Webinars - 2022

The current global financing system for crisis is not fit for purpose; funding is often late, under-delivered and highly unpredictable. This leads to millions of people across the world being underserved by a system whose purpose is to support them.

This webinar on 15th September at 3PM (BST) / 10AM (EDT) aims to explore how we can build locally designed and owned crisis risk management systems and how we can sustainably finance these. We will look at how recent innovations do this – by bringing together leadership from the global south, innovative financing, and systematic crisis management to overcome challenges and seize opportunities to share a better aid system.

This webinar is organised in partnership with: 

 

Head of Crisis Anticipation and Risk Financing, Start Network

Financial Sector Specialist in the Crisis and Disaster Risk Finance team, World Bank

Chief Executive Officer, African Risk Capacity

Lead Risk Finance Adviser, Centre for Disaster Protection

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Whilst it is understandable that Ukraine is still in the media spotlight, some of the other conflicts are not getting the recognition they deserve. This webinar co-hosted with Amani Institute on 25th of August at 2PM (BST) / 4PM (AST) / 9AM (EST), is designed to shine a light on what is happening on the ground in Yemen. The UN estimated that 24.1 million people in 2021 were "at risk" of hunger and disease, and roughly 14 million were in acute need of assistance. With the situation escalating from the previous measurements, this session will dissect the challenges aid organisations are facing on the ground, what is working and not working in the way we approach aid and development in the country and more importantly what can be done to address the needs of the local population.

This webinar is organised in partnership with:

 

Yemen Country Director, International Rescue Committee

Yemen Representative, UNHCR

Yemen Country Director, Norwegian Refugee Council

Senior Manager, Humanitarian Policy, Oxfam America

Global Communications Manager, Amani Institute

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USAID distributed more than $20 billion last fiscal year. We will share USAID partnering best practices AidKonekt’s team has learned through nearly a decade of supporting USAID partnering growth strategies. Learn how to start building your organization’s USAID market strategy, and best practices for growing your work with USAID. This virtual seminar co-created with AidKonekt will take place on 19th July at 4PM (BST) / 5PM (CEST).

This webinar is organised in partnership with:

 

CEO, AidKonekt Data

 

 

Mike Shanley is the CEO of AidKonekt Data, a data platform for USAID partners that streamlines pipeline monitoring and market research. He has nearly 20 years of experience supporting clients to win and manage USAID funding. His clients include both new and established USAID partners, and have ranged from large contractors and NGOs to universities and multi-national corporations.

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The world is changing and so are the problems we have. But is the same true for the approaches we use to find solutions and to have an impact? Where are the biggest gaps, what are opportunities and who is modelling great work? What are the tools and the frameworks to address overlapping and interconnected challenges? In our next AidEx panel on 5th May (3PM CEST / 9AM EDT) co-organized with Amani Institute, we will seek answers through the research and the experience of global experts.

This webinar is organised in partnership with:

 

Global Program Manager, Amani Institute

Head of Innovation, UN World Food Programme

Gender and Development Expert and Founder, Project Kal

Partner and In-House Counsel, For Impact

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Seven months after the Taliban took control of the country and international funding froze, public services collapsed and women lost most of their rights, the economy keeps on spiraling downward, 97% of Afghans are facing extreme poverty and cannot meet basic needs.

In this Aidex webinar co-created with Amani Institute on 22nd March 10AM (EDT) / 2PM (GMT) / 6:30PM (AFT), Afghan and International key witnesses on the ground will share what it takes to face this humanitarian crisis, with thought-provoking examples of challenges and success in a context where accepting a compromise, may be the only way to save lives.

This webinar is organised in partnership with:

 

Afghanistan Director, International Rescue Committee (IRC)

President & Executive Director, Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL)

Founder, Afghanistan Peace House

Afghanistan Country Director, Emergency

Global Communication Director, Amani Institute

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Our webinar on 24th February at 2PM (GMT) / 3PM (CET) / 9AM (EST) will dive deep into the state of mental health amongst aid workers. The mental health problem is real and certain places such as South Sudan see a prevalence rate of 24% for PTSD, 39% for depression, 35.5% for hazardous alcohol. This has a direct impact on the aid work itself, studies have shown 63% of aid workers who had experienced mental health problems believed that it had negatively impacted their work, and a further 79% had considered leaving the aid industry altogether. With no humanitarian specific stress model, how can aid organisations turn the tide on this mental health pandemic?

This webinar invited a panel of experts to discuss the growing mental health pandemic in humanitarian aid work. The panel formulated realistic action points to inspire meaningful change within aid organisations such as the UN, Red Cross/Red Crescent and NGOs to reduce staff mental health disorders and protect aid workers.

 

Medical Doctor and Lead Researcher, ‘The perceptions and experiences of psychological stress in aid workers after six months post-deployment’

Psychology Research Associate & Lecturer, Webster University

Independent Advisor and Facilitator on Wellbeing in the Aid Sector

Balkans Coordinator, Medical Volunteers International

Aid Worker

Aid Worker