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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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Joint NGO letter UN SECURITY COUNCIL UNDERMINES HUMANITARIAN AID IN SOMALIA
11 March 2013VOICE position papersThree global NGO consortia InterAction, ICVA and VOICE are dismayed at the Security Councils decision for all UN functions in Somalia to be integrated under one UN umbrella. The NGO consortia believe this decision will jeopardize the delivery of impartial humanitarian assistance in the country. -
Open letter to Joint Standards Initiative from VOICE ICVA InterAction Jan 2013
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VOICE Statement on 2013 EU budget for humanitarian aid
31 October 2012VOICE position papers -
VOICE position paper on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)- Resilience Oct 2012
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VOICE CONCORD Position Paper on Linking Relief Rehabilitation and Development-LRRD- July 2012
31 July 2012VOICE position papers -
Humanitarian NGOs - something to celebrate?
22 June 2012VOICE event reportsVOICE turned 20 years' old in 2012; the network’s anniversary offered a chance to reflect on the role of humanitarian NGOs in the past and future. What has been their contribution to the evolving humanitarian sector? What challenges should they expect in the years ahead, and how can they best prepare for these? VOICE asked three leading scholars and practitioners to share their expert views on the issue.
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VOICE Position Paper Humanitarian Aid in European Commission External Action funding (Multi-Annual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020) (updated September 2011)
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From Disaster Risk Reduction to Comprehensive Resilience – Towards a Common Understanding
17 August 2011VOICE event reportsReport of a panel discussion held in London in June 2011, jointly organised by VOICE and member Action Aid. -
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VOICE Position Paper on UN-led Humanitarian Reform Process
19 October 2010VOICE position papers -
Humanitarian NGOs in a changing world - how do we adapt?
12 April 2010VOICE event reportsEvent co-organised by VOICE, ALNAP and the Humanitarian Futures Programme. -
VOICE Policy recommendations DRR and Climate Change Adaptation 2009
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Round Table Copenhagen 2007 Report
12 October 2007VOICE event reportsVOICE organised a Round Table in Copenhagen in cooperation with DanChurchAid and with the financial support of DG ECHO.
The programme was organised around two main topics.
The first one focused on "Trends in EU Humanitarian Policy and Funding" and included presentations by DG ECHO, VOICE, Save the Children and DanChurchAid.
The second part of the day was dedicated to Civil military relations. The Danish Humanitarian Office (DANIDA) and COWI presented the latest developments in Denmark. -
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Field Security and Perception, Experiences from Crisis Situations
12 October 2007VOICE event reportsThe Round Table focused on the very actual topic of security on the ground in humanitarian crisis. The debate – organised in collaboration with GRIP (Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité), and the financial support of DG ECHO, aimed at contributing to the debate on security not being solely a technical matter, but that there are other aspects to consider, due to different actors having different perceptions of what is security. The interventions to prepare the debate were given by two researchers contributing to the Feinstein International Center’s preliminary report “Humanitarian Agenda 2015: Principles, Power, and Perceptions” and related country studies. The NGO perspective was provided by Action Contre la Faim. The fourth speaker added the security realities of the journalists to the discussion in order to broaden the discussion outside the humanitarian community. -
VOICE Statement on the Humanitarian Aid Policy of the European Union - March 2007
01 March 2007VOICE position papers -
The strengthening of EU crisis capabilities. What impact on humanitarian aid
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VOICE ICRC Round Table Minutes - December 2006
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VOICE SEMINAR “Strategic Resourcing in Humanitarian NGOs: Towards the Coexistence of Professionalism and Voluntarism?”
01 July 2006VOICE event reportsThe objective of the seminar organised in association with People In Aid - was to raise awareness of the main issues relating to professionalism and voluntarism in humanitarian aid and to debate the role that voluntarism can play in filling the human resource gap in the humanitarian sector. -
FUTURE CHALLENGES TO EU HUMANITARIAN AID AND NGOs, Roundtable Madrid - 2006.
01 June 2006VOICE event reportsThis Round Table aimed at engaging the VOICE Board (SCHA), senior management level of VOICE member organizations and other relevant humanitarian actors in a dialogue on relevant EC policy issues related to EU humanitarian aid, with a special emphasis on the Spanish NGO environment.
VOICE has organised similar events with the French NGO community (Paris, October 2005) and the UK NGO community (London, February 2006). A closed session between the VOICE Board and the Spanish VOICE member organisations was held before the open session.
This Roundtable has been organised in cooperation with Coordinadora, the Spanish platform of aid NGOs, with the financial support of EC DG Humanitarian Aid. Some 35 representatives of Spanish NGOs participated in this event.
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Russian Law on NGOs: Impact on European Humanitarian Aid in the Northern Caucasus
01 February 2006VOICE position papersOn the eve of the third Round of the EU-Russia human rights consultations on 3 March 2016, VOICE drew the attention of EU decision makers to the negative impact which the Russian Federal Law on Non-Governmental and Non-for-profit Organisations was likely to have on the delivery of humanitarian aid in the Northern Caucasus. -
VOICE Round Table London 2006
01 February 2006VOICE event reportsROUNDTABLE in UK London, 3 February 2006
VOICE organised a roundtable on "Civil military relations and civil protection" and on 'Conclusions from the UK Presidency of the EU and the future Peace and Security Agenda?', including contributions by DG ECHO, DFID, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and VOICE SCHA Member Rainer Lucht.
The meeting was organised with the support of Save the Children UK and took place at their premises. As with the previous round table organized in Paris in October 2005, it was a good opportunity to familiarize SCHA members with the British NGO concerns and for informal networking with our members and the wider humanitarian NGO community in the UK. This event was supported by the EC through its Humanitarian Aid department -
VOICE Statement - HA in the Northern Caucasus
01 February 2006VOICE position papers
