As the aid sector faces growing uncertainty, humanitarian organizations are being challenged to rethink their roles, partnerships, and ways of working. This interactive workshop will explore how the humanitarian aid systems may evolve over the next 15 years, with a particular focus on localization, shifting power dynamics, and the changing value of different actors within the aid ecosystem.
Using IARAN’s Future of Aid 2040 study as a base, this workshop will be a combination of presentation, discussion, and collaborative group work designed to challenge participants to reflect on how their own organizations may need to adapt to remain relevant, effective, and accountable in an increasingly locally-led future.

About The Future of Aid 2040 initiative

The Future of Aid 2040 initiative was designed to respond to three core aims:

  1. To analyse potential changes in the global context and aid system by 2040
  2. To identify concrete pathways for organisational transformation
  3. To develop tools and guidelines to support organisations in kick starting a transformative journey

So far, the initiative has produced three reports:

Trainer

Eilidh Kennedy (IARAN) is a strategic foresight consultant with a decade of experience supporting humanitarian organizations through research, analysis, and strategy design. She has led multi-country futures projects, developed foresight toolkits tailored to the aid sector, and authored widely used publications such as The Future of Aid, From Voices to Choices, and Strategic Planning in the humanitarian sector: a manual to Foresight and Futures-thinking. Eilidh has managed analytical teams within INGOs, taught on foresight and humanitarian systems, and facilitated change across diverse organizational settings. As Founder and Director of IARAN, she brings a systemic, collaborative approach to navigating complexity and shaping long-term strategies for global humanitarian actors.

Registration

Please register by 11 September 2026. Participation is free of charge.

Number of participants: 25 

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Please note:

  • You can unregister up to 24 hours before the event by sending an email to veranstaltungen@globaleverantwortung.at. 
  • Please inform us about accessibility and other needs we should consider via email. The venue is wheelchair accessible. For more information, visit its website. 
  • The Chatham House Rule applies.  
  • Photographs or videos may be taken during the event for future use, for example on our website, social media, and in publications. If you do not wish to be photographed or filmed, please inform the photographer/videographer or the event manager at the start of the event. 

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