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.
Following the agreement from the cash coordination caucus and subsequent endorsement by the IASC Principals in 2022, progress has been made in transitioning to the new IASC endorsed Cash Coordination Model (2022), with 90% of identified contexts successfully implementing the changes by March 2024. Specifically, 88% (21 out of 24) of IASC/mixed settings and 100% (12 out of 12) of refugee settings have completed the transition.
In the Grand Bargain 3.0 framework, there is a recognised need for informal, working-level spaces to facilitate technical exchanges across different focus areas. These spaces would provide technical input for clear problem statements, ensure alignment with operational work, and enable interaction with caucuses to follow up on outcomes, ensure accountability, and share best practices.
The Grand Bargain (GB) Facilitation Group Retreat, hosted by Germany and co-chaired by NEAR on 13 September 2024 at the German Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, provided an opportunity for the Members of the Facilitation Group (FG), the Ambassadors and the Secretariat to discuss how to accelerate the implementation of the GB 3.0 framework and Caucu
