During a wide-ranging panel moderated by The New Humanitarian on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly last week, aid leaders described how local organisations are taking matters into their own ha
A Reflection on the Importance of Unrestricted Funding
The devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and northern Syria on Feb. 6, 2023 was met with an overwhelming response from donors and well-wishers around the world. Local organizations – always the fir
Advancing Local Peacebuilding Impact Through Quality Financing
On 23 May 2023, a civil society-donor roundtable discussion took place in Yaoundé. The discussion focused on best practices that champion solutions for more impactful financing for peacebuilding in C
Canada shows it’s possible: Systematically providing overhead costs to partners
Having sufficient funds to cover staff resources and administrative costs in an organisation is key for the sustainability of any organisation, be it international or local. While donors recognise th
Case Study: Ford + Twaweza
Case study of how the Ford Foundation has sought to make its funding practices more equitable.
Foreign Aid Was Supposed To Help Nations In Need. It Has Instead Enriched Western Contractors
How the aid-industrial complex undercuts regional expertise and gives a competitive advantage to Western contractors with networks of ‘independent consultants’
Why foreign aid isn’t as generous as the latest figures might suggest
A closer look at the OECD estimates reveals that assistance to least developed countries actually fell in 2022. Foreign aid spent at home now surpasses what big donors give to respond to the world
Metrics Matter: How USAID counts “local” will have a big impact on funding for local partners
In November 2021, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power laid out a vision for international development with a big goal: by the end of 2025, at l
Donor approaches to overheads for local and national partners
Ensuring that local and national actors can access overheads has become a key focus for humanitarian reform efforts over the past year. Locally-led humanitarian response is more effective, more effic
Saferworld’s Agents of Change: Cascade Funding Model
This brief is designed to highlight creative, innovative, and adaptive mechanisms already being implemented that provide accessible, relevant, and community-driven funding to local peace and developm