The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is a coalition of leading UK aid charities that coordinates collective fundraising appeals to provide emergency relief and recovery assistance to people affected by major disasters and humanitarian crises abroad.
Investing in Humanitarian Horizons allows the DEC to build a solid evidence base to identify trends, inform learning and capture best practices across its responses.
DEC’s contribution to Humanitarian Horizons includes the production of two research papers, two policy or practice papers, two learning events and ad-hoc technical support annually over a three-year period.
Established in 2006, the Vitol Foundation is an independent charitable foundation that supports partnership‑driven philanthropy to strengthen local systems and contribute to sustainable change.
Under the contribution from Vitol Foundation, this partnership focuses on innovation to generate new evidence and strengthen humanitarian practice, exploring locally led responses and the power dynamics that shape humanitarian action.
It aims to support a more effective, evidence‑based and equitable humanitarian system, elevating local leadership and accelerating meaningful shifts in power across the sector.
The Broad Reach Foundation is a US based non-profit organisation focusing on using philanthropy to advance social justice, environmental health and human well‑being.
The Advancing Local Leadership in Humanitarian Evidence Stewardship ALLIES is convened by HAG through Humanitarian Horizons with support from the Broad Reach Foundation.
It’s a flexible research grant for local and national research organisations to design and lead independent, policy-relevant humanitarian research.
The investment supports research that strengthens humanitarian practice and policy in contexts affected by protracted crises, climate shocks and complex emergencies.
