‘Localisation re-imagined’ is ALNAP’s six-part essay series on locally-led humanitarian action authored by Arbie Baguios, founder and researcher at Aid Re-imagined. Each of the essays, which are published monthly, explores a dichotomy of the localisation debate.

In this fourth article, Arbie explains three dimensions of localisation that can be used to characterise the international humanitarian system’s engagement with local actors: resources, agency and ways of being.