The humanitarian thinktank network “HuT” is an informal partnership of independent European humanitarian thinktanks. It was founded against the backdrop of consistent reform deficits in international humanitarian policies and practices and in light of the crucial role European donor governments need to play to ensure humanitarian space and reform. Its objective is to jointly improve humanitarian policies and practices in response to crisis. It aims at enhancing the impact of engaged thinktanks by increasing cross-national collaboration to pursue synergies, exchange know-how and expertise, cooperate in thematic areas of joint interest, avoid duplications and work jointly on the strategic advancement of our thinktanks in an increasingly complex humanitarian context.
Currently, the network primarily focuses on European members and policies but is also open to engaging in thematic collaborations with non-European partners.
The “HuT” pursues cooperation as appropriate on up to three levels:
- Information sharing: to contribute to cross-country learnings about the humanitarian policies of our European host countries and the European context, to identify synergies, pursue collaboration and avoid working in silos.
- Thematic cooperation: to work together on common sector challenges, priority areas and reform needs.
- Strategic cooperation: to proactively identify cross-cutting themes and objectives and develop strategic activities for an impactful joint engagement with respect to long-term trends in the humanitarian arena.