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The team's efforts to reduce Groupe URD's carbon footprint are paying off!
							By signing the Statement of Commitment on Climate by Humanitarian Organisations, Groupe URD has pledged to reduce the carbon intensity of its activities by 30% by 2025 and 50% by 2030 compared to 2019 levels. Thanks to significant efforts, Groupe URD succeeded in reducing its carbon intensity by 39% in 2024 compared to 2019, already exceeding its 2025 target! This is an encouraging trend that Groupe URD will seek to consolidate and build on in the coming years. Committed to strengthening a more responsible international aid sector, Groupe URD also hopes that its results will inspire other organisations!						

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Mutual aid and trust, keys to preparing for crises

The booklet that the government plans to distribute to the French population to prepare them for crises is an excellent initiative. However, the human factor must also be [...]

Evaluation

Official Launch of RESILAC* 2

For several years, the Lake Chad region has faced a major security crisis and recurring climatic shocks, which have affected people’s living conditions and triggered massive [...]

Resources

Publication

Aline Hubert & Johana Bretou-Klein

"The green mile: NGOs driving sustainable collaboration": a comprehensive review of vehicle sharing in Lebanon

Publication

Véronique de Geoffroy and Laurent Saillard

What next after the freeze of united states funding? Official development aid and the international aid community face existential questions about their future

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Calendar

Organised by URD

From 18 March 2025 to 28 March 2025 - Online & in Geneva

HNPW 2025

Groupe URD is (co)organising several videoconference and face-to-face sessions during HNPW 2025 (Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks), on a variety of subjects such [...]

Studies and research

The 13 May 2025 - Grenoble (France)

Cities in Transition Biennial: workshop on ‘Mutual aid and citizen involvement in crises’

As part of the Cities in Transition Biennial, the City of Grenoble and Groupe URD invite you to the presentation of the results of an operational research project on mutual [...]

Organisational support

Organised by URD

From 20 March 2025 to 19 June 2025 - Online, Zoom

Series of webinars on mutual aid in crisis situations

A series of webinars is being organised as part of the ‘Mutual aid in crisis situations (phase 2: dissemination of knowledge)’ project from March to June 2025. They will [...]

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Networks

The Humanitarian Environment Network

In response to a Groupe URD initiative, a number of NGOs that have begun to adopt an environmental approach recently met to formally es [...]

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Tools

Guide "Agile or adaptive management", 2020

COMPASS handbook, 2018

The Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS), 2014

Participation Handbook for humanitarian field workers, 2009

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Groupe URD in the Sahel

Groupe URD, a think-tank for humanitarian action

Founded in 1993, Groupe URD is an independent think tank that specialises in analysing practices and developing policies for the humanitarian sector. Our multi-disciplinary expertise, based on continual field visits to crisis and post-crisis contexts, provides us with insight into the functioning of the sector as a whole. We believe in sharing knowledge and collective learning, and we help aid actors to improve the quality of their programmes.

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