The upcoming World Humanitarian Summit convening in Istanbul, May 2016 will be featuring as part of its main program a Special Event on Religious Engagement & Humanitarian Response.
In preparation for faith engagement at the World Humanitarian Summit, civil society organizations around the world organized regional working meetings to provide local perspectives on faith engagement in humanitarian response. The regional working meetings provided feedback on the content and framing of the Special Event on Religion at the World Humanitarian Summit.
Regional working meetings were held in Mexico City, Berlin, Colombo, Nairobi, Jakarta, Tel-Aviv, London, and DC. Reports capturing the range of discussion at the meetings have been compiled here: https://jliflc.com/resources/whs-regional-working-meeting-reports/
Working Meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka, hosted by World Vision, Muslim Aid, and Sarvodaya
February 2016