The new ‘Federal Foreign Office strategy for humanitarian assistance abroad’ was published on 26 September 2024.
In his article on ‘The Humanitarian Blog’, CHA Director Ralf Südhoff analyses what the new strategy and a drastically reduced budget mean for the future of German humanitarian action: ‘Neither payer nor player’. [German, English to be published soon.]
In a press statement, CHA criticised the strategy as a ‘wish list without a budget’. [German]
Ralf Südhoff also gave several interviews with German media, for example with epd, KNA, hr info, Frankfurter Rundschau and the Tagesspiegel.
Frankfurter Rundschau – New strategy for humanitarian aid: ‘Savings on this scale are unprecedented’
Süddeutsche Zeitung – Humanitarian action: Less, more foresighted, more targeted
Evangelische Zeitung – Expert: New strategy for humanitarian action without clear priorities
Table media – A foreign policy austerity budget – less influence and prestige
ntv – When Saudi Arabia helps more than Germany
weltsichten – The Federal Foreign Office renews its humanitarian aid
