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Future of Aid 2040 — IARAN Future of Aid 2040 Pathways to transformation

“Pouring water into a broken bucket.”

What do aid workers really think about the aid system? The Future of Aid 2040 report in their voices.

#FutureofAid #FOA40 #FutureOfAid2040 #Pathways2Transformation

🔗 iaran.org/future-of-aid/

YouTube video by Centre for Humanitarian Action #CHA25 in a nutshell

Can one summarize the two days of #CHA25 about "Contested Aid" in 3 minutes? We have given it a try - plus asked participants what they expect from the German government after the end of #USAID. Many thanks to all sharing their views in this clip 📽️ youtu.be/zg564FK02jo

Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA) - Startseite Das Centre for Humanitarian Action ist ein Think Tank, der sich für die unabhängige Analyse, Diskussion und Vermittlung von humanitärer Hilfe einsetzt.

“Development will take over” after the emergency phase has long been the plan — but it hasn’t happened. Why assume it will?
Humanitarian action as “temporary” doesn’t reflect today’s world or the one we face. A discussion to continue!
#futureofaid @chaberlin.org @iaran.org

Future of Aid 2040 — IARAN Future of Aid 2040 Pathways to transformation

📣New Release Alert

The aid system isn’t broken, it’s working exactly as it was designed to. And that’s the problem.

We are delighted to announce the preliminary report of the #FutureofAid2040

Unpacking the Aid System: laying the groundwork for transformation

Read it here: iaran.org/future-of-aid

Since Nov 2024, #FutureofAid 2040 has hosted 50+ webinars and surveys to co-create a collective intelligence report to anticipate key changes in the aid system. Curious? Explore more at 👉 iaran.org/future-of-aid/

Our director @e-kennedy.bsky.social participated today with key voices at a panel as part of #CHA25. So energizing to see this space for bold reflection and honest exchange—thank you for bringing together such thoughtful voices and timely questions for the future of humanitarian action.

Join us at #CHA25 for Panel 2: A point to pivot? with Åsa Månsson @venro.org , @e-kennedy.bsky.social sky.social‬ @iaran.org @futureofaid.org , Martin Kessler @diakoniekh.bsky.social, Dr Soomin Oh and Sonja Hövelmann https://www.youtube.com/live/5odgM2hTeFY

On est très heureux·ses d’accueillir Estelle Robert dans la communauté de praticiens IARAN ! 🎉

Avec 20 ans d’expérience RH dans l’humanitaire, elle apporte une vision forte : faire des RH un vrai levier de transformation.

humanitalents.com/2025/06/19/r...

We’re thrilled to welcome Estelle Robert, founder of Humanitalents, to the IARAN Community of Practitioners!

With 20+ years in humanitarian HR, she’s leading bold thinking on how to turn HR into a strategic engine in a shifting aid ecosystem:

🔗 iaran.org/blog/rethink...

We’re honoured to welcome 3 incredible organisations to the Steering Committee of the Future of Aid 2040: Pathways of Transformation project:

👉 @justunitededge.bsky.social
👉 ASOCIACIÓN SALTO ANGEL
👉 Secretariado Nacional de Pastoral Social-Caritas Colombiana (SNPS-CC),

Power Shift | What’s missing is a relationship with the grassroots A stateless activist sits down with one of the UN refugee agency’s highest-ranking officials. What solutions can they come up with together?

"People like myself should be empowered and rewarded for the important work that we do. But on the contrary, we are being punished.”

Listen the latest podcast of Power Shift where the guests discuss about complex dynamics of global refugee protection.

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/podcasts/202...

the future of the aid system People are not just calling for more aid – they are calling for more Justice. We can create greater and deeper change by removing extractive systems of exploitation instead of simply designing project...

The funding crisis is, at its core, a long-standing injustice to the Majority World. The aid cut in the US signals the collapse of ODA. We need a response that is so radical that it must be based on justice. Read this incisive article by Matthew Kletzing www.unitededge.net/post/justice...

📢 Louder for those in the back: LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights!

We stand for universal human rights and in solidarity with LGBTQIA+ and feminist movements everywhere.

🌈 #Pride is freedom without fear, solidarity without exception.

#PersonalToPowerful

This is more than a report—it’s a blueprint for inclusive, grounded, and transformative futures.

🔗 Read it here: un-futureslab.org/wp-content/u...

✨ Key reflections:

Why must foresight be decolonized to be meaningful?

How can we center care, culture, and community in strategic planning?

What does it look like when futures thinking is not imported—but grown from within?

🚀 The latest report from the UN Futures Lab and International Science Council offers powerful insights from foresight practitioners and communities across Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific.

🌍 How are communities in the Global South reimagining their futures?

What happens when local voices, lived experiences, and bold imagination take the lead in shaping policy and development?

Seminar 3 Aid Scenarios for 2040 (IARAN Cohort) Developing possible futures and strategic responses for a resilient humanitarian This the third seminar of the Future of Aid 2040 Seminar series. Together, we’ll delved into the scenarios shaped by our earlier discussions. We explored…

🌍 What are the potential aid futures by 2040? What challenges and opportunities arise from these scenarios? 🌟

📺 Rewatch our third and final seminar of Phase 2 of the Future of Aid 2040: Pathways of Transformation project!

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Seminar 2 (IARAN Cohort) Going Deeper Which drivers will be most influential in shaping change How will vulnerabilities emerge W Welcome to the Seminar 2 of the Future of Aid 2040 Webinar Series. Seminar 2: (IARAN Cohort) Going Deeper: Which drivers will be most influential in shaping change?…

Which drivers will be most influential in shaping change? How will crises emerge? What must we be prepared for? These where some of the questions we discussed in our Seminar 2 from our Future of Aid 2040 webinar series:

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#FutureofAid #FoA40 #Pathways2Transformation

Invisible Infrastructure: Reimagining Infrastructure Mapping for Humanitarian Intervention in Contemporary Sudan — IARAN OpenStreetMap emerges as a crucial tool in addressing the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, where traditional aid efforts overlook peripheral communities and critical infrastructure remains unmapped. Hern...

Puji's decades of regional leadership and global engagement in Asia bring invaluable perspective to our shared mission of shaping a more equitable humanitarian future.

👉 Read his article and be part of the conversation:

iaran.org/blog/sudhan-...

📣 We’re delighted to welcome Puji Pujiono to the IARAN Community of Practitioners ❗

Puji offers a compelling call to reimagine leadership through a Global South lens—centering decolonization, collective intelligence, and contextual wisdom.

As part of our #FutureofAid2040 consultations we have asked more than eight hundred people what story or metaphora would they use to describe the current state of the Aid System.

Learn more about the Future of Aid 2040: Pathways of Transformation project here:

iaran.org/future-of-aid

Seminar 1 Futures Thinking (IARAN Cohort) Exploring the humanitarianism landscape for the next 15 years Key drivers and worldvie Seminar 1: Futures Thinking (IARAN Cohort) Exploring the humanitarianism landscape for the next 15 years: Key drivers and worldviews. Watch the recording of Seminar…

Which are the key drivers of change shaping the aid system? Watch again the recording of our first webinar series of the Future of Aid 2040.

This critical analysis illuminates emerging trends, challenges, and opportunities that define the future humanitarian landscape.

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Since November 2024, the Future of Aid 2040 project has successfully conducted over 50 webinars and surveys. These efforts aim to build a collective understanding of the evolving narratives in humanitarian aid and its future direction.

🗨️"As local actors we understand our communities and what their interests are and therefore we can analyse their issues speaking the same language." Teopista Onzia

Join the #EHF2025 talk on local response in fragile contexts. @warchilduk.bsky.social @careglobal.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

❤️ if you agree 100% that 7% female CEOs is not enough.

It’s systemic, it’s a power problem

Oxfam’s analysis: Out of 45,501 corporations across 168 countries, each reporting revenues exceeding $10 million and specifying their CEO’s gender, fewer than 7 percent have a female CEO.

How can we ensure local and national NGOs (L/NNGOs) are truly included in humanitarian leadership? This ICVA study goes beyond the numbers to evaluate the quality of L/NNGO engagement in IASC structures.

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Mariano Hernández-Osuna, former intern and guest contributor to the IARAN blog, explores how OpenStreetMap is helping to map peripheral communities and improve humanitarian response in Sudan. Discover the four possible futures outlined in this article.

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Localization is also about accountability. By transferring power to the ground, we strengthen the quality of aid in local contexts.

The roles of INGOs should be limited to responding to and addressing the gaps defined by crisis-affected communities.