Top 100 Best NGOs ranking by The Global Journal
Earlier this week, The Global Journal – a Geneva-based magazine – published its inaugural annual ‘Top 100 Best NGOs’ list. The Wikimedia Foundation is ranked as the best NGO worldwide. Partners in Health, Oxfam, BRAC, International Rescue Committee, PATH, CARE International, Médecins Sans Frontières, Danish Refugee Council and Ushahidi make…
Read MoreThe Canadian International Development Agency assesses the role of the GHA country profiles
With the existence of an increasing number of humanitarian actors and channels through which to deliver assistance, providing a clear picture of humanitarian financing can be a considerable challenge. GHA’s country profiles provide a useful snapshot as to how – and how much – humanitarian assistance is disbursed each year,…
Read MoreState of the Humanitarian System Report: ALNAP needs your input
ALNAP will be publishing its State of the Humanitarian System Report in early summer 2012, which aims to assess the performance and progress of the international humanitarian system, providing those within and outside the sector with the opportunity to assess the system’s performance in recent years, and look at ways…
Read MoreUpdated data in GHA’s 43 country profiles
The GHA team has published updated data in 43 humanitarian country profiles. These updates came at the end of 2011, a year which saw the unfolding of large-scale humanitarian crises: the food security crisis in the Horn of Africa following extended drought, the results of political turmoil in the shape…
Read MoreContinued financial support for the CERF in 2012
At the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)’s sixth high-level conference on 15 December in New York, donors pledged a record high for 2012, reaffirming their support for the global humanitarian pooled fund. So far a total of 47 donors have promised US$375 million for 2012, an increase of 4.7%…
Read MoreThe Nepal Risk Reduction Consortium – a model to be replicated?
Nepal has undoubtedly experienced its fair share of natural hazards over the last century, some of which recur year on year such as floods and landslides and others which have struck less frequently but have the potential to cause more devastation, as is the case with earthquakes. This makes…
Read MoreRising to the challenge? Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness, Busan, South Korea
The Fourth High Level Forum (HLF) on Aid Effectiveness (29 November – 1 December) is faced with the significant challenge of building upon agreements from HLFs, in Rome, Paris and Accra that have (at best) a variable record of delivering real results (OECD 2011 Survey on Monitoring the Paris Declaration)….
Read MoreThe inadequacy of emergency preparedness
The pressure on the humanitarian system appears to be growing. Aid from governments reached US$12.4 billion in 2010, the highest figure on record. At the same time UN appeals in 2010 reached their highest ever figure of US$11.2 billion, double what it was in 2006, and for the first time…
Read MoreConférence Nationale Humanitaire: France
I was really pleased to be able to take part in France’s Conférence nationale humanitaire (CNH) at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris last Wednesday 16 November – an event that gathered senior representatives of both French and EU administrations, NGOs, CSOs and the UN to discuss major…
Read MoreLibya crisis #4: who are the top donors?
Donors have contributed US$274 million to the UN regional flash appeal for Libya, meeting 82.1% of the US$333 million (revised) requirement. (As highlighted in our first three updates, the initial appeal requirement was for US$160.3 million, revised upwards to US$407.8 million and now stands at US$333 million). Latest information published...
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