Recap – Inclusive Communications in 2025 and beyond

In collaboration with The Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication (HuCom), our Community of Practice on Inclusive Communication has developed ten guiding principles for ethical, inclusive and equitable communication on international cooperation and humanitarian aid. These principles offer a roadmap for imagining a more just, inclusive and equitable society.

21 november 2025

During the Innovation Impulse on November 6 at De Doelen in Rotterdam, we held a special workshop on Inclusive Communication. Wouter Oomen of the Expertise Centre on Humanitarian Communication gave an overview of everything we have accomplished with the CoP in the last three-and-a-half years!

Overview of the Future Briefs

At first, we explored the future briefs that were written.

10 Principles now also in video!

Earlier in the trajectory, we wrote the 10 guidelines as a part of the Inclusive Communication Guide. To make the 10 guiding principles more accessible to a broader audience, we have now explained them in a video!

Script and Production: Emiel Martens (HuCom)
Creative Director: Stephan Fourie (StoryGround)
Animations: Mieka Hope (StoryGround)
Illustrations: Coerine Hattingh (StoryGround)
Voice-over: Nyakwezi Katuliiba
Music: ‘Born Chic’ by The Ladyproducer
Executive producers: HuCom and Partos

Communication Guides

Martens, Emiel, and Wouter Oomen. “Inclusive Communication Guide for International Cooperation.” Partos and the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication (2023): 1-44.
Martens, Emiel, and Wouter Oomen. “Ten Guiding Principles for Humanitarian Communication.” Partos and the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication (2023). Download here in Dutch and here in English.
Martens, Emiel, and Wouter Oomen. “Inclusive Language Glossary.” Partos and the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication (2023). Download here in Dutch and here in English.