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The Centre for Humanitarian Action e.V. (CHA) is a Berlin based think tank advocating independent analysis, critical discussion and public communication of humanitarian action. www.chaberlin.org
π» CHA Research Lead Sonja HΓΆvelmann is our guest in the CHAtroom and explains how CHA, as a humanitarian think tank, helps navigate the shifts and challenges in the humanitarian sector [German]: https://ow.ly/ZRSz50Yq7GC
On Wednesday we asked: Can #PooledFunds really contribute to a breakthrough of #locally-led #humanitarian action? - A few specialised pooled funds are needed, explained Dr Yuliya Sporysh, NGO Girls (Ukraine). Watch the recording: https://ow.ly/K2xN50Yq1QS
Join us TODAY 3pm for an online talk with Abdurahman Sharif, Save the Children International and Dr Yuliya Sporysh, NGO Girls (Ukraine) to discuss: What exactly are pooled funds, and what are the pros and cons of the various UN, INGO or locally managed approaches? https://ow.ly/ecny50YoXZ7
What exactly are #PooledFunds, and can they really contribute to a breakthrough of #locally-led #humanitarian action? Register now for our talk next Wednesday 3pm with Abdurahman Sharif Save the Children International and Dr Yuliya Sporysh, NGO Divchata/GirlsΒ (Ukraine): https://ow.ly/6Fnb50Yi5eQ
#PooledFunds are both the new hope and the latest buzzword for #humanitarian action. What exactly are pooled funds, and can they really contribute to a breakthrough of #locally-led humanitarian action? Register now for our online talk on 4 March: https://ow.ly/FbwT50Yi5eR
Thank you, Ted Chaiban and @unicefdeutschland.bsky.social for this early morning CHA exchange today with your insights of #MSC2026 and latest developments in #Gaza and #Sudan and the discussion on how international aid organisations need to position themselves.
As the #MSC2026 kicks off, CHA director @ralfsuedhoff.bsky.social talks to WDR 5's business magazine about the interlinkages between development aid, humanitarian action and security ( starting 9:24, German): https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr5/wdr5-profit-aktuell/index.html
Ahead of #MSC2026 CHA brought together various actors to discuss the future of German security policy and its dimensions. How to define security? "Security & stability initially refer to the stability of our own society" said Admiral Christian Bock, Bundeswehr. Recording: https://ow.ly/qcAl50Y0CJY
Ahead of #MSC2026 CHA discussed with various actors the future of German security policy and its dimensions: "Germany's international engagement with regard to international law & #humanitarian standards is definitly in its interest" emphasised Sarah Bressan, GPPi. Video: https://ow.ly/qcAl50Y0CJY
Join us TODAY 1pm for an #OutoftheBox online lunch talk ahead of #MSC2026 on the future of German security policy with Sarah Bressan GPPi and Admiral Christian Bock, Bundeswehr Innovation Center [German + automated subtitles]: https://ow.ly/qcAl50Y0CJY #MunichSecurityConference
#SAVETHEDATE: The CHA Conference 2026 will take place on 25+26 November, as always in Berlin & online. We are looking forward to welcoming you for debates on #HumanitarianAction. Tickets will be available starting late spring. #CHA26
With its reform the Bundesentwicklungsministerium switches to a national interest policy, explains CHA director @ralfsuedhoff.bsky.social in his op-ed for Africa.Table.Briefings https://ow.ly/i0e950Y5Vnn
Join us ahead of #MSC2026 on 10 Feb 1 pm to discuss the future of German security policy and its peace, development and #humanitarian interlinkages with Sarah Bressan, GPPi and Flotilla Admiral Christian Bock, Verteidigungsministerium [German+ autosubtitles]. Register: ow.ly/qcAl50Y0CJY
Save the date: Ahead of #MSC2026 we want to discuss the future of German security policy and its peace, development + humanitarian interlinkages w Sarah Bressan GPPi & Flotilla Admiral Christian Bock Verteidigungsministerium [10 Feb; German+autosubtitles]. Register here: https://ow.ly/qcAl50Y0CJY
While claiming to focus on poverty reduction, Bundesentwicklungsministerium is focussing on German interests & denying fundamental tensions between both goals in its new strategy. It is shying away - says @ralfsuedhoff.bsky.social on #TheHumanitarianBlog [German] #BMZreform https://ow.ly/EKFv50XXYqx
If it were so easy to impose German economic and geopolitical interests on poverty and nutrition programmes in a win-win situation for all parties involved, previous federal governments might have already come up with this idea - Ralf SΓΌdhoff, CHA, on the reform plan published by BMZ on 12 January
Today the German Bundesentwicklungsministerium presented a reform plan - breaking with its poverty oriented agenda of many years and putting its previous strengths at risk, says CHA director @ralfsuedhoff.bsky.social in this CHA statement [German]: https://ow.ly/bEsG50XVvvp
12/01/2010: a magnitude 7.0 earthquake takes the lives of at least 200 000 people and displaces more than 2 million in #Haiti. In 2020 a CHA paper summarised the fault lines & lessons learnt for the international #humanitarian system. Much of it is still valid today: https://ow.ly/wLqi50XVhEc
Apply now! and become a CHA #StudentAssistant in #Berlin - gain insights into the #humanitarian sector and be part of a think tank's practical #research and communication #hiring #studentjob #jobsinBerlin π https://ow.ly/p0Xs50XJxJ3
Maybe it is also new year, new office: Join us in our shared office in #Berlin Mitte! #OfficeForRent #SharedOffice #BΓΌroflΓ€che
New year, new #CHAlendar: Feel free to download & print it to keep track of key dates and events for the #humanitarian world at a glance - and let us know if we've missed anything! https://ow.ly/FO4p50XS0NX
Looking back into the year, this graphic is my one visual summarizing what went all wrong in the humanitarian arena in 2025.
Season greetings to everybody!
PS: More background reading you would find here www.chaberlin.org/wp-content/u...
Start the new year with a new job and become the next CHA student assistant in #Berlin - be part of a think tank's practical #research and communications & gain insights into the #humanitarian sector. [Fluent German mandatory] βοΈ Apply until 11 Janπ https://ow.ly/8NCT50XJxJ4
"Letβs not spend too much time on [β¦] βwhat is my rightful piece of the cakeβ. We have to discuss operations." --- Jan Egeland in the CHAtroom on #ContestedAid: https://ow.ly/zGzt50XIsh7 GER on Peace & Humanitarian Action
Have we seen today the end of a truely humanitarian #UN approach, as its #humanitarian appeal for 2026 sharing somehow drastically cut needs indicates a major politicized way forward?
My first analysis you will find here:
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Die Ausschreibung lΓ€uft!
Bis zum 18. Dezember 2025 nimmt Aktion Deutschland Hilft Bewerbungen von jungen Journalist:innen fΓΌr #Reisestipendien in humanitΓ€re Hilfsprojekte entgegen: adh.ngo/jp2025
#stories4aid #Journalismuspreis #Journalismus
As part of CHA's research on local leadership w/i humanitarian funding mechanisms, Goda MilaΕ‘iΕ«tΔ was in Kyiv last week hosting a session at the HLF kick-off workshop, a Help β Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe programme channeling funding to local actors in Ukraine, funded by GER on Peace & Humanitarian Action
When he first started working on the #GlobalHungerIndex, Holger Mann expected the hard part to be the analysis itself. Over the past year, he learned that the struggle is to keep the basic facts about hunger measurable at all. Read more on #TheHumanitarianBlog with IFHV: https://ow.ly/6hHY50XCJRk
Ralf SΓΌdhoff, Leiter des Thinktanks @chaberlin.org, ΓΌbt im Standpunkt scharfe Kritik am Kurs der Bundesregierung im Bereich der humanitΓ€ren Hilfe: buff.ly/EGrYdij
βUnless there is a miraculous recovery, the German government's era as a respected humanitarian donor has come to an end.β In his Table.Briefings op-ed, @ralfsuedhoff.bsky.social criticises the 2026 #humanitarian budget & planned restructuring of the Foreign Office [DE] : https://ow.ly/zTvQ50XCFv8
What are the competences and value chains of German aid actors needed in the future? On Monday, Caritas international, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe, IARAN and Centre for Humanitarian Action invited to a strategic foresight workshop, facilitated by Eilidh Kennedy & Sonja HΓΆvelmann. #FutureOfAid
