Humanitarian Aid on the Move No. 27

12/02/2026

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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Editorial Humanitarian Aid on the Move No. 27, Véronique de Geoffroy, Maria Groenewald & Jérôme Fauré
Synthesis of the Autumn School on Humanitarian Aid (UAH) 2025, Groupe URD
The Future of Development Cooperation: a post-ODA World?, Carlos Cortes Zea & Vincent Pradier Goeting
Official development assistance under pressure…, Marie Berra (Coordination SUD)
The path to robustness: a condition for the collective survival of the international aid and development sector?, Charly Pierluigi (Groupe URD)
Interview with Sarah Strack (FORUS)
The humanitarian aid – development – peace Triple Nexus: an instrument of change or no more than an empty shell?, Laurent Saillard (Groupe URD)
Human rights NGOs and the reduction of civic space, Laurent Duarte
What the ‘reset’ reveals about the UN-led humanitarian aid system: Lila Ricart’s point of view
Bibliography on “Transforming the Aid sector facing the crisis”, Cécile Le Grix (Groupe URD)

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