What are the humanitarian challenges encountered by the humanitarian NGOs in the delivery of humanitarian aid and how they seek to overcome them? Each article of the newest edition of our magazine...
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What are the humanitarian challenges encountered by the humanitarian NGOs in the delivery of humanitarian aid and how they seek to overcome them? Each article of the newest edition of our magazine...
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The new VOICE out loud “The EU Member States’ implementation of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus” focuses on how VOICE members and EU Member States are interpreting and implementing the...
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The articles in this VOICE out loud present the essential role of NGOs in the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable and crisis affected people. They help demonstrate the impact...
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Today’s crises are increasingly complex and the number of people in need worldwide is rising as a consequence of man-made and natural disasters. The EU is focusing on finding a response to these...
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As VOICE celebrates its 25th birthday, and we mark the first anniversary of the World Humanitarian Summit, VOICE has invited members and others to contribute on some of the key themes shaping...
2015 was the year that put refugees and the movement of people back on the global and European agenda. Europe saw the biggest refugee flow since World War Two, many crossing over from Turkey into...
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Introduction VOICE (Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies) is the main NGO interlocutor on EU humanitarian affairs and brings together 84 NGOs. One of the main priorities of the...
Throughout 2015 consultations have been building towards the World Humanitarian Summit, to be held in 2016. All over the world, and in EU Member States, consultations and debates have taken place...
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2015 is a special year: it is the first ever European Year to deal with the European Union’s external action and Europe’s role in the world. It is the European Year for Development (EYD). For NGOs...
The Finance for Development Agreement presents an opportunity for disaster risk reduction (DRR) funding to be institutionalised. As negotiations for the Agreement continue, we as members of civil...
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2014 is a year of institutional change in the European Union, with new members of the European Parliament and Commission. With that in mind, this issue of our newsletter takes a look at the state of...
European Union (EU) Member States, the European Commission and the European Parliament reached agreement on the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid in 2007. It provides a strong policy framework...
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While working with local partners holds a central role in the development sector practice in the case of emergencies is much more varied. Combining the contextualised knowledge and experience of the...
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With humanitarian needs increasing worldwide, NGOs continue to deliver the majority of humanitarian aid to disaster-affected populations. How funding modalities function is crucial to ensuring...
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Partnership is essential in humanitarian action. No single agency is able to tackle the increasing humanitarian needs by itself, certainly in the case of mega disasters such as the floods in Pakistan...
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Humanitarian aid should be delivered according to the humanitarian principles of humanity, independence, impartiality and neutrality and it should be based on the needs of crisis-affected people...
The future European Union budget must respond to the challenges of the changing global environment and set priorities for action both inside and outside of the EU to address them. EU humanitarian aid...
The diversity of the NGO sector is mostly considered an asset, sometimes a limitation. However, there is also a broad variation inside the EU when it comes to the national and regional contexts in...
This newsletter focuses on how key civilian actors in humanitarian aid are seeking transparency and accountability in terms of activities and funding. 'Voicing out' their experiences, European...