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Humanitarian Leadership Strengthening Section produces monthly snapshots to provide an overview of field humanitarian leadership. The snapshots capture latest developments on designations and other leadership on the move as well as trends and analysis of characteristics of field humanitarian leaders. The snapshots also include a key monthly highlight, summarizing events and providing an overview of developments in field humanitarian leadership, in addition to up-to-date list of Humanitarian Coordinators. 

In January 2024, WFP Executive Director Cindy H.

On 20 June 2024, Grand Bargain Ambassadors Jemilah Mahmood and Michael Koehler, along with the Facilitation Group (FG) Co-Chair Hazel de Wet (UNICEF), held a virtual meeting with Grand Bargain Signatories.

On 12 June 2024, the Facilitation Group Sherpas met virtually with Grand Bargain Ambassadors Jemilah Mahmood and Michael Koehler. The meeting, co-chaired by InterAction and UNICEF, focused on defining success for 2026 and driving forward the Grand Bargain commitments ahead of the Annual Meeting 2024.

The IASC Forward Agenda is a calendar of IASC events for the period covered, outlining time, place, and intended/permitted audience.

Harnessing the role of donors to promote more inclusive and locally led action through humanitarian pooled funds

Against the backdrop of growth in the frequency, complexity and scale of humanitarian crises, declining funding, and questions of efficiency and effectiveness,  it is becoming increasingly clear that fundamental change is required to reform the humanitarian system .

Climate change is exacerbating humanitarian needs across the world, driving new crises and intensifying existing ones. The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report recognized the humanitarian impacts of the climate crisis[1]. The report indicates that the return to previously known conditions is no longer realistic, and that the world is most likely to exceed 1.5 degrees global surface temperature in the next decade.

Accountability to Affected People (AAP) is central to principled humanitarian action, and key for protecting and restoring human dignity and ensuring an appropriate and effective humanitarian response. Our accountability to people affected by crisis is paramount and must be acted upon at all times.

The independent inter-agency humanitarian evaluation (IAHE) assessed the collective humanitarian response to the crisis in the three northern regions of Ethiopia between November 2020 and April 2023. The evaluation finds that although humanitarian organizations overcame numerous obstacles to deliver critical aid, the collective response to the needs of people in Northern Ethiopia was not adequate.