HERE-Geneva marked its tenth anniversary in late 2024. To independently assess how well we have fulfilled our mandate to close the gap between policy and humanitarian practice, HERE’s Board of Trustees commissioned an external review of our work. This note shares HERE-Geneva’s key takeaways and forward-looking reflections in response to the 10-year review conducted by Humentum. The review, provided to us in March 2025, when humanitarianism was under extreme stress with the recent decisions of the USA and other key donors to withdraw and reduce funding, has served to strengthen HERE’s commitment to play a key role in ensuring that lessons learnt from HERE’s work with partners, translates into practice in the humanitarian sector within a realistic but ambitious timeline.