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Annual International Conference on Humanitarian Assistance in Tallinn

  • SDG8
  • SDG10
  • SDG17
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Education

4-5/103-2024
Timeframe 01.06.2024-30.11.2025 Lõppenud
Target group International humanitarian assistance community
Budget 61 616 EUR
Funders
  • ESTDEV

The conference organised in November 2023 showed that such events are much needed in Estonia to develop and raise awareness in the field of humanitarian aid. The conference was a great success and received very positive feedback from participants, both speakers and audience. Speakers were of a very high calibre, including from UN agencies (OCHA), major humanitarian organisations (IFRC, NRC), expert organisations in the field (ALNAP) and major humanitarian donors (ECHO, Germany). 

The tradition of an annual conference in Estonia continuously develops the competence and awareness in the field of humanitarian aid, as it brings in experts from other countries and organisations in the field, and creates/promotes opportunities for cooperation between Estonian organisations on the one hand, and international humanitarian organisations and donors on the other. 

Project objectives

The main goal of the international humanitarian assistance conferences, taking place in November 2024 and November 2025 in Fotografiska, Tallinn, is to regularly bring together the interest groups of the humanitarian assistance sector to explore innovative approaches to providing assistance, share knowledge and enhance cooperation between different stakeholders in the field of humanitarian assistance.

Actions and results

Through panel discussions and knowledge sharing during the conference, the most acute macro-topics of humanitarian assistance are discussed in detail. The annual conference is a logical next step to the first humanitarian assistance conference which took place in Tallinn in November 2023.

The expected results of the conference are the strengthening of partnership and cooperation between interest groups and improving the level of discussion on humanitarian matters in Estonia. The annual conference also improves the knowledge of Estonian stakeholders of the global trends of the humanitarian system.