Working Groups

This working group meets bimonthly to share information, discuss operational concerns, and coordinate advocacy efforts for the Afghanistan context.

The Basic Education Coalition is an independent, nonprofit advocacy organization working to ensure that all children around the world have access to quality basic education. The Coalition works to influence Congress and the Administration to enhance the effectiveness of education programs. A separate Membership fee paid to BEC is required for participation in the organization’s activities.

The Civic Space Working Group examines attacks that seek to undermine foreign assistance. It fosters relationships and creates a network of NGOs prepared to respond to harmful attacks on aid and development.

The Climate Advocacy Working Group provides Members with networked learning and collective action opportunities to advocate for U.S. and multilateral policies, approaches, and resources to decelerate climate change and support the world’s most vulnerable to adapt to its effects.

A space for the most senior-level communications staff person to network, brainstorm, and collaborate. This group also pulls together common messaging and activities around key development and humanitarian issues and campaigns affecting the InterAction community, including conflict and natural disasters.

To sign-up for this working group, please email the Membership and Public Engagement team at membership@interaction.org. All emails must come from a Member organization email address.

This working group meets bimonthly to share information, discuss operational concerns, and coordinate advocacy efforts for the DRC context.

The ad hoc Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Working Group tracks the International Development Finance Corporation and advocates for prioritizing sustainable development in U.S. development finance toward U.S. Congress and the Administration.

The Disability Listserv promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities as a human rights issue and a critical component of effective development.

The Food Security, Nutrition, and Agriculture Working Group is an active NGO community and learning space for InterAction Members to share best practices, current challenges, and recent research. This working group seeks to support and strengthen U.S. NGOs that are actively implementing or advocating for programs in international agricultural development, nutrition, and global food security. This group meets monthly to focus on engagement with Congress and the Administration to ensure that U.S. investments in global food security and nutrition programs remain effective, funded at appropriate levels to reach those in need, and fit to purpose to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

The Forced Displacement Working Group (FDWG) aims to strengthen and inform the humanitarian response to issues of forced displacement through INGO engagement with key stakeholders and provides a space to develop collective INGO positioning. The working group meets monthly.

The From Pledge to Action (FP2A) Listserv is designed to share events held by Members or the community on enhancing safeguarding and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PSEAH), to convene the group on the issue when requested by external donors and partners, and to mobilize our Members when InterAction needs to engage on an urgent issue.

The G7/G20 Advocacy Alliance is a group of InterAction Members and allies who work together to influence the annual G7 and G20 summits. Each year, the alliance organizes policy teams around specific issues and develops recommendations for G7 and G20 policy papers. Policy papers are used to brief the White House, USAID, and the Department of State, among others. This working group meets on an ad hoc basis.

The Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Working Group provides a collective voice to advance the GBV programming and policy concerns of InterAction Member organizations engaged in humanitarian and conflict programs. The working group meets on an ad hoc basis.

This working group meets bimonthly to share information, discuss operational concerns, and coordinate advocacy efforts for the Horn of Africa region.

The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Coordination Working Group provides updates on IASC activities. This working group meets on an ad hoc basis.

This working group meets monthly to share information, discuss operational concerns, and coordinate advocacy efforts for the Latin America and Caribbean context.

The Locally Led Advocacy Working Group is open to InterAction Members who share the same vision of advocating for a foreign aid system where local actors own all parts of a response, including decision making, project design, and implementation of resources for development and humanitarian response. This ad hoc working group is a space for USG partners to discuss best practices for locally led development and humanitarian response.

The Public Policy Committee Budget and Appropriations Subcommittee provides a venue for Members to engage with the annual appropriations process and learn about U.S. government budget issues. This working group meets on an ad hoc basis.

The ad hoc Protection Working Group advances the protection programming and policy concerns of InterAction Member organizations. It seeks to strengthen the capacity of Members to identify and respond to protection challenges in the field and at the headquarters level. 

The Public Policy Committee (PPC) provides a venue for Members to come together to share information and coordinate joint advocacy work focused on U.S. government policymakers in Congress and the executive branch. This group meets twice per month.

The Strengthening Partnerships Listserv provides information that facilitates greater cooperation between the U.S. government and NGOs. Its goal is to provide better program designs, increase efficiency, and engage policymakers and legislators in their efforts to increase the impact of U.S. foreign assistance.

This working group meets monthly to share information, discuss operational concerns, and coordinate advocacy efforts for the Sudan context.

This working group meets monthly to share information, discuss operational concerns, and coordinate advocacy efforts for the Syria context.

The new U.N. Partnerships Working Group provides a platform for InterAction Members to dialogue, share information, and advance organizational interests within operational and thematic partnership initiatives with U.N. agencies, especially WFP and UNHCR. This working group meets monthly, with ad hoc meetings scheduled as needed.

This working group meets bimonthly to share information, discuss operational concerns, and coordinate advocacy efforts for the Ukraine regional response.

The Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Working Group seeks to improve U.S. government policies related to WASH issues to increase sustainable access to these basic services in the developing world, improve the integration of WASH across development sectors, and prioritize service access to communities most in need.

This working group meets bimonthly to share information, discuss operational concerns, and coordinate advocacy efforts for the West Bank/Gaza region.

This working group meets bimonthly to share information, discuss operational concerns, and coordinate advocacy efforts for the Yemen context.