This year, HERE turns ten! In a special episode of Hear, HERE! The Humanitarian Podcast, Executive Director Ed Schenkenberg, Research Director Marzia Montemurro, and Research and Comms Officer Val Hambye-Verbrugghen use the opportunity of this tenth anniversary to look at how the humanitarian sector has changed over time – or not. Building on HERE’s tagline and mission to bridge the gap between policy and humanitarian practice, they explore the following questions: if HERE were to be founded today, would the focus on the gap be the same? Why is the gap still there? Does HERE’s work actually have added value in addressing this gap?

This podcast kicks off a retrospective of the past decade, extrapolating the lessons and recommendations that pas HERE pieces have brought up and exploring any outcomes, follow-up, or lack thereof. Messages highlighting the main points will be released on a regular basis, building up to a collective deep-dive of what change means (or should mean) for the sector, in the shape of an anniversary event in November this year.

The full retrospective is available here.