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More than 60 humanitarian networks and partnerships are invited to hold their meetings and organize joint sessions at the "Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week" (HNPW). HNPW 2024 will be held in a hybrid format from April 29 to May 10, 2024. The first week (April 29 to May 3) will be held remotely, while the second week (May 6 to May 10) will be organized face-to-face at the CICG in Geneva.

Nine areas of common concern will be addressed for inter-network collaboration. These are:

1. Accountability to Affected Populations
2. Anticipatory Action
3. Climate Crisis
4. Emergency Response in a Pandemic
5. Inclusion
6. Integrating Security Risk Management in Humanitarian Action
7. Localization
8. Nexus
9. Organizational Culture and Power Relations

To promote and support the availability and application of science and technology to decision-making in Disaster Risk Reduction.

The conference will bring together the full diversity of the science and technology community, policy makers, practitioners and researchers from all geographical regions, at local, national, regional and international levels to discuss how the science and technology community will best support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

The AI for Good Global Summit is the leading United Nations platform for global and inclusive dialogue on AI. The Summit is hosted each year in Geneva by the ITU in partnership with UN agencies, XPRIZE Foundation and ACM.

The Humanitarian Networks & Partnerships Week (HNPW) conference is an annual humanitarian event that provides a collaborative space for experts, stakeholders and practitioners from a diverse array of organisations -UN agencies, IFRC, NGOs, military, private sector, academia, and Member States- that can express their experiences, introduce new ideas and tools, and connect and cooperate in finding solutions to common challenges in crisis preparedness and response.

This year’s HNPW conference will be held in a hybrid format, combining remote sessions (17-21 April) with face-to-face and hybrid sessions at the CICG (Geneva) (24-28 April).

To have a look at this year's HNPW programme, click here. Among the…

Join geospatial professionals from international organizations and non-governmental/nonprofit organizations at the 2015 GIS for the United Nations and the International Community Conference from May 18 to 20, 2015 at Campus Biotech in Geneva, Switzerland. Learn how GIS can help you identify and map the locations of vulnerable populations, communicate complex situations with simple web maps, plan where to execute program activities to meet objectives and deliver results, and more.

Don’t miss this chance to further your professional development, get up to speed on the latest updates to the ArcGIS Platform, and connect with other groups that use GIS to transform our world. The event is jointly hosted by UNITAR’s Operational Satellite Application Programme (UNOSAT) and Esri.

Registration and the agenda for 2015 will be available soon. Come, be inspired, and discover how geography and location-aware applications can improve the effectiveness of your programs and missions.