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Humanitarian Aid on the Move No. 27
							As we go to press with this special number of Humanitarian Aid on the Move, one year after Donald Trump announced that USAID would be closed, we take stock of the disruption that this is causing. What was announced was far more than a unilateral funding decision. Today, we can see that it signalled the end of the world that we inherited in 1945 [...] This is the background to this special number of our review. It provides a summary of the Humanitarian Aid Autumn School, organised in September 2025 by Groupe URD in conjunction with Coordination Sud and VOICE. It also offers a series of articles shedding light on some of the different aspects of the crisis the humanitarian aid sector is going through. Rather than setting out recommendations, this review attempts to deepen our understanding of trends and processes that are currently – we hope – laying down the foundations of collective resilience in the future.						

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REH: an amended version of the Statement of Commitment on Climate

After five years of implementation, the REH wanted to strengthen the consideration of climate justice, move away from an approach focused solely on carbon, and adopt a more [...]

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Survey on the "State of Learning & Development in the Nonprofit Sector"

The humanitarian and international development sectors are navigating a period of significant change and financial constraint. In spite of its importance for staff resilience, [...]

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Critical review of People in need's greening approach

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Podcast: ‘The environmental footprint of conflicts and the use of the environment as a weapon’

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From 20 January 2026 to 18 June 2026 - Online

Learning and training Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (NEAT+) in English, French and Spanish

This 1-day (4 hours) course aims to provide participants with an introduction on how to use the NEAT+ tool to screen their projects for environmental risks. They will learn [...]

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Symposium of the Geopolitics of Risk Chair: ‘10 years of research on uncertainty’

The aim of this symposium will be to take stock of a decade of research on risk in order to consider future research needs as the Chair continues its work. [...]

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From 16 March 2026 to 27 March 2026 - Online

Remote training course on ‘The Environment and International Aid’, March 2026 (in French)

This training course will provide you with the concepts, methods and tools you need to understand and anticipate the environmental impact of international aid, enabling you to [...]

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The Accountability Group

The Accountability Group was created in 2017 by a group of French NGOs who wanted to bring together focal points from francophone aid o [...]

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The Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS), 2024

Guide "Agile or adaptive management", 2020

COMPASS handbook, 2018

Participation Handbook for humanitarian field workers, 2009

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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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