine where different EU and MS emergency response tools have been used concomitantly such as the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) and the European Humanitarian Response Capacity (EHRC).
The session is moderated by Hans Das.