Pre-arranged finance mechanisms (such as insurance, contingency funds, and forecast-based financing) offer new models to enable faster, more predictable crisis response and preparedness. Alongside it, blended finance, which strategically uses concessional capital to unlock private investment, offers untapped potential to bridge this financing gap, yet remains underused in fragile contexts.

This session will convene speakers from different organisations to explore how both pre-arranged finance and blended finance can be deployed along the spectrum of humanitarian interventions, from immediate disaster response, through early recovery, to long-term resilience building. It will also showcase insights from the HIFHUB-Convergence collaboration on scaling blended finance in humanitarian settings to inform and inspire additional initiatives.