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VOICE’s advocacy efforts on the negotiation of the EU Financial Regulation was successful with key achievements regarding simplification and compliance.

VOICE is launching a call for proposal for the development of a website on the Grand Bargain

10 main achievements of the Consensus implementation from an NGO perspective. 

Speech delivered by the President of the VOICE network at the ECHO Partners' Conference - 1st December 2017

A survey to have a better overview of the [private sector role in the humanitarian response

Fifteen humanitarian agencies expressed their concern today over the Saudi Arabia-led Coalition’s decision to temporarily close all entry points to Yemen.

VOICE with the support of Danish Church Aid organise an event on the humanitarian development nexus, its challenges and its opportunities.

Event to celebrate the 10 years of the EU Humanitarian aid Consensus

Thanks to all the participants of the fruitful consortia workshop that took place in June.
The workshop provided space for NGOs to exchange their main concerns and good practices on working in Consortia under ECHO funding.

World Humanitarian Day (WHD) is celebrated on August 19 to raise awareness for people affected by humanitarian crises and pay tribute to aid workers who are constantly striving and risking their lives to help them.

VOICE was present at the European Development Days 2017 with a session on the Grand Bargain with Action contre La Faim, Caritas Europa and World Vision.
The debate mainly focused on the Grand Bargain process and highlighted its potential for the humanitarian community.
Here you can find the summary note of the event

This study compares Disaster Risk Reduction policies and practices in humanitarian assitance and development cooperation between 8 member states; presenting recommendations for further developing their policy work.

This new edition of VOICE out loud celebrates our 25th birthday focusing on moving forward and implementing the Agenda for Humanity. With reflections from the field in Nepal and in Central African Republic and contribution from our members in Sweden, Spain, UK, Belgium, this edition continues to celebrate the diversity of our network and its members's field experience and expertise.

The 2017 VOICE General Assembly resolution focusses on partnership between NGOs, the EU institutions and Member States.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Rome Treaties founding the European Community, on March 25th, Italy held a ceremony with Heads of State and Government. Rai TV prepared a series of video clips with short interviews that were presented during the event. VOICE president Nicolas Borsinger was asked to present a civil society perspective on the role of the EU in humanitarian aid.

On 7 March, 50 humanitarian actors from European and Nordic countries met in Stockholm to exchange on key priorities in follow-up to the World Humanitarian Summit, the Grand Bargain on Humanitarian financing and how those are reflected in operations. Read more here

The VOICE network has been very active in trying to shape the development of a new EU resilience policy. The network’s expertise is being widely recognised. Read more here.

VOICE and other NGOs participated in a workshop in the European Parliament on a new report from the Parliament's Budget Control Committee that places NGOs' financing from the EU Budget under scrutiny.

The latest edition of the VOICE out loud magazine brings together NGOs' perspectives from working in partnership with the private sector. VOICE members Handicap International, Welthungerhilfe, HelpAge, Mercy Corps UK, Polish Humanitarian Action and Plan UK contributed to this edition, which also has an article by Civil Society Europe and an interview with Isabelle Brachet from Action Aid EU.

On 30 November 2016, VOICE hosted an event on donor counter-terrorism measures and principled humanitarian action in Brussels that was attended by over 100 participants from civil society and government, including EU institutions.

VOICE, together with Slovak NGO platform MVRO and the support of the Slovak Presidency and European Commission, hosted a regional roundtable in Bratislava on 14 November, on "working differently to end need".

On 29 September, VOICE Director Kathrin Schick was invited by the Slovak EU Presidency to brief the Council working group on Humanitarian Aid and Food Aid (COHAFA) meeting to brief member states (MS) on NGOs views on the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS).

VOICE Programme Co-ordinator Magali Mourlon was invited to join a meeting of the Development Committee of the European Parliament to share views and recommendations on the implementation of the Sendai Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction.

VOICE Director Kathrin Schick was interviewed for an article by IRIN News on the impartiality of ECHO funding in light of the refugee crisis.

VOICE participated in a joint meeting between Elly Schlein MEP and NGOs. Ms Schlein is preparing the DEVE opinion for the Committee on Budgetary Control on the report Budgetary control of financing of NGOs from the EU budget. The NGOs took the opportunity to provide feedback and suggestions to the opinion.

VOICE joins other NGO networks in a post-Summit call to action and holds event on follow-up to the World Humanitarian Summit.

VOICE (Voluntary Organisations In Cooperation in Emergencies) is proud to present to you the new VOICE out loud, volume 23: Humanitarian NGOs and the European refugee crisis.

We are pleased to share with you the 2016 VOICE policy resolution, "Humanitarian NGOs call for a better EU response to refugees and migrants", as adopted by the General Assembly of VOICE members.

Following the 2016 General Assembly, VOICE is delighted to welcome three new organisations amongst its members: Lutheran World Federation, Polish Humanitarian Action and Terre des Hommes Switzerland.

On 23-24 May the World Humanitarian Summit took place in Istanbul. The VOICE President made a statement to the Plenary.

VOICE and ECHO held an exchange on the issue of simplification of the administrative burden for humanitarian NGOs. The discussion was guided by VOICE's main findings and recommendations from its study "Exploring EU humanitarian donors funding and conditions for working with NGOs".

VOICE is really pleased to share the Final Report of the Less Paper More Aid initiative led by ICVA. VOICE has been a member of the Task Force working on the study. The findings are closely linked to those of the VOICE Study on humanitarian donors funding and conditions on working with NGOs, and give further emphasis to our recommendation on harmonising proposal and reporting format.

VOICE DRR Working Group would like to share its policy recommendations to the EC's Staff Working Paper after the adoption of Sendai.

VOICE presents its new report, "Exploring EU Humanitarian donors' funding and conditions for working with NGOs, Building evidence for Simplification".