The context of global emergency actions consists of different types of actors, institutions, agencies, procedures, norms, decisions and practices. This condition makes the study of global relief and reconstruction policies also important to understand the current change in global politics. The interaction between state governments, international organisations and non-state actors is more balanced in the formation of these than of any other policies and is based on declared goals and principles.
Keywords: NGOs, EU humanitarian aid policy, humanitarian system, ECHO, ERIS
