The Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week (RHPW) – Asia Pacific 2024 will take place from December 10 to 12, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand, under the theme: Sparking Global Change through Local Solutions in Humanitarian Action.
This collaborative event is organised by the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), the Asian Disaster Risk Reduction Network (ADRRN), Community World Service Asia (CWSA), and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).
Attended by over 280 participants across 200 organisations worldwide in 2023, it aims to bring together diverse humanitarian professionals from the Asia-Pacific region to share best practices and foster partnerships.
Read the RHPW 2024 Concept Note.
Theme 2024:
The Grand Bargain was agreed upon at the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, emphasizing the need for accountable and inclusive responses, quality funding, and local leadership. Carrying the theme of ‘Grand Bargain in Action’, RHPW 2024 will include civil society, NGOs, the UN, the private sector, and academics to shed light on how humanitarian responders in the Asia-Pacific are trying to put these key concepts into practice and identify remaining gaps.
Primary objectives will focus on:
- Defining Equitable Partnerships and placing communities at the center
- Climate Change and effective response
- Capacity Strengthening for complex emergencies
- Risk Management and sharing between donors and partners
- Innovative Financing
- Localizing the Nexus to community needs
- Fostering Local Leadership
Read the Agenda.
Read the Programme.
Access the Logistics Guidelines.
Market Space:
RHPW 2024 will also feature a market space or Ignite Stage, where organisations can showcase their projects, network, and share their experiences with the conference community.
The space will be open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm from December 10th to December 12th, 2024 outside the main conference hall.
Read more about the market space here.
