Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week 2025

Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Week (HNPW) is an annual gathering in Geneva where the humanitarian community comes together to collaborate on knowledge-sharing to strengthen our sector, nurture long-standing partnerships and foster new ones, and reflect on where and how our work has contributed to positive change globally–and how our work can be strengthened.

This year, portfolio teams from Humanitarian Innovation Program at Grand Challenges Canada, Creating Hope in Conflict: A Humanitarian Grand Challenge and Play Learn Thrive, will host three events, some alongside partners, sharing insights from our work and reflecting on ways forward.

If you’ll be there in person, you’ll find us in the exhibition area when we’re not in sessions, where we’ll be showcasing groundbreaking medical innovations from Surgibox and Pragmatic Innovation.

Our sessions will be held in-person at The International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) and virtually. Read descriptions and click through to register for individual sessions below.

1. THE MISSING LINK: 
Connecting Community-Led Initiatives with national and global social innovation ecosystems in humanitarian settings

2. CLEAN ENERGY ACCESS FOR CRISIS AFFECTED COMMUNITIES: 
Learning from Best Practices and Scaling through Public-Private Collaboration

3. SUPPORTING CAREGIVER AND EDUCATOR CAPACITY 
Building Resilient Support Systems for Children in Emergencies through Play-Based Learning

Learn more here!