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SAVE THE DATE - 2/4 October 2018: Agility, quality and accountability: aid in complex and protracted crises
This year – which is our 25th anniversary - we will be holding the tenth Autumn School on Humanitarian Aid on the theme of the agility, quality and accountability of aid in complex, protracted crisis contexts. It will be taking place on 2-4 October 2018 at Groupe URD’s headquarters in Plaisians in the South of France (Drôme Provençale).
News
Waste management and ecological sanitation in development and crisis contexts
 | This workshop is being organised by Cefrepade and Groupe URD from 30 August to 4 September at the INSA in Lyon. |
Sigmah merges with TolaData
 | Following assessments of several monitoring & evaluation (M&E) tools, TolaData stood out as the platform that was the most in line with Sigmah in terms of vision, quality, expertise, financial backing, and future development plans. |
Groupe URD 2017 Annual Report
 | 2017 was a busy year that saw the team travel from Nepal to Colombia, via the Sahel, the Lake Chad region, the periphery of the Syrian crisis, the Myanmar conflict, etc. It was also a year when we worked on sensitive issues such as funding allocation processes, the mobilisation of military and civil defence assets in natural disaster and health crisis contexts, and the response to the cholera epidemic in Yemen. This, and much more, can be found in detail in our 2017 Annual Report. |
Training course on the Quality and Accountability COMPASS, 29-31 October 2018, Paris
 | After an introduction on the main issues involved in quality and accountability management in the international aid sector, the trainers will explain how to use the Quality and Accountability COMPASS to implement the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS). |
