World Humanitarian Summit: on the road to Istanbul
To take the full measure of the innovation, challenges and uncertainties that surround the World Humanitarian Summit, it is necessary to retrace the process used in the different steps of...
Regaining a sense of the humanitarian imperative
You have to wake people up; to revolutionize their way of identifying things. You’ve got to create images they won’t accept; oblige them to express their outrage; force them to...
The European Refugee Crisis: forecasting for 2018
The refugee crisis in Europe, and more generally, the movement of people throughout the world, is becoming one of the century’s main questions. It will not be resolved if deciders,...
Should the “new young humanitarians” hack the system?
Even though it does not have the weight of a full investigation, let alone a sociological study, the survey conducted by Amélia Houmaï-Romy and Vincent Taillandier nonetheless provides much food...
Integration, inclusion, induction: how Médecins Sans Frontières welcomes new generations
As an organisation with a strong history and an iconic image, Médecins Sans Frontières has thought about the integration of new generations coming on board. Taking a practical, trial-and-error approach,...
Reinventing storytelling with the help of Covid-19?
Storytelling is now well integrated into the communication techniques of humanitarian organisations. So much so that the English term has taken its full place there beyond its Anglo-Saxon area of...
Distorted representation of the Other, neglected modernity and truncated partnerships: why humanitarian advocacy must be decolonised
The call for decolonisation of many areas of social life is increasingly being heard in the international aid sector. For the author, one of the workstreams should concern the advocacy...
From carbon offsetting to climate solidarity – The story of GERES
The story of GERES is interesting in many ways. This association of scientists, created to promote solar energy, became a development NGO and then got involved in carbon finance before...
The difficult legal consideration of climate migrants
Arjun Claire and Jérôme Élie invite us to the arcane debates that led to the adoption of the two Global Compacts on Migration and Refugees. If these texts express a...
What does the future have in store for humanitarian aid logistics?
Often neglected, or at least “accessorized”, logistics is nevertheless essential to the success of humanitarian missions. Not to mention that it represents 60 to 80% of their costs. Based on...
The geopolitics of homophobia
Homophobia, understood as discrimination of all kinds against LGBT people (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender), is still too widely used for internal policy purposes, when it is not part of...
Médecins Sans Frontières-France: tensions arising from the “Migration” projects
Can Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) be first responder, advisor and activist, all at the same time? While the organisation has never seemed to be on the front line with regards...