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Throughout the year, VOICE produces and disseminates key documents reflecting on humanitarian aid issues at the EU level and from an NGO perspective. They are addressed to decision-makers within the European institutions, at the National level, to NGO networks and other stakeholders of the humanitarian community, as well as to the VOICE members. Some documents are produced by the VOICE Secretariat with the support of VOICE members while others are publications from members and other key stakeholders in the humanitarian sector.
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VOICE Key highlights: The Mediterranean Sea: a Neglected Humanitarian Crisis?
15 October 2024VOICE event reportsThe key highlights report from VOICE's event "The Mediterranean Sea: A Neglected Humanitarian Crisis?" calls for urgent international action, recognition of the humanitarian nature of the crisis, support for Search and Rescue NGOs, and stronger collaboration to address the escalating death toll in the Mediterranean Sea. -
Artificial Intelligence: disruption or opportunity for humanitarian aid? - VOICE Key highlights
13 February 2024VOICE event reportsThe VOICE event ‘Artificial Intelligence: Disruption or Opportunity for Humanitarian Aid?’ brought together experts to delve into the transformative potential of AI in humanitarian action. -
VOICE - La Coordinadora roundtable in Madrid "Neglected crises: from commitments to actions" - VOICE key highlights
21 November 2023VOICE event reportsThis document summarises the main ideas discussed during the round table in Madrid, jointly organised with La Coordinadora, which aimed at triggering reflections on several humanitarian issues from the perspective of donors and NGOs. -
Fighting hunger: a women-led response - VOICE key highlights
14 November 2023VOICE event reportsThis report gathers the main highlights and conclusions from the event "Fighting hunger: a women-led response" held by VOICE to shed light on the power of women in the fight against hunger. -
VOICE Key Highlights: Humanitarian principles under threat? The Brussels launch of the SOHS ALNAP report
09 February 2023VOICE event reportsThe document summarises the key takeaways of the event "Principles under threat?" the Brussels launch of the State of the Humanitarian System report by ALNAP on November 2022. -
Funding Imbalances: How uneven prioritisation and insufficient funding affect humanitarian aid
30 November 2022VOICE event reportsThis paper summarises the main ideas discussed during the event 'Funding Imbalances: How uneven prioritisation and insufficient funding affect humanitarian aid', hosted by VOICE on 21 June 2022. -
VOICE key highlights: VOICE - FoRS roundtable in Prague “New humanitarian trends and challenges in delivering humanitarian aid in light of the conflict in Ukraine
13 October 2022VOICE event reportsThis document is a summary of the main ideas discussed during the round table in Prague which aimed at triggering reflections on the global and regional humanitarian context from the perspective of donors and NGOs. -
Adding to the evidence: the impact of sanctions and restrictive measures on humanitarian action
29 March 2021VOICE event reportsThis report captures the findings of an online survey on the impacts of sanctions and counter-terrorism (CT) restrictive measures on VOICE member NGOs, and the VOICE Webinar on EU Restrictive Measures and Humanitarian Aid: Between a principled view for exemptions and a pragmatic approach for an effective derogation process (December 2020). -
VOICE workshop Report: The impact of EU sanctions and restrictive measures on humanitarian action
02 June 2020VOICE event reportsThe report from the workshop organised by VOICE gathering NGOs, external experts, European Member States and EU institutions’ representatives to discuss the evolving approach in the EU to sanctions and restrictive measures, their impact on the delivery of humanitarian aid and how to mitigate them. -
Towards a more inclusive and contextualized implementation of the Grand Bargain
03 September 2019VOICE event reportsFrom December 2017 to May 2019, the VOICE network implemented a project funded by the Belgium Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which aimed to contribute to a more inclusive and possibly a more contextualized implementation of the Grand Bargain (GB), by fostering NGOs' and frontline responders' engagement in the Grand Bargain. In the framework of this project, several workshops and events were organised at EU and at field level. The report summarises the main findings and recommendations of these events. -
Grand Bargain Workshop Reports : A Lebanese NGOs perspective in the Grand Bargain implementation
30 July 2019VOICE event reportsReport on the Grand Bargain workshops held in Lebanon in October 2018 and May 2019. The workshops touched upon the questions of sharing understanding and perspectives on the implementation of the Grand Bargain and fostering space for NGOs operating in Lebanon to bring a field perspective into the discussions. -
Applying a nexus approach to transcend the humanitarian-development-peace divide. How differently do we need to work to leave no one behind?
25 July 2019VOICE event reportsReport of the nexus lab debate organised by VOICE, in collaboration with INTERSOS and EPLO, during the European Development Days in June 2019. -
Comprendre le Grand Bargain et sa mise en oeuvre sur le terrain: Perspective et expérience des ONG en République Démocratique du Congo
11 July 2019VOICE event reportsRapport de l'atelier sur le Grand Bargain de Kinshasa, 17 et 18 avril 2019. -
‘Risk sharing to reach the Grand Bargain’? workshop
28 June 2019VOICE event reportsReport of the workshop held in March 2019 in London on the Grand Bargain and the issue of Risk Management. -
'Unpacking the localisation agenda: What do we mean by 'as local as possible'?'
25 June 2019VOICE event reportsReport of the VOICE event on localisation held in May 2019 in Brussels. -
The Grand Bargain: A vehicle for simplification?
20 June 2019VOICE event reportsReport from the simplification work shop 'The Grand Bargain: A vehicle for simplification?' held in Paris in November 2018. -
"From Standards to context-based quality in humanitarian aid" - Sphere handbook launch
04 June 2019VOICE event reportsReport of the VOICE-Sphere event "From Standards to context-based quality in humanitarian aid" that took place on 27 March 2019 to launch of the 4th edition of the Sphere Handbook. -
VOICE President Dominic Crowley closing remarks at the ‘Risk sharing to reach the Grand Bargain’ workshop
24 May 2019VOICE event reportsDominic Crowley closing remarks at the workshop ‘Risk sharing to reach the Grand Bargain’held in London the 20th of March This workshop, organised in the framework of the VOICE Grand Bargain project funded by the Belgium MFA, is the last one of a series of three organised in the EU. -
VOICE-VENRO European Humanitarian NGO roundtable
27 September 2018VOICE event reportsVOICE and VENRO co-hosted a roundtable in Berlin discussing priorities for humanitarian aid in 2018/2019 and the humanitarian-development nexus. -
Somalia Grand Bargain workshop Report
30 August 2018VOICE event reportsThe Report of the Grand Bargain workshop in Somalia organised by the 3 NGO networks: ICVA, VOICE and the Somalia NGO Consortium to inform Somali NGOs on the Grand Bargain progress and gather input directly from frontline responders. -
Conflict Sensitivity and Do No Harm: two sides of the same coin?
06 July 2018VOICE event reportsOn 23 May, VOICE hosted an event entitled “Do no harm and conflict sensitivity: two sides of the same coin?”. The event brought together VOICE members, leading practitioners from the humanitarian community as well as peacebuilding NGOs, academics and EU institutions’ representatives. The four panelists were Paul Murphy, Executive Director of Saferworld, Martina Zapf, Head of Programme Support at Interpeace, Peter van Sluijs, Senior Strategist at CORDAID and Michael Kühn, Senior Policy Advisor from Welthungerhilfe. The discussion was facilitated by Birte Hald, Brussels Representative of Danish Refugee Council. -
Exploring and fostering space for NGOs to add value in large scale operational models for humanitarian cash transfer programmes
30 May 2018VOICE event reportsThis report is a summary of the key messages and main outcomes of the same workshop, organised by VOICE in the framework of its Grand Bargain project funded by the Belgian MFA. The event offered space for practitioners (including NGOs, the UN, the Red Cross, EU Member States, private sector officials, academics, and EU representatives) to exchange on best practices and share experiences. Participants explored the role and added value of NGOs in large scale cash transfer programmes all along the program cycle from needs-assessment to monitoring but also in relation to coordination. -
The humanitarian-development nexus and the humanitarian principles: complementary approaches?
31 January 2018VOICE event reportsOur report of the event on the humanitarian-development nexus and the humanitarian principles. -
"Data collection and social media: Innovation or challenge for humanitarian aid."
22 June 2017VOICE event reportsThis event was very topical and demonstrated that data, social media, and new technologies undoubtedly present many opportunities for data collection and innovation in the humanitarian sector. However, the event also highlighted the many challenges and questions presented by the rise of new technologies that need to be addressed. -
EDD17- Grand Bargain event summary note- 8 June 2017
21 June 2017VOICE event reportsThe Grand Bargain Task Force organised the event "The Grand Bargain: implementing a humanitarian deal to leave no one behind" at the European Development Days 2017 on 8 June 2017. Here is the summary note of the session.
