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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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NGOs Statement - Comprehensive Response to Drought in Afghanistan
10 July 2018Members' publications -
Forging a common path: A European approach to the integration of refugees and asylum-seekers
10 July 2018Members' publicationsInternational Rescue Committee newest report on refugee integration in Europe -
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. -
FPA Watch Group Work plan - July 2018
08 July 2018FPA Watch GroupThis FPA Watch Group work plan 2018-2019 is a working document that will be regularly updated. -
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. -
Main findings of the Watch Group’s survey: Evaluation of the FPA 2014
29 June 2018FPA Watch GroupWith this survey, the FPA Watch Group wishes to evaluate the current FPA (2014-2020), to provide input in the upcoming consultations on the next FPA and shape the future work of the Watch Group. -
Not what she bargained for? Gender and the Grand Bargain
28 June 2018Members' publicationsThis paper outlines recommendations to promote women’s leadership and participation across the humanitarian reform agenda, focusing on the three Grand Bargain workstreams:localisation, participation and cash. -
Joint NGO networks letter to European Council June 2018 - External action in the next MFF
22 June 2018Joint letter of the networks VOICE, HRDN (human rights and democracy), EPLO (peacebuilding) and CONCORD addressed to the EU Heads of States and Governments ahead of the European Council meeting of the 28 and 29 June which will discussed the next Multiannual Financial Framework and external affairs.
The letter includes key common recommendations of the four networks. -
3rd Humanitarian innovation lunch: How to implement innovative operations?
19 June 2018The agenda of the lunch-event dedicated to innovation in humanitarian aid. -
Framework paper: Towards a new FPA: State of play and ways forward
12 June 2018FPA Watch GroupThe present document 'Towards a new FPA: State of play and ways forward' is a base document developed by the FPA Watch Group on behalf of all ECHO NGO partners ahead of the elaboration of the 6th FPA.
Building on the experience of ECHO FPA partners reflected throughout the previous years in the FPA Watch Group work plan and main discussions points, the present document has been developed as a joint paper gathering the FPA Watch Group main recommendations towards the next FPA. -
'Ensuring people's needs are at the heart of the nexus approach: an NGO perspective' - VOICE Policy Resolution 2018
08 June 2018VOICE policy resolutions"Ensuring people's needs are at the heart of the nexus approach: an NGO perspective" this is the title of the Policy resolution adopted by VOICE network, during the General Assembly 2018
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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. -
VOICE out loud 27 Have we forgotten the Lake Chad Basin?
29 May 2018VOICE out loudThis edition of the VOICE out loud explores the situation in the Lake Chad Basin. We have asked our members in ACTED, Accion contra el Hambre, COOPI, DRC, Concern Worldwide to share their experiences about this complex and proctracted crisis. -
Missing Millions: how older people with disabilities are excluded from humanitarian assistance
09 May 2018Members' publications -
FPA WG meeting exchange with ECHO - 15 March 2018
08 May 2018FPA Watch Group -
VOICE Event: Do no harm and conflict sensitivity: two sides of the same coin?
08 May 2018Please find here the invitation to the event and the link to register. -
VOICE Activity report 2017
07 May 2018VOICE Activity ReportsVOICE Activity Report 2017 -
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. -
Humanitarian NGOs call for immediate cessation of hostilities, protection of civilians and humanitarian access in Kachin and northern Shan, Myanmar
02 May 2018 -
2nd Humanitarian innovation lunch on Financial innovation
03 April 2018Download the full agenda of the event. -
CARE report: Women and girls in emergencies
03 April 2018Members' publicationsA new report from CARE Danmark shows that women and girls in emergencies are extremely vulnerable. However, not enough funds are set aside to both prevent the problem and provide necessary support for the afflicted women. -
VOICE President letter to Commissioners - Post 2020 MFF - March 2018
19 March 2018Ahead of the European Commission's proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework, the President of VOICE addresses the network's recommendations with regards to humanitarian aid financing. -
Multi-Year Planning and Funding: Implementer Perspectives
09 March 2018Members' publicationsThis study from World Vision International briefly examines World Vision's implementation of Multi-Year Planning and Funding (MYPF). Through interviews and document reviews of World Vision programmes in Jordan, Mozambique, Somalia, South Sudan and Zimbabwe, it seeks to understand the benefits of MYPF, as pledged by GHD donors. -
Violence, uncertainty, and resilience among refugee women and community workers: An evaluation of gender-based violence case management services in the Dadaab refugee camps
28 February 2018Members' publications -
Humanitarian innovation lunch agenda
23 February 2018How to define innovation? The limits and prospects for success in humanitarian assistance. Here the agenda of the event.
