NetHope

Under the emergency preparedness and response (epr) program, Nethope's vision is to enable emergency work that continuously evolves to meet the humanitarian needs of disaster-affected communities through appropriate digital support to its members. In fy23, Nethope implemented a major training course; conducted disaster preparedness assessments in four countries including philippines, bangladesh, guatemala, and pakistan; and increased the number of individuals trained in emergency telecoms response to 52 across Nethope members, partners, and governments. Nethope also increased its capacity by hiring new staff, six of whom trained for emergency telecoms deployments, and presented the epr program at Nethope regional chapter meetings. Nethope continued to improve collaboration before, during, and after emergencies with members, partners, governments, and other response entities at global, national, and local levels.

Under the digital protection program (dpp), Nethope is focused on increasing the effectiveness of its members' collective and individual self-defense, and enhancing the training, services, and partnerships offered by focusing on high impact humanitarian safety issues. Nethope is also focused on investing in community infrastructure and trust by laying the foundation for the global humanitarian isac. In fy23, Nethope's vciso program reached 20 of its members, in over 23 engagements with over 60 hours of direct 1:1 consultation. This included helping members to hire staff focused on privacy and cybersecurity roles, three incident response challenges, and various security strategy re-plans. Nethope's sans institute training reached 73 participants and conducted seven tutorial sessions with external speakers from stakeholders including sans, oxfam, irc, kenet, etc. Nethope also launched the digital protection grant fund which awarded eight grantees with $50,000.

Summit: in the wake of the global pandemic, for the 2023 global summit, Nethope organized a hybrid event, with 1,490 attendees from 117 countries, featuring 244 speakers, 86 breakout sessions, 18 workshops and trainings, broad virtual access to all sessions, and 6 regional chapter meetings. Planning for this hallmark annual collaborative event began in early 2023 and continued through the end of the fiscal year and beyond.in addition to summit fees of $118,132, the summit received $509,975 in sponsorships during fy23.

Other program services: in fy23, Nethope continued its work in the center for digital non-profit, ndli, climate intersections, collective impact, and program development.