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October 2012
The UK government approves the funding for the creation of the Humanitarian Leadership Academy.
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March 2013
The Humanitarian Leadership Academy becomes a new team within Save the Children UK.
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March 2015
Official launch of the Humanitarian Leadership Academy in London by Inaugural Chair Jan Egeland and UK Secretary of State for International Development.
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May 2015
Partnerships are signed with IKEA and the Disasters and Emergencies Preparedness Programme (DEPP).
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June 2015
Set up of three Regional Centres in East and Southern Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
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December 2015
First private sector partnership signed with Unilever, working on Business Continuity Planning in the Philippines.
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May 2016
Launch of our e-learning platform Kaya at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul (Grand Bargain).
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May 2018
Expansion of our humanitarian preparedness portfolio with 9 new learning programmes such as Education in Emergencies, Coaching and Mentoring, and Training of Trainers.
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December 2018
Kaya reaches 100,000 learners.
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March 2019
Launch of our digital badging and accreditation platform HPass.
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June 2019
Start of HLA’s commercial activities through our Social Enterprise.
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October 2019
Set up of our Regional Centre in West and Central Africa.
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January 2020
HLA expands through the merger with the Save the Children UK Humanitarian Capacity Building Team.
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April 2020
Design of the COVID-19 Learning Pathway in response to the pandemic, reaching over 30,000 learners.
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November 2020
The HLA wins 3 bronze medals at the Learning Technologies Awards (FIELD and Safeguarding Essentials VR experience)
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December 2021
Kaya reaches 500,000 learners and 500 public courses; and our preparedness portfolio reaches 48,000 learners. HLA social media channels reach 1 million followers.
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March 2022
Start of our transformational response work in Ukraine, with a major capacity strengthening focus on local actors; and set up of the HLA Eastern Europe Regional Centre.
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December 2022
Kaya reaches 635,000 learners and HPass reaches 160,000 digital badges.
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February 2023
Launch of a new online hub to support humanitarians working on the Türkiye-Syria earthquake response.
