Humanitarian consequences of the current economic crisis | Event at AmericanU

International Aid Symposium on Humanitarian Responses to the Global Economic Crisis

Thursday, April 30, 2009 American University, Washington, D.C. – Butler Board Room American University’s Peacebuilding & Development Institute, will be hosting a roundtable discussion in Washington DC for all international aid organizations about how humanitarian assistance can and should creatively respond, ahead of the curve, to emerging emergency vulnerabilities due to the global depression.  The symposium will bring representatives from the various sectors of the humanitarian community (private, public, and non-profit) together with donors to examine lessons from past economic crises and brainstorm new ways to craft and target aid to meet new and shifting humanitarian needs and priorities of the worsening economic crisis.  For more information about or to register for the symposium please visit the symposium website.