Program areas at Norwegian Refugee Council USA
Country based humanitarian: the Norwegian Refugee Council received funds for the delivery of humanitarian assistance to specific countries. This assistance includes access to water, the provision of food, livelihood, and basic relief items, education, legal aid, and information on access to services and shelter. These country specific interventions by the Norwegian Refugee Council seek to save lives, promote dignity, and support access to better living conditions and livelihood opportunities for refugees and internally displaced persons. Funds were received from a variety of foundations and corporate and individual donors.
Youth, livelihood and education: 1) nrc delivered skills and knowledge through digital interventions, as part of the nrc/ microsoft alliance agreement based on capacity building, livelihood programs and emergency response.2) as part of the hilton foundation grant nrc provided organizationalcapacity building around economic inclusion for people forciblydisplaced.
Access negotiation: building on a multi-year grant awarded by usaid office of u.s. foreign disaster assistance (now the bureau of humanitarian assistance) starting on october 1, 2019 nrc USA took on phase iii, which focused on strengthening field level capacity on humanitarian access and negotiations with an emphasis on supporting both field workers and critical decision-makers to improve presence and programming in complex operating environments. The project includes three main components:1. Access training for frontline humanitarians and member-state representatives at capital and regional level.2. An advanced e-learning program on humanitarian access.3. Evidence gathering and information sharing through field research on best practice and key operational issues, such as the costs of operating in hard to reach areas and responding in countries with assertive governments
Advocacy
Program support and compliance
Humanitarian access in hard to reach areas
Technology and innovation
Other projects
Covid-19 relief
Brand awareness
Secondment