How to take care of humankind at +2°C?
On 15 and 16 April 2019, on the 100th anniversary of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the French Red Cross held a conference entitled “Health and...
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...
Acceptance under stress: old recipes for new problems?
In some ultra-violent and politically complex contexts in which humanitarians operate, the approach of gaining the acceptance of both the population and the various forces involved has its limits. For...
War in Ukraine: Why Europe urgently needs to reform international aid funding
Published on March 27, 2022 This contribution is published jointly on the Alternatives économiques website and on the website of the review Humanitarian Alternatives The analyses and proposals contained in...
Between hopes and fears: what Africa expects from the World Humanitarian Summit
Africa will certainly be at the heart of the discussions in the World Humanitarian Summit not only because it is the region that has been the most affected by an...
The Canadian Humanitarian Coalition: is three-tiered humanitarianism in the making?
In the last ten years, the Humanitarian Coalition in Canada has been changing some of the rules governing the humanitarian response of Canadian NGOs. Leading NGOs that it regroups have...
The International Committee of the Red Cross and partnerships with the private sector: evolution and ethical considerations
Jessica Fleurinor and Caroline Putnam Cramer invite us to an extension of the first part of our Focus theme. The International Committee of the Red Cross effectively did not have...
“It’s a process for de-politicizing NGOs, a shameful capitulation…”
Published on April 8, 2018 Does the pragmatism of some hide an alignment with neo-liberal doctrine and the “healthy and critical distance from the private for-profit sector” of others guarantee...