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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

The recording of the ICVA report launch "Publish Once, Use Often: Realising the promise of data in humanitarian work" is now available on YouTube! 🎥 Watch the full webinar here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ7S... 📘 Download the report: www.icvanetwork.org/resource/pub...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

📢 Join us for the launch of ICVA’s new report - Risk Sharing in Pooled Funds for Locally Led & Effective Response 📅 Date: Thursday 17 July 2025 🕑 Time: 14:00-15:30 CET 👉 Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/948b34... 📝 Read the report: www.icvanetwork.org/resource/pub...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Eman Ismail, ICVA MENA Regional Engagement Coordinator, joined a gathering of leaders, practitioners, and innovators at the Workshop on Advancing Resilience-Based Development through Strategic Philanthropy. 📄 Report: www.undp.org/arab-states/... 🎥 Recap video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfuP...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

📢 Join us for an ICVA webinar exploring the relevance, reality and durability of voluntary repatriation in 2025. 📅 Date: Tuesday, 22 July 2025 🕘 Time: 09:00–11:00 CET 💻 Platform: Microsoft Teams (link shared upon registration) 👉 Details & registration: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/83a9c5...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

📄 A few days ago, ICVA and IRC Yemen co-hosted a powerful webinar to launch IRC’s new policy brief: “In Their Own Words." The event was moderated by Eman Ismail, ICVA MENA Regional Engagement Coordinator. 👉 Read the full policy brief: www.rescue.org/report/their...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

📣 Applications are now open also in French and Spanish! The 2025 Interagency PSEA Community Outreach and Communication Fund is now accepting proposals from local and national NGOs and CSOs working in humanitarian or displacement contexts. 👉 www.icvanetwork.org/resource/pse...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

🔄 Rotation of ICVA NGO Representation at the IASC Emergency Directors Group (EDG) We are pleased to announce that following expressions of interest from the ICVA membership, Elodie Andrault, Operations Director of Action Contre la Faim (ACF) France, has been selected as the new ICVA EDG NGO repr.

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

📣 "Resilience is not built through charity, but through inclusion." 📝 Our latest blog by Isidro Navarro Paya explores what real inclusion means and how stakeholders can support the move from pilots to regional transformation. 👉 Read the full blog here: www.icvanetwork.org/blog/buildin...

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ICVA-Building Resilience Through Financial Inclusion: The Journey of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants in Colombia

International Council of Voluntary Agencies

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

📣 ICVA Statement on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the Erosion of Principled Humanitarian Action 🔗 Read the full statement: www.icvanetwork.org/blog/icva-st...

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ICVA Statement on the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and the Erosion of Principled Humanitarian Action - ICVA

International Council of Voluntary Agencies

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

📣 New blog out now: Shifting the balance – reflections on advancing locally led action in Iraq 💡 Read the blog: www.icvanetwork.org/blog/shiftin... 📖 Read the report: www.icvanetwork.org/resource/mea... 📽️ Watch the webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uikA...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

📣 Upcoming Webinar | Women-led response in Yemen: a call for equitable partnerships 📅 Date: Tuesday, 1st July 🕒 Time: 12:00-13:45 (Yemen time) - 11:00-12:45 (CEST) 💻 Live-streamed webinar 🗣️ Arabic & English 👉 Register here: events.rescue.org/en/0XtU956/i...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

We’re pleased to welcome Qamar Iqbal, Head of Localisation & Partnerships at Pak Mission Society, to the ICVA Speakers Bureau! 🎤 Are you looking for insightful, experienced panelists for your next humanitarian event? Browse the ICVA Speakers Bureau: 🔗 www.icvanetwork.org/icva-speaker...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

🤝Yesterday, ICVA was pleased to welcome Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and ERC, to our Geneva office. We’re grateful for the time he took to hear directly from our local NGO members from South Sudan, Lebanon, and R-SEAT, alongside international NGOs. #ICVA #OCHA

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

📣 Join us for the launch of our new report “Publish Once, Use Often: Realising the promise of data in humanitarian work.” 📅 Date: Tuesday 24 June 2025 🕒 Time: 15:00-16:30 CET 👉 Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e22123... 📝 Read the report here: www.icvanetwork.org/resource/pub...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

📣 Upcoming webinar - Reframing humanitarian principles in practice: lessons from Sudan 🗓️ Date: Tuesday 24 June 🕒 Time: 10:30–12:00 (Nairobi) | 09:30–11:00 (CET) 🔗 RSVP by: 22 June, 23:59 CET ❗ TAKE NOTE: The event is only open to NGOs. 👉 Register here: forms.office.com/e/usduznLeAH

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

At the 93rd UNHCR Standing Committee, Jesuit Refugee Service delivered the collective NGO Statement on Sustainable Responses on behalf of a wide range of NGOs, and co-drafted with the Refugee Led Organisation Newcomers with Disabilities Sweden. 📄 Statement: www.icvanetwork.org/uploads/2025...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

📣 At the 93rd Meeting of the UNHCR Standing Committee, Oxfam delivered the NGO Statement on Community-Based Protection on behalf of a broad coalition of NGOs, including refugee-led organisations. 📄 Read the full statement: www.icvanetwork.org/uploads/2025...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The Humanitarian Reset proposes channelling 33% of global humanitarian funding through CBPFs. Our latest paper explores the implications of this proposal, calling for measured reflection, inclusive governance, and a balanced funding ecosystem, 🔍 Read it here: www.icvanetwork.org/resource/reb...

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ICVA-Rebalancing the Reset: Reflections on a 33% increase to CBPFs

International Council of Voluntary Agencies

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

📣 At the 93rd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the ExCom Programme, Paul Kithima of Bondeko Livelihoods Centre (Uganda), a refugee-led organisation, delivered the NGO statement on behalf of a broad coalition of NGOs and RLOs. 📄 Read the statement here: www.icvanetwork.org/uploads/2025...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The 2025 Interagency PSEA Community Outreach and Communication Fund is now accepting proposals from local and national NGOs and CSOs working in humanitarian or displacement contexts. 📅 Deadline to apply: 11 July 2025, 17:00 CET 👉 Apply here: www.icvanetwork.org/resource/pse...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

🌍 ICVA participated in the high-level event “People-driven responses: the effective way to combat food crises” held today in Geneva. 🎤 ICVA's Director of Engagement, Reshma K. Adatia, joined the panel with representatives from ICVA members Direct Aid Kuwait and World Vision, as well as local NGOs.

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Join us on Tuesday, 24 June 2025, from 15:00–16:30 CET for the launch of “Publish Once, Use Often: Realising the promise of data in humanitarian work.” 👉 Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/e22123... 📝 Read the report here: www.icvanetwork.org/resource/pub...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

🔎 Research work for the State of the Humanitarian System (SOHS) 2026 has begun and the aid practitioner survey is open. 👉 Surveys: ▪️ English: bit.ly/3FdhrLe ▪️ French: bit.ly/44Ph0Bi ▪️ Indonesian - bit.ly/4k6LJOY ▪️ Spanish - bit.ly/3ZuuD58 ▪️ Ukrainian - bit.ly/3H23Qa5 ▪️ Arabic: bit.ly/4d8FWFW

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SOHS 6th edition: Aid practitioners survey 2025

ALNAP is gathering insights from practitioners for the 2026 edition of its flagship report that assesses the size, shape and performance of the humanitarian system.

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

🚨 New statement on the situation in Yemen 116 aid organizations—including ICVA members—are calling for urgent international action to prevent a deepening catastrophe in Yemen. 📄 Read the full statement (EN/AR): reliefweb.int/report/yemen...

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116 Aid organizations call for immediate action to pull Yemen back from the brink of catastrophe [EN/AR] - Yemen

News and Press Release in Arabic on Yemen about Education, Health and more; published on 20 May 2025 by OCHA

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

🚨 New Blog Post! "8 Things You Should Know About Humanitarian Country Teams (HCTs)" by Albert Phillip-Burger, ICVA’s Policy & Practice Coordinator. 📘 Plus: Check out our practical guide to the HCT Terms of Reference in [EN, FR, ES, AR]. 👉 Read the blog: www.icvanetwork.org/blog/8-thing...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

In 1990, the WHO finally removed homosexuality from its list of diseases. Yet today, LGBTIQ+ people around the world still face discrimination, violence, and exclusion. At ICVA, we stand with those calling for safe, inclusive spaces in the humanitarian sector and beyond.

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

ICVA is pleased to co-host an important talk during the EHF: 🔹 Advancing Equitable Partnerships through Due Diligence Passporting 📅 Monday, 19 May | 🕓 16:45–18:00 💻 Live-streamed – no registration required! Link available on the day

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

How does ICVA turn strategy into impact across regions, crises, and policy spaces? These five case studies illustrate how ICVA’s operational strategies—anchored in collaboration, advocacy, and local leadership—translate into meaningful change on the ground and in global forums.

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ICVA 2023 Case Studies - ICVA

International Council of Voluntary Agencies

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

How can we ensure local and national NGOs (L/NNGOs) are truly included in humanitarian leadership? This ICVA study goes beyond the numbers to evaluate the quality of L/NNGO engagement in IASC structures. www.icvanetwork.org/resource/loc...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🗓️ 23–24 September 2025 📍 UNHCR Headquarters, Geneva ICVA is pleased to partner with @UNHCR’s Regional Bureau for Europe for the 2025 UNHCR Regional Consultations with NGOs in Europe, taking place 23–24 September 2025 at UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva. More here: www.unhcr.org/europe/event...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

🚨 Report | Children in Armed Conflicts: How to Better Protect Them? Published by ICVA member @Secours Islamique France 🔗 Read the full report: 👉 [English version]: secours-islamique.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?... 👉 [French version]: secours-islamique.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Thousands of children and youth travel through Mexico each year in search of safety, dignity, and opportunity. A new report by ICVA members Plan International and Save the Children sheds light on the risks they face along the way. 📄 More here: plan-international.org/publications...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

ICVA is proud to announce a new phase in our collaboration with LWF World Service through a recently signed Memorandum of Understanding. As part of this agreement, LWF will hire regional staff who will be seconded to ICVA to strengthen humanitarian coordination and advocacy

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

📢 55 NGOs Speak Out Against New Israeli INGO Rules A growing number of organisations – including many ICVA Members – have signed a joint statement sounding the alarm on newly proposed INGO registration requirements in Israel. 🔗 Read the full press release here: reliefweb.int/report/occup...

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Israel’s New INGO Registration Measures Are a Grave Threat to Humanitarian Operations and International Law – 55 Organisations Say (6 May 2025) - occupied Palestinian territory

News and Press Release in English on occupied Palestinian territory and 1 other country about Protection and Human Rights and Safety and Security; published on 6 May 2025 by ACPP, ActionAid and…

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

⭐ We are hiring! ICVA is seeking a Project Support Consultant to assist with coordination, implementation, and stakeholder engagement across its Iraq and Yemen initiatives. Read more here: www.icvanetwork.org/resource/con...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

"The call is coming from within the house…" No, it’s not a horror movie, it’s the humanitarian system, and ICVA is the one making the call... Read Jamie Munn's blog on the Humanitarian Reset here: www.icvanetwork.org/blog/the-cal...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

🚨 Key Action Areas for Addressing Extreme Heat in the Asia-Pacific Extreme heat is one of the most urgent and growing climate risks in the Asia-Pacific, threatening lives, livelihoods, and ecosystems. This new issue explores how regional platforms are driving collective action to confront it.

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Publication Archives - The All India Disaster Mitigation Institute

Southasiadisasters.net issue no. 217, March 2025

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Today, we had the opportunity to engage in a valuable exchange with Ted Chaiban (UNICEF) and Jamie Munn (ICVA) on UNICEF’s positioning regarding the Emergency Relief Coordinator’s (ERC) proposed ‘humanitarian reset.’ #HumanitarianReset #InvestInHumanity #Localization #Partnerships #UNICEF #ICVA

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This publication, building on the Bridging the Intention to Action Gap report, provides a practical guide for intermediary organisations to strengthen their partnership approaches. It also highlights the role of donors and funding instruments in catalysing this process.

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Crossing The Bridge - A Practical Guide to Support Good Intermediary Practice - ICVA

International Council of Voluntary Agencies

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

🔹 New NRC Report: Humanitarian Access Architecture and Tools in the Humanitarian System🔹 NRC's new study identifies systemwide issues that continue to frustrate efforts to achieve better humanitarian access. 📄 Read the full report here ➡️ www.protecthumanitarianspace.com/resources/hu...

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Humanitarian access architecture and tools in the humanitarian system | NRC

Document type: Report

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

How do different NGOs really experience pooled funding mechanisms? This ICVA report offers a disaggregated analysis of NGO experiences with pooled funding—drawing on survey responses from international NGOs (INGOs), national NGOs (NNGOs), local NGOs, and community-based organisations (CBOs).

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ICVA - NGO Perspectives on Pooled Funds - ICVA

International Council of Voluntary Agencies

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

New @ICVA_Refugees blog by Kellie Leeson, Kari Diener & Simar Singh highlights why refugee self-reliance through economic inclusion & social protection is more urgent than ever. A call to shift from short-term aid to long-term opportunity. 📖 Read more: www.icvanetwork.org/blog/refugee...

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Refugee Self-Reliance through Economic Inclusion and Social Protection - ICVA

International Council of Voluntary Agencies

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

How does heavy bureaucracy negatively affect crisis-affected communities and those responding to their needs? This ICVA report, released May 2024, sheds light on the often-overlooked but deeply impactful role of Bureaucratic and Administrative Impediments (BAI) across humanitarian settings.

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Hidden Hurdles: Unravelling The Complex, Cumulative Effects of Bureaucratic & Administrative Impediments on Crisis-Affected Populations and Humanitarian Response - ICVA

International Council of Voluntary Agencies

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The Secretary-General’s Report on Special Measures for Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (A/79/789) has been issued, outlining efforts to combat SEA across the UN system. Covering 2024 developments, it highlights progress and persistent systemic challenges.

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

In a new @ICVA blog, @HIAS shares how Third Country Solutions—like labour mobility, sponsorships & reunification—can shift the status quo. New pathways. Real impact. Read it here: www.icvanetwork.org/blog/the-pro... #Refugees #GCR #TCS #ComplementaryPathways #HIAS

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The Promise of Third Country Solutions - ICVA

International Council of Voluntary Agencies

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Out now – 2022-2024 Impact Report This newly released independent impact study dives into ICVA’s performance against its 2022–2024 strategic priorities and evaluates the first three-year cycle of the ICVA 2030 strategy.

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ICVA Impact Study 2022-2024 - ICVA

International Council of Voluntary Agencies

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The Future of Humanitarian Aid: Preparing for 2040 The humanitarian sector is at a crossroads, facing unprecedented challenges and evolving needs. To ensure aid remains responsive, effective, and inclusive, understanding how the sector will adapt in the coming years is critical. Join us to discuss!

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

As crises grow in scale and complexity—exacerbated by conflict, disease, displacement, and climate change—the need for agile, adaptive, and effective humanitarian coordination has never been greater. Yet, evaluations of recent large-scale responses reveal persistent challenges.

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

🚨 The UN and partners in Geneva have just launched the first-ever multi-year funding appeal for the Rohingya response, seeking $934.5 million to support 1.5 million Rohingya refugees and their host communities in Bangladesh. 🔗 Read more & support the response: www.iom.int/news/un-and-...

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ICVA Network @icvanetwork.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Interested in reducing administration and addressing power imbalances in humanitarian response? Join our #HNPW panel on "Due Diligence in Ukraine: Local, National, and Global Initiatives and their Potential to Challenge Humanitarian Sector Norms"

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