What future work or challenges will the DG face in the future? by camilla aspivaara https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges en-us 2019-04-18 08:46:34 UTC 2025-12-30 16:37:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Future challenges camilla_aspivaara https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352512073 1. Humanitarian crisis are increasing and becoming more destructive in the future. EU´s resources are limited and it´s impossible to give help for everyone who needs it.

+ Budget problems:
In 2015 EU´s humanitarian aid and rescue service´s budget was 1,5 billion euros which was record-breaking sum. Nevertheless budget continues to growth year by year.

2. Predicting future
It´s also hard to predict future, so EU can´t prepare itself. Nobody knows what kind of crises future holds

3. Collaboration
EU should increase collaboration with different organization such as the Red Cross and UNICEF, but also with private sector, United Nations and regional development aid. Close cooperation and coordinating will increase resources  -> better crisis management & civil protection.

4. Assessment of help
Identifying and quantifying crisis significance beforehand is important, but at the same time it´s  a huge challenge to decide who needs protection & aid the most.

5. Access/accessibility to trouble spots
More info on "Humanitarian Access"-section.

6. EU´s Humanitarian Principles
Humanitarian Principles are  humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, but these principles are not being obeyed sufficiently - approaching is too "assistant central". 

]]> 2019-04-18 08:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352512073 Forgotten crisis camilla_aspivaara https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352513428 Many crisis such as Myanmar Rohingya-, Algeria´s Sahrawi-, Venezuela´s socio-economic and security crisis etc. are called "forgotten crisis" because they are receiving insufficient help or not help at all. These are severe humanitarian crisis but there is no political commitment to solve them due to lack of media interest. In the future more and more crisis will be forgotten and it´s difficult to help people in trouble spots if "no one cares".



Here is link to ECHO´s Forgotten Crisis Assesment 2019 where you can see "all" the forgotten crisis : https://ec.europa.eu/echo/sites/echo-site/files/annex_4_fca_2019.pdf]]> 2019-04-18 09:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352513428 Source material camilla_aspivaara https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352513494
  • Commission staff working document comprehensive evaluation of EU Humanitarian Aid, 2012-2016 (2018) https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/swd-comprehensive-evaluation-of-the-european-union-humanitarian-aid-2012-2016_en.pdf
  • DG ECHO Partner´s website http://dgecho-partners-helpdesk.eu/
  • Digital (In)equality -website: High hopes for technology in humanitarian crises http://wpmu.mah.se/nmict181group1/high-hopes-technology-humanitarian/humanitarian_crises/
  • Komission kertomus Euroopan Parlamentille ja neuvostolle: Apua ja pelastuspalvelua koskevista Euroopan unionin politiikoista ja niiden täytäntöönpanosta vuonna 2015 (2016) https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/fi/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52016DC0751
  • OCHA on Message: Humanitarian Principles (https://www.unocha.org/sites/dms/Documents/OOM-humanitarianprinciples_eng_June12.pdf) 
  • Valtiontalouden tarkastusviraston tarkastuskertomus 08/2012, Tuloksellisuustarkastuskertomus, Humanitaarinen apu (2012) https://www.vtv.fi/app/uploads/2018/06/29145231/humanitaarinen-apu-8-2012.pdf


    • ]]>     2019-04-18 09:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352513494     Humanitarian Access camilla_aspivaara https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352519220 Insecurity, government´s/extremist organization´s restricting acts and ongoing violence makes helping more difficult. Humanitarian workers are afraid to go to trouble spots and for example in Syria over 1000 humanitarian workers has been killed. High access constraints countries are for instance Syria, Eritrea, Palestine & Ukraine.

    Map points out global access ranking, from full access to high access constraints.

    Source: https://www.acaps.org/sites/acaps/files/key-documents/files/acaps_humanitarian_access_overview_world_humanitarian_day_2017.pdf]]>     2019-04-18 10:08:44 UTC https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352519220     Climate change camilla_aspivaara https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352519363 In the future climate change will increase climate refugees and conflicts all around the world.  Climate change reduce water- and food security, sea level rises and extreme weather conditions increases, which will all increase conflicts especially in trouble spots. Climate change affects especially in areas where people are living in poor conditions and they have no means to survive with out help - it forces people to move out from their homes. EU´s resources are already overused so ...

    Here is link to short video about climate refugees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6QEDbI5zrg

    ]]>     2019-04-18 10:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352519363     Continue: climate change camilla_aspivaara https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352521202 The map below presents areas where climate change already affects or will affect in the future. In 2016 over 560 million people have been affected by natural disasters and this number will increase year by year. 

    Map´s source: Spiegel online, Photo Gallery]]>     2019-04-18 10:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352521202     Key crisis in 2018 camilla_aspivaara https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352761785 In 2018 136 million people across the world needed humanitarian aid and protection - but only 97,9 million people received it. How EU can increase the amount of aid in the future, when resources are already limited? ]]> 2019-04-19 15:09:36 UTC https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/352761785 Factors which affects increasing need of humanitarian in the future camilla_aspivaara https://padlet.com/camilla_aspivaara/challenges/wish/353038013
  • Climate change
  • Population growth
  • Urbanization 
  • Conflicts over natural resources
  • Environmental problems
  • Recession of economic -> prices of food supplies rises
  • Governments instability
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