Enabling structured, governance-led collaboration between humanitarian institutions and responsible innovators.
HTA is a Geneva-based non-profit association providing a neutral platform for time-bound, governance-led technology pilots across the humanitarian system.
We reduce fragmentation, strengthen governance, and create safe pilot environments where technology can serve humanitarian action effectively and ethically.
Humanitarian operations increasingly depend on digital systems that remain fragmented, duplicated, and insufficiently governed.
At the same time, emerging technologies often fail to align with institutional realities due to limited structured engagement, data protection safeguards, and operational validation.
The result is fragmented experimentation, heightened risk exposure, and delayed system-wide adoption.
HTA provides structured coordination across institutional and innovation actors through a formal pilot lifecycle framework.
HTA acts as a neutral intermediary between:
Define Operational Challenge
Structured Pilot
Design
Governance &
Oversight
Independent
Evaluation
We design and coordinate time-bound pilot initiatives under shared governance frameworks, enabling institutions to evaluate technologies without procurement commitment or reputational exposure.
HTA focuses on three core functions designed to strengthen institutional confidence and system-wide coherence.
Structured, time-bound pilot collaborations aligned with clearly defined operational challenges
Independent oversight ensuring compliance with data protection standards and humanitarian principles.
Reducing duplication and improving interoperability across agencies.
Brij Sahi is a Senior Executive with significant international experience as a business leader, has managed P&L and served on a Board. A creative individual with excellent interpersonal skills who leads and creates multi-discipline teams to deliver results globally.
Brij has a background in Innovation and Start-ups. His latest start-up supports the growth of sustainable cocoa in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, and is positively impacting 14 million families.
Filip Papas brings over 3 decades of experience in humanitarian work, with expertise leading operations in emergency response, multi-actor coordination, and diplomacy.
Operating under Swiss association law and committed to transparency, neutrality, and institutional integrity.
Humanitarian institutions identify clearly defined operational needs requiring structured evaluation.
Pilots are designed with clear scope, timelines, roles, and governance safeguards.
All activities operate under neutral oversight ensuring compliance and transparency.
Outcomes are assessed and documented to support informed institutional decision-making.
Operating under Swiss association law and committed to transparency, neutrality, and institutional integrity.