Daniela Irrera is Associate Professor of International Relations and Global Civil Society at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Catania, Italy. She currently serves as President of the European Peace Research Association. A visiting scholar in several universities in Europe, USA, Asia and Canada, she has researched and published on the impact of non-state actors on global politics.

• Chapter 1. Introduction - EU emergency response policies and NGOs: why it matters.- Chapter 2. The humanitarian system, the EU and NGOs: the state of the art.- Chapter 3. The EU emergency response and NGOs: a theoretical overview.- Chapter. 4 NGOs, ECHO, and Member States: an empirical analysis.- Chapter 5. Conclusions - The EU humanitarian aid policy in the age of change.

Daniela Irrera is Associate Professor of International Relations and Global Civil Society at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Catania, Italy. She currently serves as President of the European Peace Research Association. A visiting scholar in several universities in Europe, USA, Asia and Canada, she has researched and published on the impact of non-state actors on global politics.

• Chapter 1. Introduction - EU emergency response policies and NGOs: why it matters.- Chapter 2. The humanitarian system, the EU and NGOs: the state of the art.- Chapter 3. The EU emergency response and NGOs: a theoretical overview.- Chapter. 4 NGOs, ECHO, and Member States: an empirical analysis.- Chapter 5. Conclusions - The EU humanitarian aid policy in the age of change.