A Bridge Between Humanitarian Actors

The Interagency PSEA Community Outreach and Communication Fund, a joint initiative between UNHCR and ICVA, was launched in 2020 to support local NGOs in preventing sexual exploitation and abuse. The Fund invests in community-led efforts to ensure that communities know their rights and SEA survivors know how and where to safely report sexual abuse and exploitation. Since its inception, 56 projects have been backed, with nine new projects selected in 2024.  This year, the Fund is also receiving the support of the Office of the Special Coordinator on Improving the United Nations Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OSCSEA), helping the PSEA Outreach Fund to reach more people in need.

The study evaluates the quality of engagement and enabling factors for increased local/national NGO participation in IASC structures – beyond numbers. It examines existing global quantitative data from OCHA’s Annual Coordination Mapping exercise. Additionally, the study gathers new quantitative data from five focus countries—Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Colombia, and Venezuela—to assess varying levels of participation by local and national NGOs. The goal is to identify good practices, barriers, and practical recommendations to improve the effective inclusion of L/NNGOs in coordination leadership.

Click on the below links to:

• Read the report in English and Spanish
• Read the country profiles
• Watch the launch event of the report

The International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA), on behalf of our member organisations operating across Gaza, the West Bank, and other areas in the Middle East, expresses profound concern regarding the Knesset’s recent passage of two legislative bills that effectively terminate UNRWA’s (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) ability to operate within Israel, and severely restrict its activities within Gaza and the West Bank.

Click on the below link to read the Full Statement.