This increasing “trust” challenge for the sector has very real implications for humanitarian action, predominantly in regard to access to communities in need and the shrinking of the humanitarian space. [...] relationships ahead of a crisis to ensure that populations in need can be accessed during crises? The Trust Challenge in the Humanitarian System In recent years, the subject of trust (or lack of it) in international institutions has become a key focus of policy engagement. [...] The trust challenge is particularly evident in the humanitarian sector, where the trustworthiness of humanitarian actors and organisations has come under suspicion owing to a number of factors. [...] These include rising cynicism about globalisation, particularly in the global North, the increasing politicisation of aid, the unequal nature of the humanitarian system, as well as a series of public scandals involving the behaviours of particular humanitarian staff members, which have tainted the broader sector. [...] According to this plan, assistance – in the form of food and medical supplies – will be delivered to displaced people in the region and overseen by the Red Cross Society of Thailand and Myanmar as well as the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management.
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