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Humanitarian actors share a common goal of supporting affected people, often in difficult contexts marred by conflict or environmental disaster. Inevitably, “risks” materialize in the…

The scale, scope, and complexity of humanitarian crises have increased significantly over the past decade and show no signs of slowing. From…

What began as a series of puzzling anecdotes about the inexplicable and abrupt closure of nongovernmental organizations’ (NGOs’) bank accounts has ballooned into the global…

Today, humanitarian crises are characterized by increasing risk and uncertainty. Whether in Afghanistan or Yemen, responding to humanitarian needs means requiring NGOs to manage risk…

In 2020, USAID’s Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and Food for Peace (FFP) merged into the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA). BHA established the…

In late March, InterAciton's Together Project team took to Capitol Hill to raise awareness on two key issues affecting civil society organizations: financial access difficulties and disinformation attacks

This report examines how risk is perceived and managed in partnerships between international and national NGOs working in humanitarian response.

An in-depth study of the realities and recommendations for improving risk management in humanitarian crises.

This briefing paper compiles the recommendations from the 2019 reports of the research program NGOs and Risk – Managing Uncertainty in Local-International Partnerships, undertaken by InterAction with Humanitarian Outcomes. The recommendations derive from research at the global level and field case studies in South Sudan and northeast Nigeria.

This report examines partnerships between international NGOs (INGOs) and local/national NGOs (L/NNGOs) in two complex, conflict-driven emergencies: Nigeria and South Sudan. It presents case studies that are one component of InterAction’s Risk II: Local Actor Partnerships project – an 18-month research study funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA).