Why does localisation matter, how does it work, and how to make it last?
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Partnership, innovation and sustainability: Examples from the European refugee crisis in Greece
Antti Toivanen, Finn Church Aid Country Director for Greece, shares from his experiences, the importance of partnerships in ensuring collective results.
A plea for local help
Large, northern NGOs should be more aware of the essential role of local aid organizations. After a disaster, these local organizations can offer help faster and more effectively. And at lower costs. It’s time for real partnerships and a more honest system of financing.
Food for thought from the CHS Alliance Conference in Helsinki: “The role of HR in enabling the localisation of aid response”
Jody Gunn-Russell, Human Resources Advisor at CAFOD, shares her reflections and ideas to ensure HR complements the localisation agenda.
Why strengthening civil society is important for Bangladesh
To mark World Humanitarian Day 2017, Rezaul Chowdhury, Executive Director of the Coastal Association for Social Transformation (COAST), comments on the Grand Bargain and localisation processes, and why they are important in the context of Bangladesh.
Addressing the overlaps between humanitarian innovation and the localisation agenda
Ian McClelland from the Humanitarian Innovation Fund discusses how innovation and localisation align to identify new and creative ways of responding to disasters.
Preparing to Excel in Emergency Response
Across Asia and the Middle East, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is strengthening the emergency response capacity of local faith-based organizations in its Preparing to Excel in Emergency Response, or PEER, project.
From Commitments to Action; Charter4Change 1 year implementation progress report now available
One year on from the World Humanitarian Summit Charter4Change signatories share progress made, and challenges encountered, in implementing the Charter’s commitments by May 2018.
From identifying a problem to implementing a solution:
Putting the Charter4Change commitment to stop undermining national capacity into practice
By Anne Street, Head of Humanitarian Policy, CAFOD
As Local as Possible, As International as Necessary: Humanitarian Aid International’s Position on Localisation
Sudhanshu S. Singh is the Executive Director of Humanitarian Aid International-an Indian NGO and endorser of the Charter4Change Background Humanitarian aid and humanitarian organizations have been constantly… Read more “As Local as Possible, As International as Necessary: Humanitarian Aid International’s Position on Localisation”
