International Council for Voluntary Agencies

International Council for Voluntary Agencies is a Switzerland-based global network of humanitarian organisations working on migration and refugee issues. It won the Nansen Refugee Award in 1963.

International Council for Voluntary Agencies
Conseil International des Agences Bénévoles
PredecessorThe Conference on Non-Governmental Organizations interested in Migration,
The International Committee for World Refugee Year,
The Standing Conference for Voluntary Agencies Working for Refugees.
Formation1962
HeadquartersGeneva
Executive Director
Ignacio Packer
Websitehttps://www.icvanetwork.org/

Organisation

The International Council for Voluntary Agencies is based in Geneva and often known by its French name Conseil international des Agences bénévoles.[1]

History

The International Council for Voluntary Agencies a global network of not for profit organisations that work on refugee and forcible displacement issues.[2] It was founded in 1962 to succeed the Conference on Non-Governmental Organizations interested in Migration, the International Committee for World Refugee Year, and the Standing Conference for Voluntary Agencies Working for Refugees.[3] The work of the organisation, as of 1966, was directed by The Commission on Refugees and The Commission on Migration and The Commission on Social and Economic Development.[4]

The organisation was awarded the Nansen Refugee Award in 1963; the award was accepted by Mr. C. Ritchie.[5] Thomas Getman was the Executive Director in 2006, Nan Buzard was the Executive Director in 2016, Ignacio Packer was the Executive Director in 2022.[6][1]

See also

References
  1. Fiches dossier humanitaire, Conseil International des Agences Bénévoles (in French)
  2. "The Field of Displacement and Forced Migration: Background and Issues", International Social Work: Issues, Strategies, and Programs, SAGE Publications, Inc., pp. 393–422, 2013, doi:10.4135/9781544308685.n12, ISBN 9781452217482, retrieved 2022-08-05
  3. "ICVA-About ICVA". ICVA. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  4. "International Council of Voluntary Agencies". International Review of the Red Cross. 6 (67): 556–557. October 5, 1966. doi:10.1017/S0020860400087933 – via Cambridge University Press.
  5. "Additif au Rapport du Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés, 1963 (English: Addendum to the Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1963 A/5511/Rev.1/Add.1)". UNHCR (in French). 1 Jan 1964. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
  6. "Sommet humanitaire mondial : gagnants et perdants". The New Humanitarian (in French). 2016-05-26. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
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