Resources

Information about past ICVA annual conferences.

NGO statements delivered at the 85th meeting of UNHCR’s Standing Committee 19-20 September 2022.

Explore our online and interactive timeline marking our 60 years of making humanitarian action more principled and effective.

ICVA is seeking a consultant for two months to support the ICVA Regional Representatives in Kenya and Senegal.

Application deadline:23 September 2022

Start date: as soon as possible.

For more information see the ToR.

A Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on famine in Somalia urging all actors to facilitate immediate and safe access for humanitarian operations.

This Call for Proposals is to find a suitable travel agency to deliver travel management services to ICVA for the period 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2025.

Application deadline: 23 September 2022

For more information read the ToR.

Check out useful resources and further reading related to Topic 7 – Understanding Climate Change Loss and Damage and links to Humanitarian Action

This conversation between Tom Getman and Robert White was recorded in July 2021 and is part of a collection of interviews with leaders of ICVA in the build-up to ICVA’s 60th anniversary in 2022.

Tom Getman was Chair of ICVA from 2006-2009.

Tom  talks about his time as Chair of ICVA, about the practice and power of partnership, and the role of ICVA in the selection of the High Commissioner for UNHCR

This conversation between Nan Buzzard and Robert White was recorded in July 2021 and is part of a collection of interviews with leaders of ICVA in the build-up to ICVA’s 60th anniversary in 2022.

Nan Buzzard was  Executive Director of ICVA from 2013-2017. 

Nan talks about how ICVA is an early adopter of issues, and how the issues of localisation and climate change will define the future.

This conversation between Elizabeth Ferris and Robert White was recorded in July 2021 and is part of a collection of interviews with leaders of ICVA in the build-up to ICVA’s 60th anniversary in 2022.

Elizabeth served on the ICVA Board as vice chair from 1993-2003 and then as Chair 2003-2006.

Elizabeth talks about ICVA’s presence in Latin America in 1980’s, the humanitarian development divide, and the need for ICVA to be more outspoken.

This conversation between Penny Lawrence and Robert White was recorded in July 2021 and is part of a collection of interviews with leaders of ICVA in the build-up to ICVA’s 60th anniversary in 2022.

Penny Lawrence was Chair of ICVA from 2012-2015.

Penny talks about setting up the ICVA regional hubs in Africa, Asia and the MENA region, and the shifting of power to members of the global south. She also talks about what inspired her during her time at ICVA.