From 25.06.2025 – 26.06.2025, the CHA dedicated its annual conference to the topic
Contested Aid – Power Shifts, Politicisation and Prioritisation
Over two days, 28 panellists, 130 participants in person and over 500 participants online discussed the increasing politicisation of humanitarian action, the pressure for financial prioritisation and the resulting power shifts. In the following video gallery you can review the first day of the conference. Sessions on day 2 took place onsite only and under Chatham House Rule. The abstracts of all sessions can be found on our conference website, as well as in the video description (by clicking on ‘Watch on YouTube’).
Keynote Dialogue
- Mohan Ramesh Rajasingham, Head and Representative of OCHA- Geneva and Director of the Coordination Division, OCHA- Geneva
- Ralf Südhoff, Director, CHA
Opening Panel: Contested Aid and its triple Ps
- Norbert Maria Altenkamp, MP; Spokesperson for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag; Member of the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid
- Dr Tammam Aloudat, CEO, The New Humanitarian
- Dr Stephan Klingebiel, Head of Department ‘Inter- and Transnational Cooperation’ , German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
- Dr Margret Müller, Deputy Humanitarian Director, Global Humanitarian Team Oxfam International
- Ralf Südhoff, Director, CHA
Panel 2: A point to pivot ? How are humanitarian organisations navigating the changing aid landscape
- Eilidh Kennedy, Director, Interagency Research and Analysis Network (IARAN)
- Martin Kessler, Director, Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
- Åsa Månsson, Managing Director, VENRO
- Dr Soomin Oh, Deputy Director, Development Engagement Lab
- Sonja Hövelmann, Research Lead, CHA
Panel 3: Weathering the Storm: The role of locally led funding mechanisms in dealing with the current sector-wide crisis
- Soheir Asaad, Advocacy team member, RAWA – Creative Palestinian Communities Fund
- Courtenay Cabot Venton, Founder and Executive Director, Share Trust; Co-Founder and Partner, LCA
- Falastin Omar, Change Fund Manager, NEAR
- Daria Rybalchenko, Director, National Network of Local Philanthropy Development (NNLPD)
- Goda Milašiūtė, Research Fellow, CHA
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