The Handbook serves as a guide to the normative framework for humanitarian action, operational approaches, coordination structures, and available tools and services that facilitate the mobilization of humanitarian assistance. It particularly emphasizes the roles and responsibilities of the UN Resident Coordinator (RC) and the Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) in leading and coordinating inter-agency humanitarian action, as well as the essential skills, competencies, and qualities of an effective humanitarian leader.
The Handbook does not prescribe specific actions, as approaches to humanitarian action and priorities may vary based on the specific context and type of emergency.
This guidance note has been developed to support efforts to strengthen the meaningful participation, representation, and leadership of local and national humanitarian actors (L/NAs) within IASC humanitarian coordination structures. It draws on over 100 pieces of research and good practice to provide...
This guidance note was prepared by UN Women and the Grand Bargain Friends of Gender Group and developed through extensive research and three regional consultations with local women’s rights and women-led organisations (WROs and WLOs) as well as feedback from the Grand Bargain Localisation...
More than 400 humanitarian agencies contributed to identifying the priority partnership practices for localisation; approximately 85% of them were local/national actors. The basis of the guidance note is the findings of the research conducted in Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria and South Sudan in 2018 as...
