Presented by: HFP
Date and time: 23-24 January 2008

At the request of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Humanitarian Futures Programme hosted a discussion forum on future humanitarian priorities in 2020, to help the MFA frame the issues for its revised humanitarian strategy. The forum brought together representatives of humanitarian NGOs, including Tearfund, HelpAge International, Save the Children, CAFOD and Oxfam, representatives from the UK Department for International Development (DFID),and research institutions including the Overseas Development Institute, ALNAP and Chatham House. The discussion focussed on four issues of key relevance to future humanitarian response:

• Climate change and humanitarian impact
• Conflict trends and protection issues
• Demographic shifts and migration trends
• Challenges for donors, including accountability, monitoring, evaluation and learning
• Humanitarian trends, including humanitarian reform consequences, emerging partnerships, politicization and principles