A one-hour discussion of how the use of collaborative networks and advances in geospatial technology can improve humanitarian outcomes Following on from the successful Secondary Cities Symposium series, this follow-up online event, in conjunction with international humanitarian mapping NGO MapAction, looks at collaborative approaches to addressing global humanitarian issues. Members of the MapAction team will […]

We have recently announced that The Hague Humanity Hub will become an SDG House; it's time we get your input! How can we be a great SDG house for you? Our purpose is to connect and support collaboration between diverse actors working on international impact for a more peaceful and just world. We want to […]

Please join us for a virtual event to mark the public release of the code and documentation of the ‘OCHA-Bucky’ predictive model for COVID-19 spread and mitigation in humanitarian crises. Participants will learn why and how the model was created and how it is being used to inform humanitarian operations in six countries: Afghanistan, the […]

KUNO presents a new series of Covid Café’s on specific countries: Afghanistan, Colombia, and Zimbabwe. What are the specific challenges in these countries? What innovative solutions did humanitarians develop? How do local civil society organizations and international NGOs cope? Cordaid & KUNO invite you to the online Covid-Café #6 on Afghanistan on Thursday 29 October, […]

Though the corona-epidemic is anything but over, pioneers are already looking beyond. How do we rebuild economies worldwide that have been ravaged by the virus and subsequent lockdown measures? How do we prevent COVID-19 from becoming a driving force behind an unprecedented rise in global inequality? How do we protect quality of life worldwide? Part […]

Approximately 573 million people still lack adequate access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 calls for action to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all by 2030. The Startup Tuesday - "Impact Insights", edition is not necessarily focused on a startup, but rather on innovation in general. […]

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development has now entered a ‘Decade of Action’ meant to accelerate progress towards sustainable development that would ‘leave no one behind’. Yet, at out the outset of this 10-year period, the 2030 Agenda is in jeopardy. With the majority of the World’s poor living in fragile and conflict affected contexts […]

The Sphere Handbook is the oldest initiative in the field of humanitarian standards and has recently been updated. The Sphere Standards have been field-tested over twenty years, updates ensure it remains fit for purpose in a changing world. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and KUNO, the Platform for Humanitarian Knowledge Exchange in The Netherlands, invite […]

Annual Meeting of the ROYAL NETHERLANDS SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW The worldwide use of the internet seems to have a natural fit with both public and private international law. However, while the Internet stands for ‘transboundary’, international law is primarily based on ‘territoriality’. Key concepts that come into play then are state sovereignty and the […]

KUNO presents a new series of Covid-Café’s on specific countries: Afghanistan, Colombia, Zimbabwe and Libya. What are the specific challenges in these countries? What innovative solutions did humanitarians develop? How do local civil society organizations and international NGOs cope? ZOA and KUNO invite you to the online Covid-Café #7 on Colombia on Thursday 12 November, […]

Learn the basics of geospatial data analytics from the GIS Specialists, Elke Sauter and Federico Franciamore, at Space4Good, a social enterprise based in The Netherlands. Having started their journey at the European Space Agency Business Incubation Center in The Netherlands, Space4Good grew the team with impact-driven data scientists, remote sensing & GIS experts, software developers […]

Partos will kick-off its new Community of Practice (CoP) on Shifting the Power through an online event. In this CoP we aim to find practical solutions for achieving more balanced power relations in international civil society partnerships for development. The CoP will be facilitated by The Spindle, the Partos innovation platform. This CoP will seek […]

Technology, innovation and humanitarian action. We are putting a spotlight on three entrepreneurs from the Humanity Hub community at this next edition of Startup Tuesday The Hague! Start-up Tuesday is a re-occuring event to inspire and connect with like-minded people in and around The Hague. This series of events is a collaboration among innovative hubs that aim […]

DCHI and Netherlands Red Cross will present you academic insights combined with a great virtual networking opportunity. To highlight and explore the added value of cooperation between humanitarian organisations and private actors and knowledge institutes, DCHI and Netherlands Red Cross invite you to join this virtual session. We aim to co-design solutions for wicked problems […]

ICCO & KUNO invite you to the online Covid-Café #6 on Zimbabwe on Thursday 26 November, 14:00 CET. Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is hampered by an acute food crisis and a government that uses the pandemic to further crackdown civil rights (with penalties up to 20 years prison for providing ‘false’ info). How does Corona affect a […]

On Thursday 26 November, the T.M.C. Asser Instituut will host its Sixth Annual T.M.C. Asser Lecture. We are delighted to welcome Professor Andrew Murray who will join us online to deliver his lecture ‘Almost human: law and human agency in the time of artificial intelligence.’ Register now to attend this highly relevant and thought-provoking event. Artificial […]

December 2020 marks the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women Offenders (the Bangkok Rules). As we approach this milestone, we consider progress – and delay – in making the Rules a reality for all women in contact with the criminal […]

Youth for Peace (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and the Youth Peace Initiative (Netherlands) have joined forces to organise a very interesting panel discussion in which we will be exploring the digitalisation of peacebuilding - a hot topic in this era of zoom meetings and online conferences!What is online peacebuilding?What does the future of peacebuilding look like?How […]