#CHA25 Conference Review
From 25.06.2025 – 26.06.2025, the CHA dedicated its annual conference to the topic “Contested Aid – Power Shifts, Politicisation and Prioritisation”. Here you can find all session videos of day 1.
Letter to ERC Fletcher: requests for reforms by doners
21 donor countries have sent a joint letter to UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher calling for more substantial reforms.
CHAtroom #22: Humanitarian Reset
Hibak Kalfan, Executive Director at NEAR, in an interview with CHA Director Ralf Südhoff on the much-discussed ‘Humanitarian Reset’.
Job Offer: Office Management and Finance
The Centre for Humanitarian Action (CHA) is seeking a part-time (60%-80) Administrative Assistant (m/f/d) with a focus on office management and finance to join the office in Berlin-Mitte in October 2025.
Guest commentary in German daily Tagesspiegel
Europe has committed itself to the humanitarian principles of neutral aid for people in greatest need. It can strengthen its foreign policy and humanitarian profile by defending these values – writes CHA Director Ralf Südhoff in this guest article for German daily Tagesspiegel.
Sonja Hövelmann at parliamentary briefing
At a parliamentary breakfast in the Bundestag, Sonja Hövelmann as well as Dr Ina Heusgen, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid at the Federal Foreign Office gave an input on the end of USAID and Germany’s role in strengthening and reforming an eroding humanitarian system.
Exchange with ERC Tom Fletcher
| Date: | 08.07.2025 |
| Time: | 08:45 - 09:45 |
| Location: |
Berlin Mitte |
On 8 July 2025, the CHA invited its members to a confidential exchange with UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher.
CHA Conference 2025
| Date: | 25.06.2025 - 26.06.2025 |
| Time: | all-day |
| Location: |
Berlin Kreuzberg |
The CHA Conference 2025 took place on 25 and 26 June 2025 in Berlin Kreuzberg with a focus on "Contested Aid - Power Shifts, Politicisation and Prioritisation".