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Tap into the knowledge of the IASC to improve your own work. The IASC community extends beyond the Committee itself – it is a network of humanitarian actors and experts dedicated to delivering timely assistance to people in need. In addition to IASC-endorsed guidance, here you can find information on events, trainings, useful IASC and non-IASC initiatives, updates and more.

If you are looking for a specific document or guideline, try the IASC Library.

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COVID-19

Interim IASC guidances developed by IASC partners
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Scale-Up Protocols

IASC activation procedures in response to an emergency.
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IASC Field Coordination

The coordination structure of system-wide humanitarian responses.
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Humanitarian Leadership Strengthening

Effective coordination of humanitarian action in the field
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Reviews and Evaluations

Learning and support by the Peer-2-Peer project and Humanitarian Evaluation Steering Group.
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Training

Gain new skills to bring to your work with IASC training courses.
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Key Inter-Agency Tools for Accountability and Inclusion

Work with affected communities to guide and inform your response.
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Quality Funding Package

Quality funding as a key enabler of more efficient and cost-effective humanitarian response.
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IASC Briefings

Online webinars and in-person briefings on key topics in humanitarian action
Most Read IASC Products
  • IASC Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action, 2017
  • IASC, Protocol for the Control of Infectious Disease Events. Humanitarian System-Wide Scale-Up Activation, 2019
  • IASC, Protocol 1. Humanitarian System-Wide Scale-Up Activation: Definition and Procedures, 2018
  • IASC Gender with Age Marker (GAM), 2018
  • Strategy: Protection from and response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and Sexual Harassment, 2018
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The Grand Bargain

A non-IASC initiative to help agencies and donors work together to improve financing.

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Inter-agency Protection and Gender Standby Capacity Projects (ProCap and GenCap)

Ensure that protection is central to humanitarian action, and deliver on commitments to gender equality and women’s empowerment in humanitarian action.

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