Mercy Corps’ new study explores the potential of cash at scale to meet increasing humanitarian needs and deliver people centric response. For Mercy Corps, cash at scale to date has been delivered via consortium models. Over the past few years, Mercy Corps has led cash consortia around the globe, delivering cash at scale with partners to meet critical basic needs.
As part of the conference organised by the Anticipation Hub, a session on ”Anchoring Anticipatory Action in the Grand Bargain” was held on 12 October, co-organised by the Anticipation Hub, the co-leads of the Grand Bargain interest group on Anticipatory Action, Germany (GFFO) and WFP, and the Grand Bargain Secretariat.
The Grand Bargain represents a landmark agreement within the global humanitarian sector. This initiative emerged in 2016 as a response to the challenges faced by humanitarian actors worldwide. But what exactly is the Grand Bargain, and why does the Grand Bargain matter?
As a contribution to the Conference on Supporting Local Actors Across the HDP Nexus on 5-6 October 2023 in Copenhagen, A4EP developed a position paper, outlining its perspective and its recommendations.