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These messages address the growing food security concerns in the context of humanitarian action and  COVID-19, as discussed by the Principals. The objective of these key messages is to facilitate consistent messaging on issues related to food security among IASC members, who are encouraged to tailor these messages to their specific target audiences.

The Inter-Agency Protection Stand-by Capacity (ProCap) Project and Gender Stand-by Capacity (GenCap) Project were originally launched in 2005 and 2007 respectively. Their aim is to meet a widely recognised need for experienced protection and gender staff, particularly at senior level, to support HCs and HCTs in their efforts to prioritize and mainstream gender and protection at country-level.

The inter-agency Gender Standby Capacity Project (GenCap) is a joint Project between the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Established in 2007, the Project seeks to strengthen capacity and leadership to deliver on commitments to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in humanitarian action. This document is GenCap Annual Report for 2019.

The inter-agency Protection Standby Capacity Project (ProCap) is a joint Project between the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Established in 2005, the Project seeks to strengthen protection capacity and leadership to ensure protection is central to humanitarian action. This document is ProCap Annual Report for 2019.

The Grand Bargain commitment 4.5 specifically seeks to increase “the proportion of funding used for the direct benefit of affected people.” Toward this end, Signatories agreed to “reduce individual donor assessments.” This report summarizes the results of an independent review that collected evidence on and analyzed the effects of donor assessments conducted between 2016 an

Arabic, French and Spanish translations of the Abridged version are available here. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mark Lowcock Remarks at the Geneva launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2021

During the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)1 Principals meeting on 28 April 2020 in which a Risk Communications and Community Engagement (RCCE) Collective Service for the COVID-19 outbreak response was presented by UNICEF and IFRC, and the subsequent Operational Policy and Advocacy Group (OPAG) 2 meeting on 21 May 2020; the Results Group on Accountability and Inclusion (RG2) was requested to coordinate and compile information on how the RCCE collective service links with the broader global and country level humanitarian architecture.

In September and October 2020, the Grand Bargain Secretariat carried out two separate surveys to contribute to the consultations on the future of the Grand Bargain by addressing some of the knowledge gaps and providing quantitative data on the views of Signatories and non-Signatories.