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🔹 New NRC Report: Humanitarian Access Architecture and Tools in the Humanitarian System🔹 As humanitarian needs soar, addressing access barriers is central to reaching populations most in need — often in hard-to-reach areas. This requires effective coordination, tools and

🔹 New NRC Report: Humanitarian Access Architecture and Tools in the Humanitarian System🔹

As humanitarian needs soar, addressing access barriers is central to reaching populations most in need — often in hard-to-reach areas. This requires effective coordination, tools and
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While headlines have moved on and the first wave of emergency teams has departed, thousands of people in Myanmar are still sleeping outside their homes. The 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck on February 28 pushed a population — already grappling with escalating conflict, a

While headlines have moved on and the first wave of emergency teams has departed, thousands of people in Myanmar are still sleeping outside their homes.

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck on February 28 pushed a population — already grappling with escalating conflict, a
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Partnerships are key in promoting locally led responses and shaping how local and national actors collaborate with intermediary partners. A strong intermediary bridges the gap between donors and local humanitarian actors, ensuring aid is delivered effectively and sustainably.

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"If there’s one thing we need to focus on during this time of crisis, it’s how we ensure that more of our humanitarian work is grounded in the sustainability of national systems — including, where possible, in conflict settings. This moment calls for a reset in our thinking, and

"If there’s one thing we need to focus on during this time of crisis, it’s how we ensure that more of our humanitarian work is grounded in the sustainability of national systems — including, where possible, in conflict settings. This moment calls for a reset in our thinking, and
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🚨 🌇 🔥 Extreme heat is one of the most urgent and growing climate risks in the Asia-Pacific, threatening lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems. ICVA's member All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)'s recent publication provides a regional blueprint for addressing extreme

🚨 🌇 🔥 Extreme heat is one of the most urgent and growing climate risks in the Asia-Pacific, threatening lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems. 

ICVA's member All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI)'s recent publication provides a regional blueprint for addressing extreme
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"The call is coming from within the house…" No, it’s not a horror movie, it’s the humanitarian system, and ICVA is the one making the call... Read Jamie Munn's blog on the Humanitarian Reset here: icvanetwork.org/blog/the-call-…

"The call is coming from within the house…" 

No, it’s not a horror movie, it’s the humanitarian system, and ICVA is the one making the call... 

Read Jamie Munn's blog on the Humanitarian Reset here: 
 
icvanetwork.org/blog/the-call-…
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⭐ We are hiring! ICVA is seeking a Project Support Consultant to assist with coordination, implementation, and stakeholder engagement across its Iraq and Yemen initiatives. This 8-month consultancy will support the planning and delivery of trainings, facilitate local NGO

⭐ We are hiring! 

ICVA is seeking a Project Support Consultant to assist with coordination, implementation, and stakeholder engagement across its Iraq and Yemen initiatives. 

This 8-month consultancy will support the planning and delivery of trainings, facilitate local NGO
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"By framing humanitarian and human rights advocacy as a threat to the state, Israeli authorities can shut out organisations merely for speaking out about conditions they witness on the ground, forcing INGOs to choose between delivering aid and promoting respect for the

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🤝 Strengthening Partnerships for Greater Impact ICVA is proud to announce a new phase in our collaboration with LWF World Service through a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding. As part of this agreement, LWF will hire regional staff in places like Bogotá, Yaoundé,

🤝 Strengthening Partnerships for Greater Impact 

ICVA is proud to announce a new phase in our collaboration with LWF World Service through a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding.

As part of this agreement, LWF will hire regional staff in places like Bogotá, Yaoundé,
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🚸 Thousands of children and youth—many unaccompanied—travel through Mexico each year in search of safety, dignity, and opportunity. A new report by ICVA members Plan International and Save the Children, in collaboration with Universidad Iberoamericana, sheds light on the

🚸 Thousands of children and youth—many unaccompanied—travel through Mexico each year in search of safety, dignity, and opportunity. A new report by ICVA members Plan International and Save the Children, in collaboration with Universidad Iberoamericana, sheds light on the
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🚨 New Report | Children in Armed Conflicts: How to Better Protect Them? Published by ICVA member Secours Islamique France (SIF) From Gaza to Syria, Nigeria to Yemen, children living in armed conflict zones face unimaginable risks: death, displacement, malnutrition, recruitment

🚨 New Report | Children in Armed Conflicts: How to Better Protect Them?
Published by ICVA member Secours Islamique France (SIF)

From Gaza to Syria, Nigeria to Yemen, children living in armed conflict zones face unimaginable risks: death, displacement, malnutrition, recruitment
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🗓️ Save the Date: 23–24 September 2025 📍 UNHCR Headquarters, Geneva ICVA is pleased to partner with @UNHCR’s Regional Bureau for Europe for the 2025 UNHCR Regional Consultations with NGOs in Europe, taking place 23–24 September 2025 at UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva. This

🗓️ Save the Date: 23–24 September 2025
📍 UNHCR Headquarters, Geneva 

ICVA is pleased to partner with @UNHCR’s Regional Bureau for Europe for the 2025 UNHCR Regional Consultations with NGOs in Europe, taking place 23–24 September 2025 at UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva. 

This
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Localisation in Humanitarian Leadership: Enhancing Local and National NGO Participation How can we ensure local and national NGOs (L/NNGOs) are truly included in humanitarian leadership? This ICVA study goes beyond the numbers to evaluate the quality of L/NNGO engagement in

Localisation in Humanitarian Leadership: Enhancing Local and National NGO Participation
How can we ensure local and national NGOs (L/NNGOs) are truly included in humanitarian leadership?

This ICVA study goes beyond the numbers to evaluate the quality of L/NNGO engagement in
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How does ICVA turn strategy into impact across regions, crises, and policy spaces? These five case studies illustrate how ICVA’s operational strategies—anchored in collaboration, advocacy, and local leadership—translate into meaningful change on the ground and in global forums.

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📢 Join ICVA at the European Humanitarian Forum 2025! ICVA is pleased to co-host an important Humanitarian Talk during the 2025 EHF: 🔹 Advancing Equitable Partnerships through Due Diligence Passporting 📅 Monday, 19 May | 🕓 16:45–18:00 📍 Square Brussels Convention Centre 💻

📢 Join ICVA at the European Humanitarian Forum 2025!

ICVA is pleased to co-host an important Humanitarian Talk during the 2025 EHF:

🔹 Advancing Equitable Partnerships through Due Diligence Passporting
📅 Monday, 19 May | 🕓 16:45–18:00
📍 Square Brussels Convention Centre
💻
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🌈 May 17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia The date marks the day the WHO removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases (1990). It's been 35 years, but discrimination and invisibility still persist. As humanitarians, we

🌈 May 17 – International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia
 
The date marks the day the WHO removed homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases (1990). It's been 35 years, but discrimination and invisibility still persist.
 
As humanitarians, we
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🧩 How do we make the Nexus work in Yemen? ICVA’s Eman Ismail joined members and local actors at the Yemen Nexus Initiative Conference, focused on turning the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus into action in Yemen’s complex crisis. 💡 Local NGOs are using ICVA’s

🧩 How do we make the Nexus work in Yemen?

ICVA’s Eman Ismail joined members and local actors at the Yemen Nexus Initiative Conference, focused on turning the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus into action in Yemen’s complex crisis.

💡 Local NGOs are using ICVA’s
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📣 Have you been working on humanitarian responses anywhere in the world since 2022? ALNAP wants to hear from you! 🔎 Research work for the State of the Humanitarian System (SOHS) 2026 has begun and the aid practitioner survey is open. Share your experiences, views and insights

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📣 Join us for the launch of our new report “Publish Once, Use Often: Realising the promise of data in humanitarian work.” Despite progress in data reporting, much of the data published by humanitarian actors remains fragmented and driven by donor compliance rather than impact.

📣 Join us for the launch of our new report “Publish Once, Use Often: Realising the promise of data in humanitarian work.” 

Despite progress in data reporting, much of the data published by humanitarian actors remains fragmented and driven by donor compliance rather than impact.