This is a 1-pager highlighting some of the successes and next steps for workstream 9 (Harmonize and simplify reporting requirements). For further information, don't hesitate to contact the Secretariat.
You are kindly invited to the event "The 8+3 template: An update on the Grand Bargain initiative to simplify and harmonize reporting" at the Humanitarian Partnerships and Networking Week.
Please see the full invitation below.
One of “the reduce management costs” workstream commitments of the Grand Bargain is to decrease the costs of delivering assistance with the use of technology and innovation (commitment 4.1). Reducing management costs will increase the portion of funding used for the direct benefit of affected people. There are various ways to do so, including with mobile technology for needs assessments/post distribution monitoring; digital platforms/mobile devices for financial transactions; communication with affected population via call centers/SMS; sustainable energy and biometrics.
Building on the extensive work of ActionAid and others, this research evidences, and advocates for, an approach to localisation which prioritises the leadership of local women and women-led organisations who have been overlooked, undervalued and under resourced in humanitarian response to date.
The Charter for Change held its annual meeting in Copenhagen on 10-11 December 2019 that gathered 31 local/national NGOs from crisis-affected contexts and 25 international NGOs. The meeting produced a communiqué calling on the Grand Bargain Facilitation Group to put localisation as one of the key themes on the agenda for the GB annual meeting in June 2020. The Charter for Change sets out in the communiqué key ideas for moving the GB localisation agenda forward, including:
● A focus on localisation and participation at the 2020 Grand Bargain annual meeting
The purpose of this IAHE is two-fold. First, it will provide an independent assessment of the extent to which planned collective objectives to respond to the needs and concerns of affected people in Yemen -- as set out in the HRP and other core planning documents and strategies since the 2015 L3 declaration -- have been met. Second, the evaluation aims to assess the extent to which IASC response tools and coordination mechanisms, including the Humanitarian Programme Cycle (HPC), have successfully supported the response, and to recommend improvement-oriented actions.
Please find below a workplan from August 2019 to June 2021 for workstream 6 (Participation revolution: include people receiving aid in making the decisions which affect their lives).
These are a few examples of implementation of the Grand Bargain commitments by the Signatories at country level in 2018. The examples have been extracted from the Grand Bargain Annual Independent Report 2019 and are not exhaustive. They have been reported by the Signatories as their contributions to the Grand Bargain efforts.
