Humanitarian Organisations and Operational Readiness – Building the Capabilities to Engage with Innovative Finance

21 Oct 2026
Innovative Finance Pavilion and Conference

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This session will focus on what humanitarian organisations need internally in order to engage with innovative finance responsibly and effectively. It will draw directly on operational experience, including constraints, failure points, and lessons from implementation. The panel will speak on their journey across the phases, from early stage to piloting, implementing to advanced stages of their project or programme.

Focus:

  • How NGOs and operational actors engage with financing tools.
  • What is feasible in fragile and conflict affected settings.
  • Organisational capabilities required, including governance, risk, finance, legal, data and programme design.
  • Lessons from implementation, including constraints and failure points