A new report, Humanitarian Impact Finance: Instruments & Approaches, sheds light on promising new solutions.

For 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.”

This course helps you develop organisational capacity for innovative finance transactions in fragile settings.

A pioneering initiative where investors provide upfront capital to fund a vocational, entrepreneurship, and resilience-building programme for refugees and members of their host communities.

The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group's USD 11.6 million payout to Malawi and its Replica partner, the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency is a testament to the power of innovative finance in supporting humanitarian efforts. It is the largest drought payout in Malawi, addressing the worst drought in 100 years.

Last month, The Forum concluded a successful year with our participation at the prestigious Doha Forum where we co-hosted a panel titled "Reimagining Financial Markets for Humanitarian Impact: The Role of Small States & Private Sector Partnerships," emphasizing the crucial role of innovative financing in addressing global humanitarian challenges. This blog from Simon Kingston, our panel moderator, offers three key takeaways from the discussion as we look ahead to 2024.

The 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.

On Tuesday 17th November 2023, we hosted The London Summit, which brought together leaders from civil society, governments, multilateral agencies, and private sector companies. Our goal? To facilitate a progressive dive into humanitarian response, disaster risk finance, and innovative insurance mechanisms, through meaningful cross-sector dialogues and partnerships.

Advancing equity is the World Health Organization pandemic treaty’s goal. O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health

The humanitarian and private sectors may appear to be at opposite ends of the spectrum, but closer collaboration could yield solutions to the world’s biggest problems.

The humanitarian funding gap: needs are growing, funding isn't, yada yada,” former banker and co-founder of the Humanitarian Finance Forum, or HFF, Simon Meldrum, told Devex in a recent interview.

An emerging form of blended financing and project structuring reaches out to private sector investors as partners in initiatives to benefit displaced communities.