What type of aid localisation is needed for tomorrow’s humanitarian work?
The author invites us to gain a clearer understanding of the different ways in which localisation can or should be applied. In doing so, she lays the foundations for new...
The politicisation of humanitarian response and the migration and displacement crisis in Central America and Mexico: challenges and priorities
Mexico, on the northern border of the Central American subregion, is in a peculiar position: as one of only two terrestrial gateways to the United States, it has its neighbour’s...
Ukraine: one year after the beginning of the invasion, dealing with the many contradictions in the humanitarian system
Published on 19 April, 2023 One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered the first major crisis in Europe since World War II, the humanitarian system has experienced its...
Support under control of civil society actors: the case of French and European international solidarity organisations
A fast-growing sector subject to severe constraints. This is the paradox in which civil society organisations in France and more broadly in Europe are struggling. The authors provide us with...
How to take care of humankind at +2°C?
On 15 and 16 April 2019, on the 100th anniversary of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the French Red Cross held a conference entitled “Health and...
What does the future have in store for humanitarian aid logistics?
Often neglected, or at least “accessorized”, logistics is nevertheless essential to the success of humanitarian missions. Not to mention that it represents 60 to 80% of their costs. Based on...
Acceptance under stress: old recipes for new problems?
In some ultra-violent and politically complex contexts in which humanitarians operate, the approach of gaining the acceptance of both the population and the various forces involved has its limits. For...
War in Ukraine: Why Europe urgently needs to reform international aid funding
Published on March 27, 2022 This contribution is published jointly on the Alternatives économiques website and on the website of the review Humanitarian Alternatives The analyses and proposals contained in...
Between hopes and fears: what Africa expects from the World Humanitarian Summit
Africa will certainly be at the heart of the discussions in Istanbul not only because it is the region that has been the most affected by an accumulation of severe...
The Canadian Humanitarian Coalition: is three-tiered humanitarianism the making?
In the last ten years, the Humanitarian Coalition in Canada has been changing some of the rules governing the humanitarian response of Canadian NGOs. Leading NGOs that it regroups have...
The ICRC and partnerships with the private sector: evolution and ethical considerations
Jessica Fleurinor and Caroline Putnam Cramer invite us to an extension of the first part of our Focus theme. The International Committee of the Red Cross effectively did not have...
“It’s a process for de-politicizing NGOs, a shameful capitulation…”
Published on April 8, 2018 Does the pragmatism of some hide an alignment with neo-liberal doctrine and the “healthy and critical distance from the private for-profit sector” of others guarantee...