ALNAP 32nd Annual Meeting

Hosted by the German Federal Foreign Office

The response that humanitarian actors are most prepared to deliver is not always the response most relevant to the needs of people in crisis.

Demographic factors and culturally-specific attitudes and practices shape the priorities of crisis affected people, yet traditional humanitarian actors are generally poor at understanding and accommodating these in a response. Crises in different environments – such as urban landscapes and middle-income countries – are testing the appropriateness of traditional humanitarian ways of working. The relevance of short-term humanitarian assistance is being challenged in protracted crises, which in recent years have taken a larger share of humanitarian funding.

ALNAP has invited Martin Dietz to moderate a breakout session.