Centre of Brussels, Belgium, January 2023

I'm preparing to head to the airport to travel to Brussels. Next week, I'll be participating in the European Humanitarian Forum (EHF) and then continuing with my organisation's conference for the heads of offices (HoO) from around the world.

The EHF will bring together humanitarian practitioners, political leaders, and academics to discuss how we can bridge ongoing humanitarian needs with limited resources. Given my role, I'll be advocating for the needs in Venezuela, but I'm also very interested in learning about the management of migration crises worldwide. Globally, we're shamefully falling short in caring for the most vulnerable people, so any ideas on how to make things even slightly better are worth considering.

During the HoO meeting, we'll be focusing on challenges, standards, and peculiarities related to the work of ECHO (my own organisation). Though it's going to be incredibly busy, I'm actually looking forward to reconnecting with colleagues and friends whom I haven't seen in a long time!