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title: "Protection in the Humanitarian Reset: what we have done, will do, and what we need from others"
description: "In March, the ERC initiated a humanitarian reset to identify measures to contract, refocus, and improve the efficiency of interagency humanitarian responses in view of the funding crisis. NRC has closely followed the reset and worked to inform and influence its process. As part of this, we have given particular attention to ensuring that protection is not forgotten."
url: "https://www.nrc.no/resources/position-papers/protection-in-the-humanitarian-reset-what-we-have-done-will-do-and-what-we-need-from-others"
language: "en"
published: "2025-09-01T10:00:00Z"
modified: "2025-12-05T13:24:03Z"
---

Position paper

# Protection in the Humanitarian Reset: what we have done, will do, and what we need from others

Published 01. Sep 2025|Updated 05. Dec 2025

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In March, the ERC initiated a humanitarian reset to identify measures to contract, refocus, and improve the efficiency of interagency humanitarian responses in view of the funding crisis. NRC has closely followed the reset and worked to inform and influence its process. As part of this, we have given particular attention to ensuring that protection is not forgotten.

The following note offers an overview of protection considerations and implications of different parts of the reset, how NRC has engaged on these issues thus far, what we plan to do in the future, and what we will encourage others to do moving forward.

[NRC---Protection-in-the-Reset---NRC-Priorities.pdf 214.6 KB](https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/position-papers/protection-in-the-humanitarian-reset/nrc---protection-in-the-reset---nrc-priorities.pdf)