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DT 5-6 / 2020

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Editorial

Time to re-start stalled reform of humanitarian aid

At the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul in 2016 donors agreed, as part of a reform package - the so-called Grand Bargain, to channel one-fourth of humanitarian aid directly to local responders. This has not happened. Donors continue to channel emergency aid via their own national NGOs and international actors, even though locals continue to do much of the job and bear the brunt of the risks associated with operating in war zones.   

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In Helsinki, the government has kicked off the budget process for next year and the Foreign Ministry...

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In an evaluation for Sida of 21 humanitarian organisations, including five UN agencies, Mercy Corps,...

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US forces climate NGOs to register as ‘foreign agents,’ targets recipients of Norwegian aid

The largest American environmental NGO, the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), is operating as “a foreign...

News August 04, 2020

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Missed opportunity. Donors ‘fail to capitalise’ on local NGOs

During the corona epidemic, international NGOs have scaled back their field presence and sent many expats...

July 17, 2020

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Norway to pay Indonesia NOK 530m for reduced forest carbon emissions

Norway has announced its first result-based payment to Indonesia for reducing deforestation, part of...

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NOK 6 billion in forest aid unspent in Brazil. Norway still hopes for a breakthrough

Twelve years after signing a climate forest deal with Brazil, most of the money transferred by Norway...

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Oxfam takes double hit from Haiti and corona, while Danish branch IBIS rides the storm

While Oxfam International reels from the combined effects of the “Haiti scandal” and the coronavirus...

June 22, 2020

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