The Hague Humanity Hub Newsletter - March 2024

Welcome to the March edition of The Hague Humanity Hub's monthly newsletter! If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, we hope that you’re enjoying the start of spring. This period has been very busy and exciting here at the Humanity Hub: in this issue, you will learn about our new Access to Funding, Digitalisation, and EmpowerSDGs programmes, and more.?

With Access to Funding and Digitalisation, our goal is to improve #fundraising and #cybersecurity skills among #NGOs working in the peace and justice community in The Hague and beyond.?

The EmpowerSDGs initiative plans to help students close the gap between academic skills and those required in the job market in the peace, justice, and sustainable development sectors. ?

In this issue you will also receive updates from our Talent Hub, our upcoming events, and more of what the Humanity Hub has to offer, including events such as the latest edition of the Handshake.? ?

Stay tuned for more!? ?

The Humanity Hub Team?

Access to Funding

The?Humanity Hub is partnering with HVFC - Fundraising · Impact · Talent on a joint programme designed to strengthen the fundraising capability of the?humanitarian, development,?peace and justice?community in The Hague.?The programme will?empower the community, foster knowledge-sharing,?establish?new connections, and potentially?facilitate?collaborations and fundraising partnerships.

CyberSecurity Programmes

Cyberattacks on NGOs are increasing both in frequency and impact and despite being the second most targeted sector by nation-state threat actors, NGOs often don’t have the resources and capacity to properly secure themselves. To measure and address these challenges while working to build the capacity of the NGO sector in The Hague and in the Netherlands, the Humanity Hub has partnered with technical cyber expert organizations in two complementary projects:?Cyber?Secure?The?Hague?and?CyberResilience?for NGOs.?

Gemeente Den Haag CyberPeace Institute DIVD Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure connect2trust The Shadowserver Foundation

EMPOWERSDGs

With?EmpowerSDGs?we aim to?provide?young professionals?with the knowledge and connections to build an impact-driven career to help achieve the Sustainable Development?Goals.?A growing number of students graduate?in?The Hague yet struggle to find a job due to a mismatch between their academic credentials and the needs of the?labour?market.?Recognising?this challenge, the? De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied Sciences Kenniscentrum Global & Inclusive Learning, Research group Multilevel Regulation, and The Hague Humanity Hub have teamed up?to develop a series of training courses aimed at filling this gap.?

Spotlight

Interview with Esther Pot of The Beautiful Unseen?

For?International Women's Day on March 8?and the Hague Women's Days, Just Peace spoke with Esther Pot ot. Esther?is a social entrepreneur and the founder of?the?organisation? The Beautiful Unseen een, one of the three nominees for The Kartini Prize,?The?Hague Emancipation Prize.

Event Calendar

You can find all the latest events on our website.

Talent Hub

Looking for a job in and around Peace & Justice? Look no further than?our?Talent Hub Newsletter?on LinkedIn!

The Handshake - March 27

Join us for the next edition of The Handshake, featuring Zoey Breslar , who?has 25 years of experience in international development and humanitarian assistance in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Zoey is an expert in managing projects supporting a broad range of organizations and institutions.?The Handshake series is part of the Humanity Hub’s?Talent Hub.

Co-Working Spaces Available at the Humanity Hub?

A co-working space at The Hague Humanity Hub isn’t just an office: it’s also being part of The Hague Peace & Justice community, in a modern and versatile space right in the city centre of The Hague.??

If you need more information, please?get in touch with the Community Team, you can also book a tour of the coworking space and the facilities!