1st International Meeting on Good Humanitarian Donorship, Stockholm, June 2003

In 2003 a meeting was convened by the Government of Sweden to discuss good humanitarian donorship. It was attended by representatives from 16 donor governments (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US), as well as the European Commission, the OECD, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, NGOs, and academics. 

The meeting produced a set of23 Principles and Good Practice of Humanitarian Donorship(English language version)Principes et bonnes pratiques pour l'aide humanitaire(Version Français)  Principios y Buenas Practicas en la Donacion Humanitaria (Version Espanol) and animplementation plan.

Five sub-groups formed to work on areas of the implementation plan. These areas included 2 country pilots in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo; integration of humanitarian aid into the DAC's peer review process; work on agreeing a common definition of humanitarian assistance; harmonisation of donor reporting requirements and management demands on implementing agencies; and the promotion of GHD principles and good practice.

Between 2003-2005, Canada chaired the initiative, including the Implementation Group based in Geneva. During 2005-6 the UK is the chair of GHD.

Further information

• Outcome documents and background documents for the Stockholm GHD meeting

Last updated: 31 March 2006

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