by James Shaw-Hamilton, Director, The Humanitarian Forum
The wave of social transformations across the Middle East and North Africa this year continues to amaze us all. The European Commission, its member states and civil society need to show commitment to these evolving societies, supporting them on their own terms. This means working with regional and local partners - building trust, helping a stronger sector of local non-Governmental organisations (NGOs) to emerge and encouraging cooperation amongst them.
Regionally, we need to support Arab humanitarian leadership by helping inter-governmental bodies like the League of Arab States and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to develop their humanitarian work. We also need to work with international NGOs based in the Gulf much more....
