Localization has been one of the buzzwords of the sector ever since it emerged from the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016. Since then, the word has become so widespread that it is hard to keep track
Racism in the aid sector
In the last two years, since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, many countries around the world have faced a day of reckoning on racial injustice in their societies. Questions of equality an
Locally-Led Peacebuilding: From Policy To Action
The concept of locally-led development has been gaining traction in recent years. While some progress has been made, significant cultural, operational, and policy challenges remain and require a tect
Race, Power and Peacebuilding
Race, Power & Peacebuilding is our latest report, which aims to explore and to understand how racism manifests itself in the peacebuilding sector. This report is a summary of a global consulta
Decolonising peacebuilding: A way forward out of crisis
A shifting state system, a dysfunctional market and a restless global society face rising economic inequality and mass migration, accelerating polarisation and extremism, and urgent demands for decol
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
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
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
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
Praxis Series Paper No. 14 – The Power of Connection: A PAX joint learning pilot with partners
What does it take for INGO staff and partner staff to learn together as equals? And how can you deliberately design for complexity and dynamic environments? In the latest entry in INTRAC’s long-ru