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Learning sessions and webinars organized by the International Association of Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection open to members and the wider humanitarian community.

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10.23.2019
The future of protection in the nexus
Humanitarian action is increasingly connected to development, peace, and security work. What does this mean for the future of humanitarian protection and the role of the Global Protection Cluster (GPC)?On 22 October, PHAP organized a webinar organized in partnership with...
10.04.2019
Operational camp management: An introduction to the Camp Management Standards
How would you run a camp for displaced persons? Who would you hire to manage a site following a hurricane? If a conflict suddenly broke out and only your agency had access to a neighborhood where displaced people were staying,...
07.12.2019
Exploring protection challenges in humanitarian logistics
On Wednesday, 3 July, PHAP in partnership with the Humanitarian Logistics Association (HLA) organized a webinar exploring the topic of protection in humanitarian logistics, aiming to clarify key protection issues that should be of direct concern with respect to humanitarian...
06.20.2019
How do NGOs navigate shrinking civil society space?
On Thursday, 20 June, ICVA and PHAP organized the second session in the learning stream on the Navigating change. The discussion provided an overview of current challenges and trends regarding civil society space and how NGOs and other actors are...
11.09.2018
Localization: Perspectives on change
On Thursday, 8 November, ICVA and PHAP organized the first session in the learning stream on the Navigating change. The discussion provided an overview of the concept of localizationin the humanitarian sector, how it has evolved, and how it is...
09.12.2018
Donor perspectives on the humanitarian-development-peace nexus
On 11 September, ICVA and PHAP organized the fifth and final session in the learning stream on the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. After having explored how the three main types of actors in this nexus view the current processes and discussions, it...
08.24.2018
All In Diary: Launching the sixth edition
For the past 12 years, the All In Diary has been providing humanitarian practitioners with essential, up-to-date, and succinct guidance for humanitarian workers in a convenient format. Following a revision process carried out on a voluntary basis by practitioners from...
07.19.2018
Perspectives of peacebuilding actors in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus
On 19 July, PHAP and ICVA organized an online event exploring how peace actors see their role in the nexus – including both what humanitarian and development actors can learn from peacebuilding and how peacebuilding efforts can better work towards...
06.22.2018
The Child Protection Minimum Standards revision: Application in practice and next steps
Since they were launched six years ago, the Child Protection Minimum Standards (CPMS) have become an important reference to help ensure that measures to protect children are a central component of all humanitarian action. As part of launching the next...
06.21.2018
UN reform: The link to the "nexus" and what it means for non-UN actors
The UN is currently undergoing reforms concerning its development, peace, and humanitarian work. On 8 June, PHAP and ICVA organized an online event exploring the various UN reforms that are currently being rolled out in relation to the humanitarian-development-peace nexus...
05.30.2018
The World Bank and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus
On 24 May, ICVA and PHAP organized the second session of the learning stream on the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, which explored the role of the World Bank when working in conflict situations and fragile contexts, and how their approach has changed...
05.04.2018
The "nexus" explained: How and when do humanitarian, development, and peace action come together?
On 12 April, the first session of the new learning stream on the humanitarian-development-peace nexus took place, jointly organized by ICVA and PHAP. The event explored how humanitarian action can contribute to development and peace efforts and considered some of...
04.05.2018
Is the attack on UN peacekeepers in DRC a war crime?
02.12.2018
The language and logic of IHL: Common misconceptions, use, and misuse
12.20.2017
Humanitarian Futures: Capacities for 21st century humanitarian organizations
11.20.2017
Humanitarian Coordination: NGOs in government-led and refugee coordination contexts
11.20.2017
PHAP Briefing - Contested Evidence: The challenges and limits of evidence-based approaches to humanitarian action
11.01.2017
PHAP Briefing: Mitigating corruption in aid - main risks and best practice from the CREATE report
10.16.2017
PHAP Briefing- IHL at sea
10.12.2017
Humanitarian Coordination - The New Way of Working
09.20.2017
Humanitarian coordination: OCHA and NGOs in humanitarian coordination
07.28.2017
Humanitarian coordination: NGO fora and consortia from local to global
Aiming collectively for strengthened humanitarian coordination and response from local to global level, we are witnessing the increasing relevance of NGO fora and consortia at national, regional and global levels. Understanding how these fora and consortia function, and how NGOs...
07.05.2017
Humanitarian coordination - The humanitarian coordination architecture at country and regional levels
What are the humanitarian coordination mechanisms at country and regional levels? In the second online session of the learning stream on humanitarian coordination, jointly organized by PHAP and ICVA, guest experts explored the coordination mechanisms available at country level, and...
06.08.2017
Humanitarian Coordination - The IASC and the global humanitarian coordination architecture
What is the current global humanitarian architecture? What is the Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC)? And how can NGOs engage in the various IASC coordination mechanisms? On 31 May, PHAP and ICVA hosted the first online session of the new...
05.19.2017
Counterterrorism laws and their impact on humanitarian action – Advanced Practitioner Series
The consequences of counterterrorism laws and policies on humanitarian action have been widely debated and discussed. Indeed, in recent years, members of the humanitarian community have become increasingly aware of the real, perceived, and potential impact of such measures on...
04.28.2017
Revising the Sphere Handbook: What is new and how you can contribute
Following an intensive initial review process, the first draft of the Sphere Standards 2018 edition is now open for comments and suggestions from practitioners around the world.To provide an opportunity to learn about the main improvements and how you can...
03.05.2017
Humanitarian Financing - The "Grand Bargain" and its impact for NGOs
Throughout PHAP’s and ICVA’s series on humanitarian financing, speakers have referred to a process that promises to significantly reshape humanitarian funding – the “Grand Bargain”. This package of commitments to improve humanitarian financing was launched at the World Humanitarian Summit...
02.26.2017
Learning session - Legal protection of IDPs
On 21 February, PHAP hosted an online learning session in its series on humanitarian law and policy with Cecilia Jimenez, recently appointed Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and Jean-François Durieux.Protracted conflicts such as those...
01.28.2017
Learning session: Private funding for NGOs (Humanitarian Financing)
Private funding of humanitarian work is changing – from having been primarily targeted at natural disaster response, in 2015, the response to the conflict in Syria received the majority of reported private funds. With most private funding channeled through non-governmental...
12.09.2016
Briefing: Professional Standards for Protection Work - Presentation on the main proposed changes
The Professional Standards for Protection Work were first established in 2009 in a process initiated and led by the ICRC. Following a first revision in 2013, they are now being updated again to reflect new developments in situations of armed...
12.09.2016
Learning session: Detention in non-international armed conflict (Humanitarian Law and Policy)
Understanding the legal bases for detention is important for those working in situations of armed conflict, even if they are not focusing on the issue in their work. However, while detention in international armed conflicts is regulated in detail under...
12.09.2016
Learning session: NGO access to pooled funding (Humanitarian Financing)
Pooled funds have enabled more timely and flexible funding for responding to sudden humanitarian crises, and have made it possible to operate in otherwise underfunded emergency settings. In the context of the World Humanitarian Summit, the UN Secretary-General (SG) recommended...
12.07.2016
Learning session: Bilateral funding for humanitarian action (Humanitarian Financing)
Funding agreements between implementing organizations and donors can significantly reduce transfer and administrative costs, but such direct funding relationships can also lead to challenges and additional burdens for NGOs. Different rules and processes between donors, pre-qualification requirements, delayed disbursements, and...
11.08.2016
Expert Briefing: Hostile intent and civilian protection (Humanitarian Law and Policy)
Guest expert: Bonnie Docherty, Lecturer on Law and Senior Clinical Instructor at Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights ClinicWhile some militaries have worked to reduce civilian casualties in armed conflict, greater attention should be paid to determinations of “hostile intent.”...
11.01.2016
Expert Briefing: War algorithms and international law (Humanitarian Law and Policy)
In this PHAP Expert Legal Briefing, Naz Modirzadeh and Dustin Lewis, from the Harvard Law School Program on International Law in Armed Conflict, explored developments in technology, accountability, and international law pertaining to armed conflict. The background concern is that...
10.22.2016
OLS HLP 19. Legal protection of refugees
Guest expert: Jean-François DurieuxThe 1951 Refugee Convention was a major advance for the protection of people under persecution, defining the concept of refugees and the legal obligation of States to provide them with protection. However, the current system has been...
10.17.2016
Learning Session: UN humanitarian funding – demystifying NGO access (Humanitarian Financing)
UN agencies often partner with international and local NGOs to implement humanitarian assistance and protection. NGOs, on their part, are faced with the challenge of understanding and dealing with different, and often complex, UN partnership frameworks. Understanding how these frameworks...
10.12.2016
[LIVESTREAM] [ARCHIVE LIVE] Demystifying NGO access to UN humanitarian funding
09.30.2016
OLS HLP 18. Protection of Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflict
Guest expert: Kristin Hausler, BIICLCo-hosts: Noëlle Quénivet and Angharad LaingIn addition to the loss of human life and creating severe humanitarian crises, the destruction of cultural heritage has played a prominent role in the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Iraq,...
09.16.2016
Learning session: The humanitarian financing landscape (Humanitarian Financing)
Humanitarian financing worldwide is changing – how does it impact NGOs active in humanitarian work? In the first learning session on demystifying humanitarian financing, organized jointly by ICVA and PHAP, experts from OECD, Development Initiatives, and World Vision gave presentations...
07.20.2016
Expert Briefing: The humanitarian exemptions debate (Humanitarian Law and Policy)
With Naz K. Modirzadeh and Dustin A. Lewis, Harvard Law School Program on International Law and Armed Conflict (PILAC)Thirteen of the sanctions regimes established by the U.N. Security Council could implicate key elements of principled humanitarian action. Those sanctions might...
07.19.2016
Expert Briefing: The humanitarian exemptions debate (Humanitarian Law and Policy)
06.13.2016
Expert Briefing: IHL regulating humanitarian activities (Humanitarian Law and Policy)
With Bruno Demeyere, Legal Adviser at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)For more info, go to https://phap.org/9jun2016What do the 1949 Geneva Conventions say about the right of impartial humanitarian organizations to offer their services and about the way...
03.02.2016
World Humanitarian Summit – Independence: Practical dilemmas of principled action
Following events focusing on the three other core principles, PHAP’s final discussion in this series spotlights the principle of independence, looking in particular at how it relates to how humanitarian action is funded.The principle of independence calls upon humanitarians to...
03.02.2016
World Humanitarian Summit – Neutrality: Practical dilemmas of principled action
In its series of discussions on how the core humanitarian principles relate to some of the practical issues raised in the World Humanitarian Summit consultation process, on 1 October 2015, PHAP hosted session on the principle of neutrality. In conflict...
03.02.2016
World Humanitarian Summit – Impartiality: Practical dilemmas of principled action
This third event in PHAP's series on the core principles focuses on impartiality. If the principle of humanity drives humanitarians towards crisis to alleviate suffering, impartiality steers programmatic choices more directly. In fact, impartiality can be seen as carrying a...
03.02.2016
World Humanitarian Summit: Humanitarian UAV Code of Conduct & Guidelines
On 16 September 2015, PHAP hosted a live online consultation event on the draft Humanitarian UAV Code of Conduct and Related Guidelines, in collaboration with UAViators, UNOCHA and the World Humanitarian Summit.This event featured: - Presentations from Patrick Meier of...
03.02.2016
World Humanitarian Summit – Humanity: Practical dilemmas of principled action
On 8 September, PHAP hosted the first of four discussion and consultation events on practical dilemmas of principled humanitarian action. The event began with a lecture on the topic by Dr Hugo Slim, Head of Policy at the International Committee...
03.02.2016
Expert Briefing - Suppressing foreign terrorist fighters and supporting principled humanitarian action (Humanitarian Law and Policy)
In 2014, reports suggested that a surge of foreign jihadists were participating in armed conflicts in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere. The U.N. Security Council responded by imposing new obligations on member states to counter the threat posed by “foreign terrorist...
03.02.2016
Expert Briefing: Medical Care in Armed Conflict: IHL and State Responses to Terrorism (Humanitarian Law and Policy)
The last fifteen years have witnessed a surge in armed conflicts involving designated terrorists. State responses to terrorism raise complex issues concerning international humanitarian law (IHL). Experts have debated legal and policy frameworks pertaining to the use of lethal force...

What's PHAP: Learning sessions and webinars about?

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PHAP: Learning sessions and webinars episodes:

The future of protection in the nexus

Operational camp management: An introduction to the Camp Management Standards

Exploring protection challenges in humanitarian logistics

How do NGOs navigate shrinking civil society space?

Localization: Perspectives on change

Donor perspectives on the humanitarian-development-peace nexus

All In Diary: Launching the sixth edition

Perspectives of peacebuilding actors in the humanitarian-development-peace nexus

The Child Protection Minimum Standards revision: Application in practice and next steps

UN reform: The link to the "nexus" and what it means for non-UN actors

The World Bank and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus

The "nexus" explained: How and when do humanitarian, development, and peace action come together?

Is the attack on UN peacekeepers in DRC a war crime?

The language and logic of IHL: Common misconceptions, use, and misuse

Humanitarian Futures: Capacities for 21st century humanitarian organizations

Humanitarian Coordination: NGOs in government-led and refugee coordination contexts

PHAP Briefing - Contested Evidence: The challenges and limits of evidence-based approaches to humanitarian action

PHAP Briefing: Mitigating corruption in aid - main risks and best practice from the CREATE report

PHAP Briefing- IHL at sea

Humanitarian Coordination - The New Way of Working

Humanitarian coordination: OCHA and NGOs in humanitarian coordination

Humanitarian coordination: NGO fora and consortia from local to global

Humanitarian coordination - The humanitarian coordination architecture at country and regional levels

Humanitarian Coordination - The IASC and the global humanitarian coordination architecture

Counterterrorism laws and their impact on humanitarian action – Advanced Practitioner Series

Revising the Sphere Handbook: What is new and how you can contribute

Humanitarian Financing - The "Grand Bargain" and its impact for NGOs

Learning session - Legal protection of IDPs

Learning session: Private funding for NGOs (Humanitarian Financing)

Briefing: Professional Standards for Protection Work - Presentation on the main proposed changes

Learning session: Detention in non-international armed conflict (Humanitarian Law and Policy)

Learning session: NGO access to pooled funding (Humanitarian Financing)

Learning session: Bilateral funding for humanitarian action (Humanitarian Financing)

Expert Briefing: Hostile intent and civilian protection (Humanitarian Law and Policy)

Expert Briefing: War algorithms and international law (Humanitarian Law and Policy)

OLS HLP 19. Legal protection of refugees

Learning Session: UN humanitarian funding – demystifying NGO access (Humanitarian Financing)

[LIVESTREAM] [ARCHIVE LIVE] Demystifying NGO access to UN humanitarian funding

OLS HLP 18. Protection of Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflict

Learning session: The humanitarian financing landscape (Humanitarian Financing)

Expert Briefing: The humanitarian exemptions debate (Humanitarian Law and Policy)

Expert Briefing: The humanitarian exemptions debate (Humanitarian Law and Policy)

Expert Briefing: IHL regulating humanitarian activities (Humanitarian Law and Policy)

World Humanitarian Summit – Independence: Practical dilemmas of principled action

World Humanitarian Summit – Neutrality: Practical dilemmas of principled action

World Humanitarian Summit – Impartiality: Practical dilemmas of principled action

World Humanitarian Summit: Humanitarian UAV Code of Conduct & Guidelines

World Humanitarian Summit – Humanity: Practical dilemmas of principled action

Expert Briefing - Suppressing foreign terrorist fighters and supporting principled humanitarian action (Humanitarian Law and Policy)

Expert Briefing: Medical Care in Armed Conflict: IHL and State Responses to Terrorism (Humanitarian Law and Policy)