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23rd Aug, 2024
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Why is the world’s humanitarian aid gap getting bigger?Donors are lagging as wars and climate change push global aid needs to record highs, with vulnerable groups hit by the cash crisis.
6th Feb, 2024
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22nd Oct, 2024
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2024 Triggers First-Ever Insurance Payout for Disaster FundFor the first time, an insurance payout has been triggered by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC Disaster Response Emergency Fund (hashtag#DREF), as demands for disaster relief surpassed its ‘deductible’ threshold. Speaking at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, IFRC Under Secretary General Nena Stoiljkovic said: “For the first time ever a single, worldwide, commercial indemnity insurance policy will pay the emergency humanitarian costs of disasters.”
26th Sep, 2024
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iCHF: Building a Centre of Excellence for Humanitarian FinanceThe International Centre for Humanitarian Finance (iCHF) concept was conceived from the Ditchley Park Initiative Still too important to fail - addressing the humanitarian financing gap to act as an incubator, catalyst, and potential seed funder in the humanitarian finance sector.
15th Jan, 2024
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5th Nov, 2024
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Enhancing Mine Action Finance in UkraineA feasibility study exploring innovative financial mechanisms to address the massive demining challenge in Ukraine.
23rd Oct, 2024
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Humanitarian Impact Finance: Instruments & ApproachesA first mapping of the humanitarian impact finance continuum to identify different sources of funding for each respective actor and thereby lower the barrier for innovation and successful implementation.
30th Sep, 2024