Panel discussion: Humanitarian Blended Finance for Water
At World Water Week 2025, our online panel discussion explored how Humanitarian Blended Finance (HBF) can align public and private interests with humanitarian and development needs to deliver lasting solutions.
New Webinar Series to Help National Societies Navigate Humanitarian Innovative Finance
In a rapidly evolving financial landscape, humanitarian organisations, including Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, are facing a deepening funding crisis. Traditional sources of humanitarian aid are becoming increasingly unpredictable, while the scale and complexity of crises continue to grow.
Webinar: Humanitarian Blended Finance – Going Beyond Grants For Sustainable Impact
As humanitarian needs become increasingly long-term and complex, there is a growing need to mobilise and align humanitarian, public, and private resources in more strategic ways. Humanitarian Blended Finance (HBF) offers one such approach, supporting sustainable impact through innovative partnerships and financing models.
Apply Now: IMD Business School Programme
Ready to move beyond grants — and learn how to structure your initiative for investment?
The 2025 Driving Innovative Finance for Impact (DIFI) Program at IMD Business School offers practical, hands-on learning with a strong focus on case studies and unique insights from guest speakers. You don’t need a project to apply — but if you have one, you’re welcome to submit it. Apply now via the link below. Deadline: 29 August.
Webinar: Early Findings and Best Practices for HBF in Fragile Contexts
This one-hour session, hosted by HIFHUB’s Juan Coderque in collaboration with Chris Clubb from Convergence Blended Finance, brings together insights from across sectors as part of the Grand Bargain Community of Practice on Humanitarian Innovative Financing.
ICRC Goma West Water Project: A New Model for Blended Finance
What began as a humanitarian challenge in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has become a replicable approach for providing sustainable assistance in protracted crises. For over 20 years, the response largely relied on temporary solutions such as water trucking, providing essential but short-term relief.
Trillions or Billions? Reassessing the Potential Investment in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
What role can European institutional investors realistically play in financing development in emerging markets and fragile contexts? This 2024 ODI report takes a critical look at the assumptions behind the “trillions to billions” narrative – and calls for more grounded, strategic thinking to mobilise meaningful investment where it’s needed most.
Convergence: State of Blended Finance
Convergence’s State of Blended Finance reports—published since 2017—focus on blended finance activities that mobilize private investment to emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). With this April 2024 edition, Convergence marks a new annual two-report cycle. Early each year, Convergence will release an edition of the State of Blended Finance report that provides analysis and insights on the entire blended finance market, including blended finance activity across sectors, regions, investors, investment structures, development impact generation, and more.
Gaining Ground on Refugee Financial Inclusion Through Advocacy, Innovation, and Partnerships
How can we ensure refugees have real access to financial services that support their dignity, resilience, and self-reliance? In this 2023 blog post, UNHCR explores the role of advocacy, innovation, and partnerships in advancing financial inclusion for displaced communities – a key piece of the puzzle in unlocking more sustainable humanitarian financing.
Donor Engagement in Innovative Finance: Opportunities and Obstacles
This 2019 (updated in 2023) report from the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development represents a first effort to review options for donor engagement in the area of innovative finance, as outlined by the Private Sector Engagement Working Group.
DG ECHO Pilot Initiative on Blended Finance for Humanitarian Aid: Lessons Learned
In this 2023 report, DG ECHO shares early lessons from its blended finance pilot initiative, reflecting on progress and highlighting key challenges for scaling humanitarian-private finance partnerships.
Blended Finance Solutions for Clean Energy in Humanitarian and Displacement Settings
This 2022 report from Norwegian Refugee Council offers an overview of how blended finance can deliver sustainable energy in humanitarian contexts, sharing lessons learned and recommendations for future improvements.
Beyond Compliance: Embedding Impact through Innovative Finance
This 2025 report from the World Economic Forum highlights how $185 billion is already mobilised by linking financial rewards to social outcomes. Case studies like South Korea’s social progress credits illustrate how businesses can maintain a competitive edge while addressing societal challenges.
Mainstreaming Humanitarian Blended Finance – HIFHUB Briefing Paper
Based on a comprehensive 2024 consultancy, this briefing paper explores how humanitarian blended finance (HBF) can strategically complement traditional grant-based funding. It clarifies the HBF concept, outlines opportunities and challenges, and identifies four key roles humanitarian actors can assume: convenors, advisors, enablers, and implementers.
New Financing Partnerships for Humanitarian Impact
This 2024 ODI report takes a hard look at the limitations of the current model, and why new approaches are urgently needed.