The Facilitation Group (FG) and Grand Bargain Ambassadors met virtually on 5 March 2025, bringing together A4EP, EU/DG ECHO, Germany, ICVA, IFRC, OCHA, and UNICEF. LOCAL was invited to join for parts of the agenda.
The humanitarian sector is facing an unprecedented funding crisis, with cuts and freezes in foreign aid threatening the ability of organisations to deliver lifesaving assistance.
On 12 February 2025, the Grand Bargain Ambassadors met with the Signatory's Sherpas, providing a space for them to share how they responded to the current crisis and to highlight priorities in how the GB commitments and the GB platform could help Signatories to navigate the current crisis.
Signatories at the Annual Meeting 2024 agreed a GB 3.0 Implementation Agenda guiding them until 2026. The Implementation Agenda was developed based on insights from the self-report results, discussions with Signatories in 2024, the Ambassadors' engagements with Principals, and previous GB Annual Independent Reports.
This Guidance note is intended to inform how humanitarian donors operationalise their reform commitments to promote more inclusive and locally-led action through humanitarian pooled funds (hereafter “pooled funds”).
This webpage gathers all the information related to the National Reference Groups, including background documents, guidance, and analysis.Since the first iteration of the Grand Bargain, there have been attempts to better link global-level discussions with realities in humanitarian contexts.
A reference tool for policymakers and practitioners to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of programming.The aim of this report is to provide a reference tool for policymakers and practitioners, both Grand Bargain Signatories and non-Signatories, with examples of the way funding is and could be provided to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of programming.
