Power, practice and possibility: Understanding localisation and locally led humanitarian action
Despite years of high-level commitments, meaningful progress on localisation and locally led action has been slow. This briefing explains the difference between localisation and locally-led action - and why both require different strategies to shift power and practice. It explores the political, financial, and structural barriers that have stalled reform, the growing calls to rethink risk and redefine “local,” and the emerging models that point to real possibility—if the sector is willing to change.
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This briefing was written by Alejandro Posada Bermudez, Research Fellow - Systems Change, ALNAP.
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