Food Security & Agriculture Networks & Communities

Humanitarian & Development Network (HDN)

HDN functions as a loose association of consultants who join HDN for specific assignments, selected for their competence and knowledge, and their expertise and skills in relation to the consultancy. 



Through tailored consulting and project management, HDN provides advisory and operational services in a variety of activities:
• Review and evaluation of organizational strategies
• Programme design and project development strategies
• Facilitation of private and public sector partnerships (PPPs)
• Advice on corporate social responsibility strategies (CSR)
• Coordination of events and fora
• Facilitation of international workshops and meetings, and private bilateral meetings in support of the humanitarian-development agenda
• Drafting of strategy, programme, and budget documents;

HDN works in:
• Humanitarian aid and coordination
• Disaster risk reduction and risk management
• Global migration including refugee and displacement problems
• Environment/climate change and poverty reduction
• Food security
• Health

In its first four years of operation, HDN has undertaken a variety of assignments in Geneva and outside by both its partners as well as with collaborating associates.

Among its clients are the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC, Bern), the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN (Geneva) and a consortium of donors, the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR, Geneva), the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR, Geneva), the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC, Geneva), the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA, London), Geneva University, EPFL (Lausanne), the Fleet Forum (Geneva), the German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV, Bonn), the Global Risk Forum (GRF)/International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC, Davos), and InSTEDD (Innovative Support to Emergencies, Diseases & Disasters, Palo Alto, CA, USA).

Univ of Copenhagen: Climate Food and Farming Network (CLIFF)

CLIFF aims to strengthen collaboration between researchers by bringing together researchers and PhD students working within the scope of the network themes. For example, network members will have opportunities to develop collaborative research with other network partners and CCAFS and/or collect data that can then be used as common, comparable datasets and methods. Network members will be encouraged to jointly develop and exchange ideas about conceptual frameworks and research methods, including field and analytical methods as well as the meta-methods that will allow robust analyses across sites, continents and contexts. Geographically, the network will include the current CCAFS regions (West Africa, East Africa and the Indo-Gangetic Plains) as well as Northern and Southern universities as well as other developing countries.