Multi-year and flexible humanitarian funding supports better outcomes and delivers efficiencies. Evidence of the benefits of multi-year flexible funding has steadily grown in recent years; numerous studies—published by think tanks, humanitarian organisations and United Nations Agencies, and commissioned by donors—point to effectiveness and efficiency gains in program quality. Bilateral donors have also raised their multi-year contributions, in part thanks to the Grand Bargain commitment to increase multi-year humanitarian planning and funding, but the needle has not moved far enough. As the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to increase the cost of humanitarian response and shrink aid budgets, the case for better value for money is more relevant than ever.
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In March 2022, David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), co-launched the quality funding caucus together with European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič.
Three years on, and ahead of the first mid-term review of progress at a high-level meeting in December 2021, the IRC has commissioned a report to assess progress on the Compact’s objectives and commitment.
To bridge gaps in global response and center vulnerable populations in fragile and conflict-affected contexts, we make five central recommendations for global leaders and institutions in this brief. (September 2021)
In our position paper Focus on the Frontlines: How the Grand Bargain can deliver on its promise to improve humanitarian aid we make five key recommendations in line with our commitment to outcomes and evidence. (May 2021)
The current tools and approaches for responding to humanitarian crises are not fit for purpose. (September 2020)
In 2015, 193 UN Member States came together to agree to a shared agenda for peace and prosperity. This agenda was centered on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by all countries by 2030. (September 2019)
This report highlights one left-behind group that has received too little attention: people caught in crisis. (October 2018)
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (Agenda 2030) and its pledge to ‘leave no one behind’ is a global commitment to improve the lives of the most vulnerable among us. (September 2018)
