by Erica Gaston, András Derzsi-Horváth Regional or community forces, militias, and other forms of local security actors have long existed in Iraq. However, when the so-called Islamic State in Iraq...
Ladies and gentlemen, we need you! We need your critical questions, your experience, your ideas and your suggestions. We should talk openly about what we are already doing well, and how we can become...
The World Humanitarian Summit set ambitious targets to maximize existing resources in critical, emergency situations, including harmonizing and streamlining donor reporting. Donors and aid...
by Julia Steets, Lotte Ruppert Background As more agencies are using cash transfer programs in humanitarian contexts, the need for coordination has grown. Currently, the cash working groups...
Executive Summary Humanitarian response is “woefully underresourced”: it faces a financing gap of an estimated US$ 15 billion. At the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016, more than 30 major donors...
Takeaways from a Transnational European Discussion by Julian Lehmann GPPi Growing numbers of asylum seekers have made short-term crisis management the focus of refugee policy in the European Union.1...
This paper seeks to provide an overview of the operational challenges and emerging good practices in negotiations on humanitarian access with non-state armed groups (NSAGs) during humanitarian...
In insecure environments, where humanitarian staff have limited opportunities for face-to-face interactions with communities, achieving accountability to affected populations is more complex and...
In contexts where humanitarian organisations and communities are exposed to violence and insecurity, there are significant challenges not only in ensuring access to assistance, but also in assessing...
Many humanitarian organisations work in active conflict zones under direct threat of violence. This significantly constrains their operations, and makes it difficult to deliver the aid people need...