This is the offical 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. 

NEW! Outcome report - Progress Acceleration Workshop: Enhanced Quality Funding through Reduced Earmarking, Multi-Year Planning and Funding: Building on the recommendations made at the Grand Bargain Annual Meeting in June 2019, the co-conveners of the Enhanced Quality Funding workstream, Canada, UNICEF, Sweden, ICRC, Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and UN OCHA, organised a one-day workshop in Geneva to agree on practical strategies and solutions in order to accelerate progress against the Grand Bargain multi-year and flexible funding commitments. Click here to read the outcome report and the background documents.

The Grand Bargain Bimonthly updates - September 2019: These updates highlight recent achievements and initiatives by the workstreams, including specific updates on the harmonized reporting template, cash and localization, and progress on reducing duplication of management and other costs through maximising efficiencies in procurement and logistics. Click here to read the newsletter.

Technology and innovation for the Grand Bargain: How are technology and innovation being used for improved aid for people in need as part of the Grand Bargain? Find some examples in our new 1-pager.

Updated map with examples of the Grand Bargain implementation: Scroll down or click here to see the map. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list and further information can be found in the Grand Bargain Annual Independent Report 2019.  

“We are working on improving evidence-based planning, how we describe impact, and on increasing efficiency, in line with our Grand Bargain commitments and as an active participant in broader UN reforms.”  

Quote of the week, 11 November 2019, Author: Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, in a statement to the UN GA Third Committee (30 October 2019)

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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 61 signatories (24 Member States, 21 NGOs, 12 UN agencies, two Red Cross movements, and two inter-governmental organisations) are working across nine workstreams to implement the commitments. 

 Use of technology and innovation in the Grand Bargain - visual 1-pager, September 2019.   

 About the Grand Bargain - visual 1-pager, July 2019.

 The Grand Bargain progress 2018. 

Hoover and click anywhere on the map to find out examples of the Grand Bargain implementation. This is not an exhaustive list of examples - for further information, please see the Grand Bargain Annual Independent Report 2019.