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Revision of the Quality and Accountability COMPASS
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Training

New e-learning course on community accountability

In 2024, the organisations of the Accountability Group identified an inter-NGO need to strengthen the capacity of their staff on issues related to community accountability. [...]

Organisational support

Analysis of DG ECHO’s projects related to climate change and humanitarian aid

The 2021 Communication on Humanitarian Action commits DG ECHO to step up its action on climate resilience, including a voluntary tracking of how much of DG ECHO’s [...]

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Publication

Iryna Pidkurkova and François Grünewald, with the collaboration of Daniil Bilous, Ilona Hetman, Valeriia Nahorna and Illia Storozh.

‘Mutual aid in times of crisis’ collection: case study Ukraine, April 2025

Publication

Aline Hubert & Johana Bretou-Klein

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

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Calendar

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 [...]

The 19 June 2025 - Aix-en-provence (France)

Regional technical conference "Adaptation au changement climatique et risques naturels"

Groupe URD is participating in a conference dealing with ‘Adapting to climate change and natural hazards: prevention, organisation and recovery’ organised by CEREMA, in [...]

Organisational support

The 25 June 2025 - Online

Fleet Forum's Annual Conference 2025

Aline Hubert takes part in the Fleet Forum's virtual Annual Conference to share the results of the evaluation of the vehicle sharing initiative in Lebanon. [...]

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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

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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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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