policy recommendations as part of the Good Peacebuilding Financing initiative. While high-level events can be useful for galvanizing political commitment, the translation of those commitments into better financing for peacebuilding…...
How banks’ aversion to risk is hindering peacebuilding and humanitarian work
Bank accounts blocked. Financial transfers suspended so cash has to be carried in hand. Charities forced to change names to sound less “risky”. These are some of the ways some…...
“We have already spent everything we had in our own wallets”: How international aid is failing Ukrainian responders – and what to do about it
“We have already spent everything we had in our own wallets”: How international aid is failing Ukrainian responders – and what to do about it...
Localization, decolonizing and #ShiftThePower; are we saying the same thing?
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…...
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…...
Governance for System Change
same goes for the mental models and processes we use to govern system change work. In fact, governance for system change may not look much like traditional governance at all.…...
Localisation Re-imagined: Regenerating the polyculture of humanitarianism
‘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…...
Localizing Development: Identifying Barriers, Solutions and Opportunities Series
A series of articles where we will explore the landscape, challenges, and potential solutions to support localizing development. We will also be exploring bright spots, and creative ways our colleagues…...
Six takeaways for action from Global Perspectives 2021 – Let’s Talk About Power!
We have spent the last two weeks around the world – in Colombia, Kenya and Indonesia and online – talking about power in many different forms – from de-concentrating data…...
Significant new support for locally led adaptation principles
Danida, Sida, USAID and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs are the latest donor agencies to endorse eight principles for locally led adaptation, developed to help ensure that local communities…...