Kamel Deriche Consulting (KDC) was established in 2021 by Kamel Deriche to provide governments, United Nations agencies, international organisations, NGOs and development partners with rapid access to high-quality expertise, strategic advisory services and innovative solutions for humanitarian, development and crisis-response environments.
Drawing on more than 35 years of senior United Nations and international humanitarian experience across more than 30 countries, Kamel Deriche brings extensive expertise in humanitarian operations, programme strategy and delivery, emergency response, institutional strengthening, localisation, human resources, partnerships and digital innovation.
KDC combines this experience with a strong commitment to local and regional expertise. The firm identifies, mobilises and strengthens talented professionals who understand the political, institutional and operational realities of the environments in which they work—helping organisations build sustainable capacity rather than relying solely on externally deployed expertise.
KDC also develops innovative digital solutions that support the identification and mobilisation of global talent and real-time situational awareness, strengthening the ability of organisations to respond rapidly and effectively in complex and evolving environments.
Kamel Deriche is the Founder of KDC. After 36 years of beautiful experiences working for the UN in most complex emergency situations over the globe, Kamel decided to continue supporting humanitarian work by giving the opportunity to many unknown talented people to become the new wave of humanitarian actors. A strong operational leader and senior advisor, he is known for his team building approach and timely operational impact in most complex emergencies and crises situations.
KDC identifies and maintains a list of professional candidates with skills and experience of value to humanitarian organizations. These include individuals with specialized competencies including but not limited to: coordination, logistics, communication, human resource management, finance, programme management, legal protection, cash-based assistance, clean water, sanitation, health, education, accommodation, and livelihoods. They are individuals who have also expressed an interest to be immediately deployed to humanitarian operations in the region.
Humanitarian programmes are frequently in remote and hard to access areas. To assist in regular monitoring and reporting from these areas, KDC has developed an easy to use digital application that facilitates timely updates of field-based programmes.
New staff need to become familiar with the basic foundations of humanitarian programming such as international humanitarian principles, organization, processes and delivery methods, standards of conduct and financial oversight. KDC offers a library of foundational documents available in several languages of benefit to newly recruited humanitarian actors.