Locally led humanitarian action

Time for global public investment: Leaders and experts rethink sustainable development finance

A multi-author report making the case for Global Public Investment as a new model for financing global public goods beyond traditional aid.

• Research and Studies

Equity-centered evaluation of international cooperation efforts: the urgent need to shift unfair power dynamics

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned
• Research and Studies

A Humanitarian Localization Baseline for Ukraine

• Research and Studies

Learning-Focused evaluation of UNICEF’S Level 2 Ebola preparedness and response in Uganda

7 ways to localize funding practice

• Commentaries

An open letter to INGOs looking to localise their operations

A Humanitarian Localization Baseline for Ukraine

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Localisation and decolonisation: the difference that makes the difference

• Research and Studies

IASC Guidance on environmental responsibility in humanitarian operations

• Guidance and Tools

IASC Guidance Note on Inter-Agency Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Referral Procedures (IA SEARP)

• Guidance and Tools

Envisioning an alternative ecosystem for global development and humanitarianism

• Research and Studies

"We constantly worry, we are always on edge." Perceptions of the earthquake response in Türkiye

• Research and Studies

Localisation Through Networks and Collectives: Localisation Learning Brief

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Localisation at a project level: Localisation learning brief

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Localisation through transformative partnerships: Localisation learning brief

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

Locally-Led Responses to Cash and Voucher Assistance in the Middle East and North Africa: Barriers, progress and opportunities

• Research and Studies

Community-Led Innovation - Three Years of Learning

• Evaluations and Lessons Learned

The human cost of inaction: Poverty, social protection and debt servicing, 2020–2023

• Research and Studies

Organising towards a practice of decoloniality, refugee/IDP leadership, and power redistribution in humanitarian aid: experiences from inside the international humanitarian aid sector

The article calls for decolonising humanitarian aid by shifting power to refugee- and IDP-led groups, exposing how Western-led INGOs maintain colonial hierarchies under the guise of diversity and inclusion

• Commentaries

Indirect costs for local and national partners: A mapping of the current policies and practices of UN agencies and INGOs (June 2023)

This updated mapping tracks progress on overhead funding for local humanitarian partners, showing new policies and commitments by UN agencies, INGOs, and Red Cross organisations since 2022, and serving as both a reference and accountability tool.

• Guidance and Tools