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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".