The H2H Network at HNPW 2025

Combating Disinformation in Myanmar Panel Discussion:

A session focused on the challenges of disinformation in restrictive environments like Myanmar. Experts from H2H Members Insecurity Insight and Internews shared strategies on how to spread reliable information and emergency knowledge.

Key take always:

• Disinformation, limited communication channels, and fragmented info flows severely undermine humanitarian coordination and community trust.
• There’s significant mistrust between humanitarian actors and media: 84% of media lack access to reliable humanitarian info, and 75% perceive humanitarian orgs as non-transparent.
• Proactive communication is key. Suggested fixes included joint advisory groups, closed-door media briefings, and training to improve humanitarian literacy among journalists

Recommendations for moving forward:

• Enhance collaboration between media and the humanitarian sector.
• Align on shared communication ethics and principles.
• Build capacity in data analysis and field-level reporting.
• Prioritize transparency while maintaining operational security.

See the recordings here ->

Advancing Humanitarian Data Standards:

Kim Scriven, H2H Executive Director, joined H2H Members iMMAP Inc., MapAction, CartONG, and Sphere Standards in a panel discussion about how data standards can improve aid efficiency, especially in times of funding cuts.

Key takeaways included:

• Without clear standards, the sector faces inconsistencies, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities, particularly when AI-driven tools become more prevalent for information gathering.
• Data professionals must be recognized as essential to humanitarian response, ensuring their expertise is integrated into operations.
• A central reference for humanitarian data standards is needed to improve consistency, quality, and accessibility of data.
• We must listen to and address the challenges local actors face in implementing data solutions, ensuring approaches are inclusive and practical.

Recommendations for moving forward:

• Strengthening collective action, shared resources, capacity building, and dedicated spaces.

H2H Annual General Meeting (AGM):

We held our AGM, focusing on making the humanitarian system more efficient and leveraging our network to keep supporting affected populations during these challenging times.

Enhancing Communication Collaboration:

H2H’s Communication Professionals Community of Practice met in person to explore how we can better collaborate to ensure our voices reach the right audiences.

Launch of the Pooled Funds Community of Practice:

Alice Darcq, H2H Network’s Head of Finance and Operations, participated in a panel organized by Start Network and ICVA Network, and spoke about how a Community of Practice can support pooled fund managers, drawing from our own experience with the H2H Fund.