Humanitarian Finance Forum

Publications

Event Summary: Roundtable
Event Summary: Roundtable
Together with UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), Instiglio, and DanChurchAid, we convened a private roundtable to examine the design and objectives of the Syria Humanitarian Mine Action (HMA) and Livelihood Development Impact Bond (DIB).

16th Jul, 2025

2025 Q2: Newsletter
2025 Q2: Newsletter
In this quarter’s update, we spotlight the liquidity crisis threatening humanitarian response and actions forward.

2nd Jul, 2025

Leveraging insurance for anticipatory action: insights and emerging lessons
Leveraging insurance for anticipatory action: insights and emerging lessons
The Anticipation Hub and the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative recently published a working paper that reveals how insurance, traditionally a post-disaster tool, is being adapted to fund anticipatory action.

23rd Jun, 2025

Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2025
Global Humanitarian Assistance Report 2025
The Global Humanitarian Assistance (GHA) report is the world-leading annual assessment of the state of international humanitarian financing, published by the ALNAP Network.

16th Jun, 2025

Webinar Summary: Developing Solutions to Address the Humanitarian Liquidity Crisis - A Shared Responsibility
Webinar Summary: Developing Solutions to Address the Humanitarian Liquidity Crisis - A Shared Responsibility
Following our webinar last week on ‘A Shared Responsibility: Developing Solutions to Address the Humanitarian Liquidity Crisis’, here are key takeaways from the discussion with Elise Baudot (ICVA Network), Yolaina Vargas-Pritchard (Start Network), Simon Meldrum (HFF), alongside remarks from Alice Soukupova (DG ECHO)

24th Apr, 2025

ICVA Humanitarian Innovative Financing: 'Grab and Go' Pocket Guide
ICVA Humanitarian Innovative Financing: 'Grab and Go' Pocket Guide
A pocket guide on "Humanitarian Innovative Financing" from the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA). It defines humanitarian innovative financing as a range of models and approaches that use humanitarian grants to attract partnerships, capacity, and capital from the development, local, and private sectors.

10th Apr, 2025

2025 Q1: Newsletter
2025 Q1: Newsletter
Our latest newsletter addresses the humanitarian liquidity crisis, providing context and proposing practical, viable solutions.

27th Mar, 2025

Executive Summary: Humanitarian Finance Summit - Unlocking Impact Finance for Humanitarian Challenges
Executive Summary: Humanitarian Finance Summit - Unlocking Impact Finance for Humanitarian Challenges
The Humanitarian Finance Forum and AidEx, with support from Aon and Reed Smith, recently hosted the inaugural Humanitarian Finance Summit in London. The event convened senior leaders, experts, and practitioners to explore innovative financial solutions for humanitarian challenges, emphasising urgency and actionable approaches. The Summit welcomed 227 delegates representing 165 organisations across 32 countries.

6th Mar, 2025

Humanitarian Finance: A Shared Responsibility
Humanitarian Finance: A Shared Responsibility
Ahead of the Humanitarian Finance Summit in London (14 February 2025) and The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville (30 June – 3 July 2025), our Humanitarian Finance Forum asserts that innovative and sustainable financing solutions, including market-based approaches are needed to foster long-term resilience beyond traditional aid. The need is substantial and urgent which demands for cross-sector collaboration. It is a shared responsibility that requires concrete commitments with tangible actions from all stakeholders. 

10th Feb, 2025

2024 Year In Review: Newsletter
2024 Year In Review: Newsletter
This edition of our newsletter wraps up 2024, while looking forward to our very first Humanitarian Finance Summit, co-hosted by the Forum and AidEx in London next month. Our 2024 highlights include a spotlight on the Red Cross and Red Crescent Innovative Finance Report, followed by a roundtable discussion on developing a frontloading mechanism for mine action. We also delve into the exciting outcomes of our AidEx Geneva side event, which explored the potential, challenges, and tangible projects supported by private capital in the humanitarian sector. Insights from this important event are also available in the Humanitarian Logistics Association’s inaugural magazine digest. To further enrich your understanding of humanitarian innovative finance, we recommend two insightful must-read papers published last year.

20th Jan, 2025

Event Summary: Bridging Finance and Fieldwork - Innovating for Impact
Event Summary: Bridging Finance and Fieldwork - Innovating for Impact
The Humanitarian Finance Forum, in partnership with the Humanitarian Innovative Finance Hub (HIFHUB) and Aon, co-hosted an AidEx side event in Geneva, “Bridging Finance and Fieldwork: Innovating for Impact” on 23 October 2024. This event convened key thought leaders from humanitarian and private sectors to explore innovative finance solutions for humanitarian needs, particularly to address the critically widening humanitarian funding gap.

5th Nov, 2024

Enhancing Mine Action Finance in Ukraine
Enhancing Mine Action Finance in Ukraine
A feasibility study exploring innovative financial mechanisms to address the massive demining challenge in Ukraine.

23rd Oct, 2024

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