ICVA 2019-2021 International Council of Voluntary Agencies
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ICVA is an independent international organization and network for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that focuses on strengthening principled and effective humanitarian assistance. Since its establishment in 1962, ICVA has worked to promote the humanitarian principles in the global debate and strengthen a fundamental and effective humanitarian response thro...
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ICVA is an independent international organization and network for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that focuses on strengthening principled and effective humanitarian assistance. Since its establishment in 1962, ICVA has worked to promote the humanitarian principles in the global debate and strengthen a fundamental and effective humanitarian response through a diversity of NGOs. They are based in Geneva with Regional Hubs in Asia (Bangkok), the Middle East (Amman) and Africa (Nairobi and Addis Ababa). ICVA currently has over 100 members who are operating in 160 countries. Operations are empowered by members’ commitment and by contributing to the development of the global humanitarian response through advocacy and policy on: 1) Forced Migration; 2) Humanitarian Financing; 3) Humanitarian Coordination, and; 4) Navigating Change (cross-cutting issues). This is in accordance with Sida’s humanitarian aid strategy (2017-2020), Area 4, to achieve greater capacity and efficiency in the humanitarian system. The intervention consists of the organization’s planned work through the four thematic areas through participation of policy development, representation of NGOs and increasing learning of NGOs’ ability to work more principled and effectively within the humanitarian system. ICVA works in accordance with its strategy and system-wide goals in line with the Grand Bargain’s harmonization and localization agendas, as well as the Principles of Partnership. The intervention regards ICVA’s complete humanitarian programme for 2019-2021, which is collectively funded by several donors (e.g. Germany, ECHO, USA, Denmark, the Netherlands and Switzerland). The proposal to Sida refers to core support totalling SEK 10,5 million (SEK 3,5 million/year) which contributes to improving humanitarian coordination and strengthening the efficiency of the humanitarian system through more systematic, consistent, and proactive NGO engagement.Sida assesses that ICVA brings added value to humanitarian coordination, learning and effectiveness promotion, primarily through their analyses, convening power, influence and advocacy on behalf of NGOs within the humanitarian system. They are also assessed as competent to explore these themes within acute humanitarian response, as well as localization and link to development work. Sida's partnership with ICVA was initiated in 2006, of which the latest contract period (2015-2018) has been unearmarked core support for their full program funding. The partnership has been ongoing for over a decade, which has provided Sida with sufficient documentation regarding narrative, financial and audit reports, appraisals, meeting protocols, output documents and independent evaluations. Sida considers these documents to give a general indication that the partner performs well, achieves results and continuously adjusts their goals to meet current needs. It is also Sida’s assessment that the function that ICVA fills in terms of contributing to policy development, representative of NGOs, and increasing learning about NGOs' ability continue to be of utmost relevance, partly in the light of increased focus on localization in the humanitarian response system.
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The Sida grant has enabled ICVA to meet results which significantly contribute to making the global humanitarian system more diversified, principled and effective. ICVA provides a space and advocacy for a large number of humanitarian actors and with an important role to play in making it easier for southern voices to be heard. ICVA does not provide direct assistance to affected populations, so its impact has been indirect in a way which is fully in line with the positioning of the network. Over the years ICVA has become a diverse network of 140 NGOs operating in humanitarian contexts. Half of ICVA´s members have their HQ in the Global South. Today, ICVA has an outreach of over 8000 organisations including large and small, secular and faith-based, national and international NGOs, networks and consortiums. An approximate of 75% of NGOs engaged in ICVA activities are southern NGOs, national NGOs, medium-sized and NGO fora. In May 2021, ICVA General Assembly approved the new ICVA 2030 Strategy, in an inclusive process with all its members. ICVA has proven a reliable partner to Sida. The organisation delivered its final report on time and fulfilled conditions in the agreement. Sida approved the reporting for year 2021, including the audits (see Statement on annual report ICVA 2021 with multiyear narrative summary, dox 12867). Sida has received all reporting in accordance with the requirements in the agreement. The Financial Statement meets Sida´s standard requirements on financial reporting. During the collaboration period ICVA contributed to policy development and supported members and partners operational capacities on the ground in Africa, Asia and Pacific, MENA, and Latin America. The focus remained on forced migration, ensuring equal participation of NGOs in various coordination structures, and advocating for timely, predictable and flexible funding to NGOs in humanitarian response. Several cross-cutting themes were also pursued namely localisation, the nexus, and supporting members in better reflecting diversity consideration (gender, age, consideration of disability, etc) on their work on the ground. The narrative report is satisfactory and outlines key results that have been achieved towards the overall programme objectives showing that ICVA`s results are in line with its 2019-2021 strategy which includes four thematic focus areas: forced migration,humanitarian coordination, humanitarian financing and cross-cutting issues. The organisation strengthened its work on COVID-19 response while also getting more engaged in climate and environmental action with the ICVA Annual Conference dedicated to the subject and ICVA signing the Climate Charter.The focus on the pandemic was unexpected but ICVA adapted well to changing events and properly redirected its focus to this thematic.
ICVA is a network that works to leverage the advantages of all entities involved in humanitarian action, including national, international and regional NGOs, with their overarching objective to “Promote More Principled and Effective Humanitarian Assistance”. ICVA has four thematic focus areas that are vehicles for members to work together on issues of common concern: i) Forced Migration; ii) Financing; iii) Coordination; and, iv) Navigating Change (Cross-Cutting Issues). The objectives of what they aim to achieve in each theme by 2021 are: i) Forced Migration: “To improve protection assistance and durable solutions for refugees, IDPs, stateless persons and migrants in vulnerable situations” ii) Humanitarian Financing: “To ensure humanitarian financing meets the needs of populations affected by crises while ensuring adequate NGO access to principled, quality funding” iii) Humanitarian Coordination: “To strengthen the collective ability to NGOs to actively engage in and influence coordination mechanisms to ensure they are inclusive, contextualised and provide effective assistance and protection to those affected by crises.” iv) Navigating Change: “To ensure a dynamic support to NGOs in developing strategic thinking and in navigating change while promoting humanitarian principles and the Principles of Partnership”
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