About ICVA
Founded in 1962, ICVA (International Council of Voluntary Agencies) is a global network of 130 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) active in 160 countries, operating at global, regional, national and local levels, whose mission is to make humanitarian action more principled and effective by working collectively and independently to influence policy and practice. Based on its 2019-2021 Strategy, ICVA promotes and facilitates NGO engagement in the development of humanitarian sector, with a focus on Forced Migration, Humanitarian Coordination, Humanitarian Financing, and cross cutting issues.
About ICVA’s NGO Fora Support Programme
In many humanitarian contexts, NGOs come together to establish networks to coordinate NGO efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance. Networks are active in a range of areas: facilitating NGO engagement in the humanitarian response system; supporting an effective, inclusive and contextualized response; promoting collective NGO advocacy etc.
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April 19, 2021 Ensuring COVID-19 vaccine access for refugee and displaced populations, and addressing health inequities, is vital for an effective pandemic response. Yet, vaccine allocation and distribution has been neither equitable nor inclusive, despite that global leaders have stressed this as a critical aspect to globally overcoming the pandemic, according to a paper published by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Read Leave No-one Behind: Ensuring Access to COVID-19 vaccines for Refugee and Displaced Populations in the journal
Nature Medicine.
As of April 1st, high and upper-middle-income countries received 86 percent of the vaccine doses delivered worldwide, while only 0.1 percent of doses have been delivered in low-income countries. Worldwide, over 80 percent of refugees and nearly all internally displaced persons are hosted by low and middle-income countries - nations at the end of the line for COVID-19 vaccine doses.
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The Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center at the University of Maine has announced the Spring 2021 faculty awards. The Centerâs mission includes demonstrating the immediacy and applicability of humanities studies, and it supports programs and projects fostering intellectual curiosity, critical reflection and creative innovation.
Susan Camp, adjunct associate professor of art, received funding for âDuet,â a collaborative project melding original poetry by Kay Retzlaff, a University of Maine at Augusta professor of English, with photographs of Campâs ephemeral sculptures to investigate the concept of the Feminine Divine while bringing ancient myths into present times.
Assistant professor of history Mary Freeman received funding support for two projects examining the historical legacy of nineteenth-century Black political activism in Maine. A July 22 virtual panel, presented in collaboration with the Maine Historical Society will feature disc
Prepares, manages and regularly updates the project activities work plan and related financial plan,
Ensures timely and quality implementation in compliance with the defined project strategy as well as INTERSOS and donor guidelines.
Ensures the integration of activities with other INTERSOS projects, as well as coordinating with other actors intervening in the same area.
Prepares periodic project narrative and financial reports as well as other ad hoc reports, according to INTERSOS and donor requirements.
Contributes to elaborate trends and situation analysis.
Project financial Management and procurement
Prepares and ensures regular update of financial plan,
Verifies and approves purchase, in line with the budget and the financial and procurement plan.