Members of the Localisation of Humanitarian Action and Optimization of Response Mechanisms Initiative in Yemen held a consultative meeting to discuss the mechanism for selecting local actors to lead the components of the country's response system, including participation in the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT).
As part of Centre for Humanitarian Action's “Strengthening Programme and Policy Relevant Capacities of Humanitarian Actors in Germany” (SPreAD) project, funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, this paper addressed humanitarian Project Cycle Management (PCM) as one of the structural barriers that hinder the realisation
Letting go of control: Empowering locally led action in Ukraine tells the story of how Christian Aid partners in Ukraine worked with local community groups to run transformative, community led programming.
We are please to share with you Trócaire's report which captures learnings from Trócaire's pilot and initial rollout of the pre-positioned humanitarian funding model in five countries: Sierra Leone, Malawi, Rwanda, Myanmar and Nicaragua.
This year, 94% Signatories reported by the deadline for 2022 (61 out of 66 Signatories), which once again demonstrates the commitment and engagement. The analysis of the findings from the self-reports will be published in the Grand Bargain Annual Independent Report 2023.
Localisation has been a core commitment and an enabling priority of the Grand Bargain, with an agreement for greater support provided for the leadership, delivery, and capacity of local responders and the participation of affected communities in addressing humanitarian needs.
On 30 March 2023, the Principals of the Grand Bargain Caucus on Funding for Localisation (USAID, DG-ECHO, Denmark, OCHA, UNHCR, Save the Children, IFRC, A4EP and the Northwest Syria NGO forum – chaired by EP Jan Egeland and Hibak Kalfan, NEAR) met to endorse the three recommendations
During the European Humanitarian Forum 2023, the new DG ECHO policy on equitable partnerships with local responders in humanitarian settings has been announced.
It will guide staff and partners to move forward towards a more inclusive and equitable localisation agenda.
