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The Grand Bargain (Official website)

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Grand Bargain

This is the official website of the Grand Bargain, a unique agreement between some of the largest donors and humanitarian organisations who have committed to get more means into the hands of people in need and to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the humanitarian action. 

While the Grand Bargain is a separate and independent process from the IASC, the official website is hosted by the IASC structure, and maintained by the Grand Bargain Secretariat.

Latest from the Grand Bargain

Harmonised and simplified narrative reporting: Signatories using the 8+3 template

Under the auspices of workstream 9 (Harmonise and simplify reporting requirements), Co-convenors Germany and ICVA developed and successfully piloted a simplified reporting template (“the 8+3 template”). The 8+3 Template ensures quality reports while enabling humanitarian organisations to spend less time on bureaucracy and more on their core tasks. In March 2021, 15 Grand Bargain Signatories are already either implementing or actively considering using the 8+3 reporting template. Please see the full list here, along with an overview of main benefits of using the 8+3 template.

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Grand Bargain Bimonthly updates - January 2021

The newsletter covers an update from the Facilitation Group regarding the future of the Grand Bargain consultations, as well as updates from the workstream on reducing duplication and management costs, and from the workstream on joint and impartial needs assessments and analysis. Please also read the Grand Bargain in Practice stories - they importantly showcase how the Grand Bargain is being implemented at operational level. >> Click here to read the newsletter

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The Grand Bargain in humanitarian operations - NOW AVAILABLE IN GERMAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH

Four years into the Grand Bargain process, it is clear that the mechanism is acting as a lever for change and is having a wider impact in terms of a more cohesive, collaborative approach across the international humanitarian aid sector. These are a few examples of  the achievements of the Grand Bargain to date that can be translated into practice at country level. >> Click here to read the 1-pager.

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Recent news

  • Development Actors and the Nexus: Lessons from crises in Bangladesh, Cameroon and Somalia
    1 April 2021
  • Grand Bargain Self-Reporting Exercise 2020 - 2021
    30 March 2021
  • The Grand Bargain in Practice: ICRC support to Niger Red Cross - Engaging with communities to ensure safe access for volunteers in COVID-19 response
    24 March 2021
  • Harmonised and simplified narrative reporting: Signatories using the 8+3 template
    12 March 2021
  • A4EP statement - Future course for a Grander Bargain 2.0 - Time to walk side by side
    10 March 2021
More news
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Upcoming meetings

Jun
15 - 17
2021

Grand Bargain Annual Meeting 2021

09:00 to 17:00
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Quote of the week

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“It is evident that the Grand Bargain is having a wider impact in terms of a more cohesive, collaborative approach across the international humanitarian aid sector – a crucial element in helping drive forward reforms of the whole humanitarian system.”   

Quote of the week, 6 July 2020, Grand Bargain Annual Independent Report 2020

>> Click here to see all the quotes

The Grand Bargain in a nutshell

As part of the preparations for the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in 2016, the High-Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing sought solutions to close the humanitarian financing gap. Their report made recommendations to shrink the needs, deepen and broaden the resource base for humanitarian action, and to improve delivery. In relation to the latter recommendation, the report suggested “a Grand Bargain between the big donors and humanitarian organisations in humanitarian aid”. The Grand Bargain, launched during the WHS in Istanbul in May 2016, is a unique agreement between some of the largest donors and humanitarian organisations who have committed to get more means into the hands of people in need and to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the humanitarian action. Currently 63 Signatories (25 Member States, 22 NGOs, 12 UN agencies, two Red Cross movements, and two inter-governmental organisations) are working across nine workstreams to implement the commitments. 

The Grand Bargain Signatories and Structure
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Grand Bargain in Visuals

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Grand Bargain in humanitarian operations [DE/EN/ES/FR]

September/November 2020
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The Grand Bargain in 2019 - infographic

June 2020
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Successes and next steps for workstream 7&8 (Enhance quality funding)

May 2020
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The Grand Bargain and COVID-19

April 2020
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GB 1-pager AM2019 follow-up

Update on the follow-up to the Annual Meeting 2019 and 2020 timeline

February 2020
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Successes and next steps for workstream 9 (Harmonise and simplify reporting requirements)

January 2020
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Use of technology and innovation in The Grand Bargain

September 2019
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About the Grand Bargain, 1-pager.

July 2019
The Grand Bargain in Practice

 

icrc1ICRC support to Niger Red Cross - Engaging with communities to ensure safe access for volunteers in COVID-19 response

In its efforts to ensure that people and communities affected by crises influence humanitarian responses, and to increase and support multi-year investments in the institutional capacities of local and national responders, ICRC has been supporting the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to prepare for and respond safely and effectively to humanitarian needs in sensitive and insecure contexts. It contributes to their endeavours to build the trust and acceptance of people and communities in need.

Belgium reducing the impact of Covid-19 with flexible funding and increased local partnerships

Prompted by the effects of the pandemic, Belgium increased further its flexibility and decided to foster more coordination and collaboration between the Belgian NGOs in the framework of the Covid-19 response.  

australia fijiAustralia’s investment in preparedness for a more effective, coordinated and inclusive disaster response configuration options

The Australian Humanitarian Partnership contributes to a more resilient Pacific by supporting and building capacity of local and national responders, and increasing preparedness for early action, two of the Grand Bargain commitments.

 

Click here to see the stories of the Grand Bargain in Practice>>

Examples of Grand Bargain implementation at country level:

Hover and click anywhere on the map to find out examples of the Grand Bargain implementation. Click here to open the map in a new page. This is not an exhaustive list of examples - for further information, please see the Grand Bargain Annual Independent Report 2020. 

Past meetings

Mar
10 - 11
2021

Virtual workshop on greater transparency

14:30 to 17:00
Dec
09
2020

COVID-19 Fallout: Food Insecurity and Market Disruptions

16:00 to 18:00
Dec
08
2020

Partnerships with Local Women’s Organizations and Women’s Leadership in the Time of COVID 19

15:00 to 16:30
Dec
08
2020

Partnerships with Local Women’s Organizations and Women’s Leadership in the Time of COVID 19

15:00 to 16:30
Dec
02
2020

Enhancing the Potential of Pooled Funds for Localisation

14:00 to 15:30
Dec
02
2020

Enhancing the Potential of Pooled Funds for Localisation

14:00 to 15:30
More past meetings

The Grand Bargain Secretariat is supported by ECHO and hosted by the Norwegian Refugee Council/NORCAP.

About The Grand Bargain

What is the Grand Bargain?

The Grand Bargain Signatories

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Grand Bargain workstreams:

To get more means into the hands of people in need and to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian action, the Grand Bargain sets out 51 commitments distilled in 9 thematic workstreams and one cross-cutting commitment.

  • 1. Greater Transparency
  • 2. More support and funding tools for local and national responders
  • 3. Increase the use and coordination of cash-based programming
  • 4. Reduce duplication and management costs with periodic functional reviews
  • 5. Improve joint and impartial needs assessments
  • 6. A participation revolution: include people receiving aid in making the decisions which affect their lives
  • 7. & 8. Increase collaborative humanitarian multi-year planning and funding and reduce the earmarking of donor contributions
  • 9. Harmonise and simplify reporting requirements
  • Enhance engagement between humanitarian and development actors (now closed and mainstreamed within the other 9 workstreams)

 

Grand Bargain Annual Meeting

The Grand Bargain Signatories will gather at the Annual Meeting from 15 to 17 June 2021. Click here for more details. 


Annual Meeting 2020

Annual Meeting 2019

Annual Meeting 2018

Annual Meeting 2017

Grand Bargain Annual Report

Each Grand Bargain Signatory is invited to report annually on its progress to advance and implement the commitments of the Grand Bargain. The self-reporting exercise provides accountability towards the wider humanitarian community, beneficiaries and other stakeholders. It is also used as a starting point for the analysis provided by an independent annual report. This report assesses the progress of each workstream, and of the overall Grand Bargain initiative. 

  • Grand Bargain Self-Reporting Exercise 2020 - 2021
  • Grand Bargain Independent Report 2020 
  • Grand Bargain Self-Reporting Exercise 2019 - 2020
  • Grand Bargain Independent Report 2019
  • Grand Bargain Self-Reporting Exercise 2018 - 2019
  • Grand Bargain Independent Report 2018 (ODI) and Self-Reporting Exercise 2017 - 2018  
  • Grand Bargain Independent Report 2017 (GPPI) and Self-Reporting Exercise 2016 - 2017
Key Documents - Grand Bargain
Grand Bargain Annual Independent Report 2020
About the Grand Bargain - visual 1-pager, July 2019
The Grand Bargain: A Shared Commitment to Better Serve People in Need, 2016
High-Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing, Report to the Secretary-General, Too important to fail: addressing the humanitarian financing gap, 2017

Recent documents

  • Development Actors and the Nexus: Lessons from crises in Bangladesh, Cameroon and Somalia
    Published Date
    1 April 2021
  • Development Actors and the Nexus: Lessons from crises in Bangladesh, Cameroon and Somalia
    Published Date
    1 April 2021
  • Grand Bargain Self-Reporting Exercise 2020 - 2021
    Published Date
    30 March 2021
  • Harmonised and simplified narrative reporting: Signatories using the 8+3 template
    Published Date
    12 March 2021
  • Harmonised and simplified narrative reporting: Signatories using the 8+3 template
    Published Date
    12 March 2021
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Email: gbsecretariat@un.org

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