In July 2009, Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, confided to Alain Boinet, Director of Solidarités Internationale, and Benoit Miribel, Director of the Foundation Mérieux, a "mission of analysis and proposal on the evolution of humanitarian action in crises and post-crisis situations." This report was submitted to the Minister in March 2010. In July 2011, on the basis of this report, Alain Juppé, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, decided to organize a national conference on humanitarian action. It was held on November 16, bringing together humanitarian actors, diplomats and researchers around a common reflection on the key challenges we are facing today: lack of access to populations, increased risks, relations between different actors, relationship between civil society and authorities ... It shows a real desire for dialogue, an increased search for consistency in action and dialogue with the government, as well as a strong commitment to the respect of humanitarian principles and practices, and more generally to the European humanitarian Consensus. A will, in a depressed economy, to move towards more efficiency. A willingness to change practices, in partnership with researchers, in order to better cope with increasing complexity, and also to show clearness and openness, as was rightly pointed out by Kristina Georgieva in her opening speech: "We are indebted to the generosity of our citizens and national parliaments and we must state the specific results achieved with their donations [...]. It is our responsibility to justify our actions and to increase their visibility, so that our citizens can be proud of our humanitarian work". Let us hope that this conference is the starting point towards more dialogue for the constant improvement of aid brought to endangered populations. We hope that this new version of the newsletter will help clarify our actions. It will now be composed of one or two “focus” articles, the portrait of an aid worker and some news briefs country-by-country. We remind you that the subscription to this letter is free from our website. Feel free to suggest the link to your relatives! Looking forward to the next newsletter in March, we hope you will enjoy your reading and send you our best wishes for this New Year 2012 a year full of hopes