Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks
{{Short description|Annual United Nations event}}
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Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) is an annual event organized the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
The event is a forum for people who work in humanitarian aid to collaborate on challenges and solutions in their work. It takes place in Geneva and has been running since 2015.
Nomenclature
The event was originally a one week long and was called the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week. In 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event switched to online modality, and the event titles changed "week" to "weeks".{{Cite web|title=Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) 2021 {{!}} ALNAP|url=https://www.alnap.org/upcoming-events/humanitarian-networks-and-partnerships-weeks-hnpw-2021|access-date=2022-01-23|website=www.alnap.org}}
Purpose
The HNPW is a forum where humanitarian aid practitioners and researchers can meet and discuss challenges to their work and collaborate on solutions. Topics include safety, coordination, logistics, information management.{{Citation|last1=Freese|first1=Maria|title=From Discussions to Games: Facilitating Interactions Between Experts from Aviation and Humanitarian Aid|date=2019|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8039-6_7|work=Neo-Simulation and Gaming Toward Active Learning|pages=77–87|editor-last=Hamada|editor-first=Ryoju|series=Translational Systems Sciences|place=Singapore|publisher=Springer|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-981-13-8039-6_7|isbn=978-981-13-8039-6|access-date=2022-01-23|last2=Meesters|first2=Kenny|last3=Van de Walle|first3=Bartel|s2cid=211748900|editor2-last=Soranastaporn|editor2-first=Songsri|editor3-last=Kanegae|editor3-first=Hidehiko|editor4-last=Dumrongrojwatthana|editor4-first=Pongchai|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last1=Kovacs|first1=Gyöngyi|last2=Moshtari|first2=Mohammad|date=2019-07-16|title=A roadmap for higher research quality in humanitarian operations: A methodological perspective|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037722171830674X|journal=European Journal of Operational Research|language=en|volume=276|issue=2|pages=395–408|doi=10.1016/j.ejor.2018.07.052|s2cid=106407074|issn=0377-2217|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web|date=29 March 2021|title=Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) Events {{!}} IASC|url=https://interagencystandingcommittee.org/events/humanitarian-networks-and-partnerships-weeks-hnpw-events|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Inter-Agency Standing Committee}}
Attendees
Attendees include staff from United Nations agencies, government, military, academia, humanitarian organizations, the Red Cross Movement, and civil society groups.{{Cite web|title=Humanitarian Networks & Partnerships Weeks : Institute Of Search And Technical Rescue|url=https://rescue-institute.org/event/humanitarian-networks-partnerships-weeks/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=rescue-institute.org}}{{Cite web|last=|title=Climate crisis and anticipatory action among 'priority topics' at 7th Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks – Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre|url=https://www.climatecentre.org/3960/climate-crisis-and-anticipatory-action-among-a-priority-topicsa-at-7th-humanitarian-networks-and-partnerships-weeks/|access-date=2022-01-23|language=en}}
Organisers
The event is organised by the Leading Edge Programme, who took over from the Consultative Group for Emergency Preparedness and Response in 2017. The Leading Edge Programme's secretariat is the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.{{Cite web|title=Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) x GISF 2021|url=https://gisf.ngo/event/humanitarian-networks-and-partnerships-weeks-hnpw-2021/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=Global Interagency Security Forum|language=en-US}}
History
The first event took place in 2015{{Cite web|date=8 March 2019|title=HUMLOG at Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week 2018|url=https://blogs.hanken.fi/humlog/page/4/?_ga=2.16793342.639453830.1612276689-1656154665.1584097306|access-date=2022-01-23|language=en-US}} and in 2021 switched from a week long in-person event to a three-week online mode in 2021.
During the 2021 online event there were almost 250 topics, including localisastion, the climate crisis, and better encouraging anticipatory action in areas prone to humanitarian emergencies.{{Cite web|last=Barbelet|first=Veronique|date=1 July 2021|title=Inclusion strategy and roadmap: outcomes from the inclusion priority topic at the 2021 Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week|url=https://odi.org/en/publications/inclusion-strategy-and-roadmap-outcomes-from-the-inclusion-priority-topic-at-the-2021-humanitarian-networks-and-partnerships-week/|access-date=2022-01-23|website=ODI: Think change|language=en-gb}}
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