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Exploring and highlighting the changing landscape of humanitarian assistance in the 21st century

With an unprecedented number of humanitarian crises around the world, the Humanitarian Agenda is committed to inform policy solutions to novel humanitarian challenges through expert dialogue and analysis and to developing and advancing avenues for improving humanitarian response and increasing humanitarian access.

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Mitigating Financial Access Challenges

Nonprofits experience significant difficulties transferring funds for humanitarian and peacebuilding activities in areas with the presence of sanctioned actors. Ensuring financial access requires close cooperation between the nonprofit, governmental, and financial sectors.

Report by Jacob Kurtzer , Sue Eckert , and Sierra Ballard — October 25, 2022

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Beyond Aid

Beyond Aid brings you stories about humanitarian actors and action that go beyond the challenging headlines to focus on how we can find hope and where we can find opportunities to drive change.

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Panel 2: Elevating Women’s Leadership in Humanitarian Response

This conference explores the complex challenges facing the global humanitarian community and the way in which innovations—in people, processes, and products—can improve humanitarian response and mitigate the impacts of future crises.

Transcript — July 25, 2022

Humanitarian Innovation in Action

This conference explores the complex challenges facing the global humanitarian community and the way in which innovations—in people, processes, and products—can improve humanitarian response and mitigate the impacts of future crises.  

Event by Jacob Kurtzer , Caitlin Welsh , Mvemba Phezo Dizolele , Erol Yayboke , and Sue Eckert — July 19, 2022

Humanitarian Innovation in Action: Keynote and Closing Remarks

This conference explores the complex challenges facing the global humanitarian community and the way in which innovations—in people, processes, and products—can improve humanitarian response and mitigate the impacts of future crises.

Transcript — July 19, 2022

Report Launch: Localizing Humanitarian Action in Africa

Please join the CSIS Africa Program and the CSIS Humanitarian Agenda for the launch of the report, Localizing Humanitarian Action in Africa.

Event by Mvemba Phezo Dizolele , Jacob Kurtzer , Joseph Sany , Zemede Zewdie , Nimo Hassan , and Chilande Kuloba-Warria — June 15, 2022

Concurrent Crises in the Horn of Africa

The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in four decades alongside protracted conflict and violence in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, putting millions at risk. Immediate and sustained humanitarian action is necessary to prevent large-scale loss of life.

Report by Jacob Kurtzer , Sierra Ballard , and Hareem Fatima Abdullah — June 7, 2022

The Truth of the Matter

Rescue in Ukraine

CSIS’s Jake Kurtzer joins the podcast to talk about the rescue of civilians stuck in the war-torn cities of Ukraine. 

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Jacob Kurtzer — May 3, 2022

CSIS the truth of the matter