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 humanitarian community has long identified the private sector as a potential source of new funding and a means to address the funding gap. The past seven years have seen a number of pilot initiatives seeking to incentivise private finance to invest in fragile contexts and help address humanitarian needs. Results have been promising but questions still remain regarding scale-up, collaboration of actors across the Nexus and systematic engagement of private finance. This panel solicits the views of the actors at the centre of this challenge – private financiers and businesses who are the target of investment. It aims to collectively source recommendations for transitioning from pilots to a model for private investment in fragile contexts, linking particularly to the new priority on innovative finance under the Grand Bargain.
The session will be moderated by Michael Koehler.