This was developed by the Grand Bargain Secretariat with the aim to translate the results achieved so far into practical examples of implementation and also to strengthen the linkages with the countr
Grand Bargain Annual Independent Report 2023
Following a reformulation of the Grand Bargain priorities and structure (the Grand Bargain 2.0 framework) in 2020 and 2021, 2022 saw a consolidation of action at the political level, which resulted i
Passing the Buck: Economics of Localizing International Assistance
A study by the Share Trust and the Warande Advisory Centre estimates the economic implications of shifting 25% of Official Development Assistance (ODA) - aligned with Grand Bargain and USAID commitme
International Peacebuilding Financing and Changing Politics in Europe
Official Development Assistance (ODA) from European countries and the EU institutions has been a large and important source of grant funding for international peacebuilding over the last twenty years
The High Price of Lowballing Local Organizations
In the push to “localize” humanitarian aid, most funders are ignoring the obvious. What do you do when people who give you something you badly need but insult or injure you in the process? You smi
Innovations in Donor Bureaucracies and the Implications for Peacebuilding Financing
Donors face increasing pressure to do more with less, even in the most fragile contexts. This policy brief analyzes how organizational factors within governments create obstacles for good peacebuildi
Principles for Quality Financing for Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention: Practical Avenues to Improve Support for Local Peace Actors
It understands ‘quality’ of financing as a standard encompassing more participatory, accessible, flexible, and sustained financial resources. In addition to increasing the ‘quantity’ of funds needed
Enhancing quality financing for local peacebuilding through pooled funds
In the extensive discourse on this topic the focus has remained on how to increase the quantity, predictability and leveraging of potential funding, rather than on how to improve the quality of this
Five Accelerators of Equitable Grantmaking and How to Harness Them
Global crises of the past two years have yielded at least one silver lining for nonprofits: They have accelerated a movement among grantmakers to match the duration and flexibility of their funding t
Effective Options for Financing Local Peacebuilding
For peacebuilding to be more effective and sustainable, local communities need to be in control of their own peacebuilding efforts. This means that donors and intermediary funders should invest in pr