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Throughout the year, VOICE produces and disseminates key documents reflecting on humanitarian aid issues at EU level and from a NGO perspective. They are addressed to decision makers within the European institutions, NGO networks and other stakeholders of the humanitarian community, as well as to the VOICE members. Most of these documents are produced by the VOICE Secretariat with the support of VOICE members.
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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 Grand Bargain Task Force Position Paper - An NGO perspective on the drive for efficiency in the humanitarian sector
17 November 2020VOICE position papersThis position paper sets out views expressed by members of the VOICE Grand Bargain Task Force to improve the humanitarian sector and to strive for more efficiency for the 167.6 million people in need of humanitarian intervention worldwide. There is an urgent need for European actors to follow up on the commitments made, and to put the people in need first by making our collective work more efficient. With this goal in mind, this position paper proposes recommendations to improve the efficiency of the humanitarian sector. -
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. -
EU humanitarian aid matters more than ever
16 March 2020VOICE studies and briefing papersA briefing outlining the importance of EU humanitarian aid implemented by NGOs that are in a unique position to respond to the most vulnerable. -
VOICE FPA Briefing. Partners in Humanitarian Aid: The development of the ECHO-NGO relationship as governed by the Framework Partnership Agreement
13 January 2020VOICE studies and briefing papersVOICE has produced this briefing to take stock of the evolving NGO-ECHO partnership – enshrined with the signing of the Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) – serving as an update of a previous VOICE publication on the topic from 2004. The briefing is based upon a desk review and a series of semi-structured interviews with former and current members of the FPA Watch Group, ECHO officials, and staff from the VOICE Secretariat. The interviews were carried out either in 2004 (for the initial version) or in 2017 and 2018 (for the updated version). Interviewees were selected so as to ensure a broad range of backgrounds and experiences (different geographic regions, areas of involvement and areas of expertise) in terms of the FPA process, ECHO-NGO relations, and the Watch Group and Task Force. -
Case Studies - NGOs Perspectives on the EU's Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus
29 November 2019VOICE studies and briefing papersThese case studies were gathered from the membership of the VOICE DRR-Resilience Working Group to showcase how NGOs have implemented (or are implementing) a nexus approach. The case studies informed the broader report. The full case studies have been compiled by the VOICE Secretariat as a resource for those with a specific interest in nexus programming.
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VOICE Report - NGOs Perspectives on the EU's Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus
29 November 2019VOICE studies and briefing papersWith this report, VOICE has sought to identify the current challenges and opportunities of working in a nexus approach from the humanitarian NGO perspective and to support NGOs to engage with the EU on the nexus approach. -
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 Statement on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
06 December 2018VOICE position papersThe VOICE network shares the following remarks and recommendations with the EU Member States and the European Parliament on the next Multiannual Financial Framework. -
Merging of EUAV with the European Solidarity Corps 2021-2027 - VOICE key messages
07 November 2018VOICE position papersThis paper gathers a number of remarks on the European Commission’s proposal for the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) Programme under the next financial period (2021-2027) which includes the integration of the EUAV into this larger EU Programme, building on the VOICE network’s positions over the last years. -
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. -
VOICE Statement on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and the 2019 EU budget
09 July 2018VOICE position papersOn May 2, the European Commission(EC) released its Proposal for a Regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 and Communication ‘A Modern Budget for a Union that Protects, Empowers and Defends’ with its annex, followed on June 14 by a set of proposed regulations for external instruments. On May 23, the EC also presented its proposal for the EU budget 2019. In reaction to these proposals, the VOICE network shares the following remarks and recommendations with the EU Member States and the European Parliament. -
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. -
NGO Collected Feedback and Recommendations for ODI’s annual report on the Grand Bargain
07 May 2018VOICE position papersThis paper is designed to summarize the key feedback and recommendations identified through the group discussion between VOICE Grand Bargain Task Force & ICVA Humanitarian Financing Working Group, for ODI to consider as it prepares the final report. -
Joint letter of VOICE, CONCORD, EPLO and HRDN on the MFF 2021
22 February 2018VOICE position papersVOICE, CONCORD, EPLO and HRDN joint reccomandations on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021 asking for strong external budget, separate instruments for humanitarian aid, humanRights, democracy and peacebuilding, more support to civilsociety and involvement of CSOs in MFF discussions
