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title: "The humanitarian reset: What’s at stake, and what we’re doing about it"
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."
url: "https://www.nrc.no/resources/position-papers/the-humanitarian-reset-whats-at-stake-and-what-were-doing-about-it"
language: "en"
published: "2025-04-30T10:00:00Z"
modified: "2025-12-04T11:26:38Z"
---

Position paper

# The humanitarian reset: What’s at stake, and what we’re doing about it

Published 30. Apr 2025|Updated 04. Dec 2025

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[Humanitarian policy](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=339)

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.

This reset has the potential to lead to dramatic changes for the humanitarian system globally and for responses at country level. NRC is working to inform and influence the reset process and wanted to take a moment to summarize the likely impacts of some of these developments and how we are engaging.

[NRC---What's at stake in the reset.pdf 203.1 KB](https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/position-papers/the-humanitarian-reset-whats-at-stake-and-what-were-doing-about-it/nrc---whats-at-stake-in-the-reset.pdf)