CALLS Network
Promoting refugee agency in humanitarian action
OUR VISION
Our name reflects our vision: we Call for Agency, Locally-Led humanitarian action inclusive of refugees and Solidarity with refugee-led organisations in the Global South. We strive for a world of solidarity between grassroots communities in Europe and refugees in the Global South to promote refugee agency in humanitarian action.
OUR VALUES
Humanity
We focus on our common humanity – what connects people across places, cultures and religions, as well as the living world around us. We believe humanitarian action creates common goods that benefit us all. We acknowledge our shared responsibilities, particularly towards those persecuted and marginalised, and we affirm our commitment to a more just humanitarian system.
Inclusion
We champion a “localisation” agenda inclusive of refugee-led organisations, and locally-led humanitarian responses inclusive of organisations led by forcibly displaced women, youth, and persons with disabilities.
Agency
We stand for agency, not charity, and advocate for a shift of power to refugees and their organisations within the humanitarian ecosystem. We believe that refugees are not passive beneficiaries of assistance but frontline responders in humanitarian action.
Solidarity
We believe in solidarity as a transformative relationship able to challenge the established structures of humanitarian action and a powerful force that can reshape the humanitarian ecosystem. We develop new ways of equitable partnership with refugees in the Global South.
OUR MISSION
We promote refugee agency in humanitarian action and create civic spaces for solidarity with refugee-led organisations in the Global South.
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We connect refugee-led organisations in the Global South with local solidarity groups, volunteers and donors in the Global North to build transformative solidarities that help shift power in humanitarian action.
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We mobilise solidarities and resources in support of refugee-led organisations and their initiatives.
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We support refugee-led organisations to strengthen their systems and capacities, build refugee leadership, support innovative partnerships, and build a solid evidence basis to scale up the approach in humanitarian action.
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We advocate for the recognition of refugees as key actors in humanitarian action, their inclusion in locally led responses and their access to adequate resources.