In October 2015 the NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI) organized a first joint general coordination meeting together with OCHA in Baghdad. As this meeting was positively received by the attendants a second joint meeting was held on 19 November.

As part of its advocacy efforts the NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI) organized an advocacy event in Geneva titled “Durable Solutions for Displaced People in Iraq: Setting a Framework in a Protracted Crisis.” The event took place on 26 October at

On the 4th of November NCCI organized a general coordination meeting at its office in Erbil. General coordination meetings are organized monthly in both NCCI’s Erbil and Baghdad office and are designed as a meeting space for NGOs to coordinate their operations a

The NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI) aims to coordinate NGO action throughout all of Iraq. In the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) NCCI however only has one office, which is located in Erbil. To better serve its members in all governorates of the KRI and reach

During the past few months the NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI) expanded its activities in Erbil and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. With new staff coming in NCCI increased the number of meetings and other operations taking place in Erbil and the KRI. At the s

One of NCCI’s regular activities is organizing monthly general coordination meetings, which aim to improve information sharing and cooperation between NGOs operating in Iraq. On the 13th of October NCCI organized a joint general coordination meeting together wit

In October the second phase of the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for 2016 will commence. After concluding the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) in September, the clusters will now start with defining the key elements of the cluster strategies. Based on these cluste

On the 30th of September a high-level side meeting on Iraq was held as a side event of the 70th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting. This side-event was co-convened by the government of the United States of America, the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation

In early September the timeline for the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for 2016 was presented by the Humanitarian Coordinator. The HRP is a strategic plan that will guide the humanitarian response in Iraq for the year of 2016 and also acts as a tool to mobilize reso

The NGO Coordination Committee for Iraq (NCCI) is the primary coordination body for NGOs operating in Iraq. NCCI however is only one element of the overall humanitarian coordination structure, which includes OCHA, other UN agencies the cluster system and the central g