The types, dimensions, and dynamics of humanitarian crises are increasing – in some instances exponentially. The challenge for those with humanitarian roles and responsibilities is to have the capacity to deal with ever increasing complexity and uncertainty. A starting point is to appreciate that much of the future will have decreasing links with the past, that planning from the future offers a far more creative way to prepare for dealing with plausible crisis threats of the future.

Taking aim at this challenge, recent work has helped create a new set of tools and resources for enhancing organizational and inter-organizational capability to assess the extent to which organizations’ current thinking and behaviour reflects truly anticipatory and adaptive capacities, embraces new approaches to innovation and innovative practices, and fosters new forms of collaboration and leadership that go well beyond the humanitarian norm.

Join us for the next PHAP Briefing on 12 December for an introduction to “strategic foresight” and to a new set of tools developed for this purpose. Hear from Randolph Kent and Joanne Burke, creators of the Humanitarian Futures Platform, and from Beris Gwynne, Incitāre to learn more about the capacities that can help humanitarian organizations ensure that they are “fit” for the future.

Read interview with Randolph Kent on the concept of “humanitarian futures” and how it is being used by actors in the sector

Why should you attend? To get an introduction to the concept of humanitarian futures, and to learn about capacities and new tools that your organization can develop and use in your strategic exercises.

Event time

Tuesday, 12 December 2017

New York: 09:00 - 10:15
London: 14:00 - 15:15
Geneva: 15:00 - 16:15
Amman: 16:00 - 17:15
Nairobi: 17:00 - 18:15
Bangkok: 21:00 - 22:15
Manila: 22:00 - 23:15

To see when the live session will take place in your time zone, click here.

Target audience and event access

This event is open to the public but should be of specific interest to those within humanitarian organizations concerned with longer-term strategic planning, decision-making, and organizational development. In order to join the event, please register in advance at phap.org/12dec2017-register

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Guest experts

Randolph Kent Director, Humanitarian Futures Platform
Joanne Burke Project Consultant, Humanitarian Futures Platform
Beris Gwynne Director, Incitāre

Event host

Markus Forsberg Collaboration Center Manager, PHAP

Geneva Humanitarian Connector

This event is made possible through the Geneva Humanitarian Connector, an initiative of PHAP supported by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.

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