Global Humanitarian Platform: Local Capacity and Partnership: A New Humanitarian Business Model

When the Global Humanitarian Platform (GHP) was created in July 2006, there was agreement that the GHP should “provide a forum for focused discussion of particular strategic issues, such as accountability, capacity-building, security, or transitions.” During the first meeting of the GHP in July 2007, it was agreed to focus discussions at the 2008 meeting on “particular themes, such as humanitarian financing, capacity-building, or on cross-cutting issues such as access and security.” In 2010 the GHP will focus on the preservation and expansion of Humanitarian Space, Humanitarian-Military Relationships and a new business model focusing on building local capacity and regional and international readiness to address cross border humanitarian issues.