Latest Humanitarian Forum Indonesia Updates

In May, HFI held a strategy planning meeting to define programmes for the upcoming two years. The event was attended by board members, supervisory board members and the council.  The meeting was also attended by the Director of The Humanitarian Forum, James Shaw Hamilton. In his speech, he talked about the development of local humanitarian forums in several countries and also praised the progress of HFI. An important outcome of the meeting was the need to strengthen HFI’s human resources and to give priority to members’ coordination and networking.

PKPU has officially become a member of HFI’s network. Find out more about PKPU here.

On 25th May, HF Indonesia participated in the fourth meeting aimed at formulating accountability guidance in humanitarian aid management in Indonesia. 

HFI has identified a need for training in disaster communication. Due to the vast outreach of Social Media, untruths and misquotes can spread like wildfire, causing the population to panic. To address this issue, on 26th May HFI is organising a Communication workshop, with a panel of experts on Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics from national agencies and politics commentators.