We, the members of the Alliance for Empowering Partnership (A4EP), a collective voice of global Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and advocates of localization of humanitarian actions, stand in collective solidarity with the people of Lebanon as they face an escalating humanitarian crisis resulting from the war that has raged since 2023. This prolonged violence has […]
October 2024 “Grand Bargain: Accelerating Transformational Change Beyond 2026 — Expanding the autonomy and space for locally-led humanitarian actions” BackgroundThe Grand Bargain (GB) secretariat has introduced self-reporting for signatories to track progress on agreed commitments and caucus outcomes for the period of January- December 2023. The secretariat’s compiled reports will reflect the Signatories’ progress and […]
Dhaka, 19 August 2024: Speakers highlighted the need to ensure the safety and security of aid workers and vulnerable communities in Bangladesh, especially in the Rohingya response. They also called for reducing management costs as aid decreases and criticized the World Bank’s recent $700 million loan pledge for the Rohingya and host community response. They […]