To maximize on the renewed momentum and focus on AAP, a number of Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators (RC/HCs) convened in a virtual workshop to: (a) identify the critical barriers in the system’s ability to deliver system-wide AAP, (b) agree on the “gold standard” that the system should work towards, and (c) propose concrete practical steps to make the required progress, by drawing on some best practices and reflecting on the evolving challenges that would need to be addressed to facilitate the required step change in AAP.
Statement from the ICRC and the Netherlands on sharing of risks to support the implementation of the Grand Bargain 2.0 commitments. The Statement proposes specific actions to help Signatories and collective initiatives to move towards actual sharing of risks.
The Gender Standby Capacity Project (GenCap)is an Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) initiative that was established in 2007. Its mission is to strengthen inter-agency capacity and leadership to deliver on commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment in humanitarian action.
The Protection Standby Capacity Project (ProCap)is an inter-agency initiative established in 2005. Its mission is to strengthen inter-agency capacity and leadership to ensure that protection is central to humanitarian action.
In January 2016, the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing (HLP) published its report Too important to fail – addressing the humanitarian financing gap, which formed the basis for the Grand Bargain negotiations in early 2016. Besides the Grand Bargain, the HLP made recommendations under two other pillars:
These Terms of Reference (TOR) provide the rationale and context for the IAHE of the COVID-19 humanitarian response; its subject and scope; rational, objectives and key areas of inquiry; and finally, the users, methodology, management arrangements and key deliverables of the evaluation.
ActionAid has collaborated with over twenty WROs and WLOs partners in 10 countries to gather their thoughts and perspectives on how to shape and implement the Grand Bargain 2.0 so that it is more effective for women and girls. The attached policy brief compiles the findings and through their collective voices has developed key recommendations for the implementation and future of the Grand Bargain 2.0.
In 2020 and early 2021, the Caritas Internationalis humanitarian policy taskforce partnered on a research initiative to gather views on experiences of local leadership in the humanitarian response to the Covid19 pandemic.
