The World Humanitarian Summit: Talking shop or game changer?
02/26/2015. The build-up to the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul is gathering pace, but what guarantees are there that anything will actually be accomplished?
The two-year, UN-led process is meant to foster a global conversation – with clear outputs and recommendations – on how to improve humanitarian response.
Aid workers say the consultations are succeeding at engaging an unprecedented spectrum of voices, but many fear the process still lacks any clear framework for turning talk into action.
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