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Entr'Aide & Crises Project Updates

As the unprecedented heatwave in France and Europe triggers wildfires and droughts, it is more important than ever to reflect on mutual aid and Groupe URD is actively involved in this effort! Alongside the release of the global report “Recognizing and Strengthening the Bonds That Save Us,” and as discussions on mutual aid and collective resilience take center stage in our regions, Groupe URD is participating in meetings organized by regional and local stakeholders in southern France.

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Training

Check out the e-learning course on equitable partnerships

As part of the Humanitrain consortium (led by PuntoSud), Groupe URD has developed an e-learning module for DG ECHO on the topic of equitable partnerships: “Understanding DG [...]

Evaluation

Using a Menstrual Hygiene Innovation in an Acute Crisis: What Do Women Think?

Commissioned by the Elrha Humanitarian Innovation Fund, and in partnership with Reemi, Oxfam, and Humanitarian Associates, Groupe URD evaluated the use of a specific menstrual [...]

Resources

News
Groupe URD Annual Report 2025: Developing new forms of solidarity!
Publication
Groupe URD's 2025 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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Tools

The Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS), 2024

The Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) sets out nine commitments to ensure that organisations support people and communities affected by crisis and vulnerability in ways that respect their rights and dignity and [...]

Guide "Agile or adaptive management", 2020

This document gathers together existing good practice in terms of agility. It provides a complete, coherent approach to managing an aid programme in a complex situation. It aims to answer the following questions: what is ‘agile or adaptive [...]

COMPASS handbook, 2018

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The COMPASS is a quality and accountability management method for humanitarian and development projects. This methodological guide includes recommendations and tools to implement the quality and accountability commitments of the Core [...]

Participation Handbook for humanitarian field workers, 2009

The Participation Handbook for humanitarian field workers contains detailed practical advice on the participation of affected people in humanitarian action. It has three sections: Developing a participatory approach (main issues, key factors, [...]

The Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS), 2024

Guide "Agile or adaptive management", 2020

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COMPASS handbook, 2018

Participation Handbook for humanitarian field workers, 2009

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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.