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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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Reforming the Humanitarian System- 5 Key actions the EU must take
16 June 2025VOICE position papersWith these five key actions, VOICE calls on the EU and its Member States to change the course of today’s humanitarian crisis. To use their power and resources to help build a deeply renewed humanitarian system - one that is more inclusive, fair, and accountable to all people living in humanitarian crises. -
Decolonising humanitarian action: Shifting power, voices, and resources - VOICE key highlights
22 April 2025VOICE event reportsThe event "Decolonising humanitarian action: Shifting power, voices, and resources", held in Brussels on 28 November 2024, explored how colonial legacies continue to shape humanitarian aid systems today. The panel discussed the need to shift power and decision-making toward local communities, challenge Eurocentric narratives, and promote equitable, community-led partnerships. The aim was to spark debate and outline concrete steps for transforming humanitarian aid into a more just, inclusive, and locally driven system. -
Open Letter_A Call for Humanity: It's Time for EU Leaders to Take a Stand
25 February 2025VOICE position papersFollowing the US decision to freeze its foreign aid, VOICE and the CEOs of 96 humanitarian NGOs publish an open letter calling on EU leaders to take a stand for humanity. -
Unlocking the full potential of Anticipatory Action : VOICE Position Paper
19 February 2025VOICE position papersThis position paper represents the views of the members of the VOICE Resilience-Nexus Working Group, which aims to provide the humanitarian NGO perspective on the European approach to resilience, climate change and the implementation of the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.
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VOICE Statement - Humanitarian Action at a Crossroads: Why the EU Must Boost Funding in the Next MFF
13 February 2025VOICE position papersIn this statement, VOICE shares recommendations for the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework. VOICE urges the European Union (EU) and Members States to preserve the humanitarian aid budget line separate from other instruments, to allocate a minimum of €2.6 billion per year to humanitarian action, preserve the Emergency Aid REserve and finally to increase the EU Member State's national contribution to the EU revenue. -
VOICE Briefing - Partners in humanitarian action: Halfway through the EU Humanitarian Partnership 2021-2027
09 December 2024VOICE studies and briefing papersThe VOICE Briefing 'Partners in humanitarian action: Halfway through the EU Humanitarian Partnership 2021-2027' takes stock of the DG ECHO-NGO partnership’s evolution under the HP 2021–2027, examining both the institutional transformations and practical experiences of NGOs within this framework. -
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 Reflections after the European Humanitarian Forum 2023
20 April 2023VOICE studies and briefing papersVOICE reflections after the European Humanitarian Forum 2023, regarding:
1. Addressing the funding gap: from recognition to action.
2. Breaking the silos: Humanitarian aid alone cannot be the solution.
3. Preserving humanitarian space: the humanitarian principles must be championed and the impacts of sanctions regimes
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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. -
VOICE Position Paper: The humanitarian NGOs’ perspective on climate resilience
09 December 2021VOICE position papersClimate change and environmental degradation are primary root causes of humanitarian crises around the world. In this Position Paper VOICE asks EU and Members States to scale up climate finance.
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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 - NGO 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.
