Beyond Traditional Skills: boosting creativity and leadership for a systemic social change with Daniela Papi-Thornton. This webinar will kick-off the 2021 Competition’s Launch Webinars series, providing a fresh perspective on skills to our audience. Attendees will get a deep insight into non-traditional skills - ie. competencies that go beyond traditional cognitive skills (e.g. creative, relational, […]

The World Justice Challenge 2021: Advancing the Rule of Law in a Time of Crisis is a global competition to identify, recognize, and promote good accountable governance practices and high-impact projects and policies that protect and advance the rule of law in this time of unprecedented crisis. This year, the World Justice Project received over […]

A Rule of Law Based Approach to Sustainable Economic Recovery for Least Developed Countries: The contribution of ISP/LDCs as a dedicated public-private partnership for investment capacity development in the least developed countries The impact of the global crisis triggered by COVID-19 is being felt most severely by LDCs and by the most vulnerable people within them.  […]

Welcome to the Mothership Meetup! This is an open innovation environment where you can learn and co-create with your peers and experts. Build amazing applications with artificial intelligence and space data to save and improve life on earth. Learn what Mothership Missions is about and how it relates to open innovation. Tune in to the opportunities and challenges […]

Sustainable peace can only be achieved through justice. For the past 75 years, the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), with its seat in the Peace Palace in The Hague, have facilitated the peaceful settlement of international disputes. Sunday 18 April 2021 marks the 75th anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). […]

Data responsibility in humanitarian action is the safe, ethical and effective management of personal and non-personal data for operational response. It is a critical issue for the humanitarian system to address and the stakes are high. In February 2021, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) published new Operational Guidance on Data Responsibility in Humanitarian Action. The Operational […]

OPEN SPACE: COVID-19 RESPONSES & INSIGHTS On the 20th of April, from 15:00 to 17:00, the Hub is organising an Open Space session aimed at discovering as a community our learnings and insights from our individual and organizational responses to COVID and explore new approaches together.   Afterwards there will be time for some additional networking for those interested.  You […]

About the Event During this session, Koen van Swam from North Sea Farmers will be our special guest. As a community of businesses with a passion for seaweed, North Sea Farmers works towards positive climate impact. By growing a sustainable seaweed sector, we aim to improve biodiversity, reduce carbon emissions and be part of the […]

Documentary film is a very powerful medium in the field of global justice. It can document human rights violations, uncover abuses of power, communicate a strong message of solidarity and call for action. Documentary filmmaking, however, is never just a ‘neutral’ registration of reality. The Global Justice Cinema workshop challenges participant to critically watch, assess and discuss […]

The "Water, Peace and Security partnership", in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organizes the 11th meeting of the series "The Hague Roundtable on Climate and Security". "Earth Day 2021", on Thursday April 22, represents an opportunity to challenge world leaders to act more decisively on climate change for what it truly is: a pressing […]

Value-driven Engagement and Fundraising On Friday April 23rd, from 10.00-11.30 a.m., the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication (HuCom) and Fundraising & Strategy International (efesai) will share their academic and practical knowledge. They will talk you through the most recent studies and insights and tell you about: The importance of ethical humanitarian communication – Wouter Oomen (PhD candidate at Utrecht […]

Leiden University’s Institute for Security and Global Affairs and Dual PhD Centre jointly organize an online lecture by Cleveringa ProfessorGeneral Roméo Dallaire on “How a better world is possible”: Cooperation between Science and Practice. In this presentation, General Dallaire will reflect on the complexities of international governance and leadership on 'wicked problems' in the human […]

The UN emphasizes the need to bridge the gap between humanitarian, development and peace silos and advocates for closer collaboration between the different actors. It calls for shared analysis, collective priority setting, as well as joined up planning and programming with the overall aim of reducing humanitarian need, risk and vulnerability. As part of the […]

The world is facing fundamental and interrelated systemic challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic as well as environmental and social crises and issues. Those issues cannot be solved by business as usual. Fortunately, there is a framework that can help navigate efforts to deal with them: the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Right now, the SDGs […]

Conference summary Building on the outcomes of the first SDG 16 Conference held in Rome, Italy, in May 2019, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Government of Italy are organizing a second SDG 16 Conference. The 2021 Rome Conference will consider the impact of the […]

This second Agrarian Conversations webinar will discuss China's relationship to food regime transitioning. What relationship does China have to current food regime transitioning, with the changing geographies of production, circulation and consumption of global food commodities, and the growing significance of agroecological farming? Does China’s deepening international presence portend a new form of food regime hegemony? And […]

It doesn’t really come as a surprise to learn that spending 8+ hours per day sitting at a desk can be bad for our mind and bodies. Join us, the intern team, for this quick lunch recharge session incorporating office-approved destress stretches, mini meditations and calming breathing exercises. Are you experienced with yoga and mindfulness […]

In its report on new and emerging technologies in humanitarian action, OCHA reviews how technologies ranging from artificial intelligence to unmanned aerial vehicles, biometrics and the internet of things can enable earlier, faster and potentially more effective humanitarian action. It also examines the complex challenges and risks these technologies present in humanitarian settings, from adequate […]

From The Hague to Beirut: the new activist art for human rights. The Hague Peace Projects welcomes you to an online exhibition with more than 22 exclusive artworks which tell the hopes, memories and strives of Beirut! An online exhibition experience curated by Sergio Gomez in collaboration with The Hague Peace Projects.  The Hague X […]

Next Startup Tuesday will be speaking with Melanie Aronson - CEO & Founder of Panion: The Community Engagement Platform, recently named by Sifted as one of the standout European tech pioneers of the covid world. Panion is a community management platform that facilitates meaningful connections virtually.  In the next edition, we will be talking to her about the […]