Exactly one year ago, CAFOD and CEFORD supported FCDO in an unprecedented dialogue with local civil society in Ukraine, Myanmar and South Sudan to identify how the UK can better support locally led humanitarian action. But what comes next?
While the partnership approach holds significant opportunity, it is not without its challenges. By focusing on capacity sharing, convening and amplifying local voices and investing in the long-term sustainability of local partners, INGOs can make localisation work.
Following Labour’s victory in the general election, our CEO Romilly Greenhill welcomes the new government, and offers a list of priorities for their first days in office to help the UK get back on track with international development and humanitarian issue.
Diaspora healthcare professionals move between health systems with ease and confidence. If we want to decolonise global health and achieve health equity for all, our answers lie in better engagement with these often overlooked healthcare experts.
With the upcoming election, this is an opportunity for the new government to share a bold vision for international development and set out how they are going to turn commitments to locally led development into practice. Here is what they can do to make progress.
In this blog, Puja Basu tells us about their community based enterprise Camden Giving, and how their locally led approach has helped the wider community, setting an example for international NGOs.
Annalisa Renna takes us through the progress our working groups have made on locally led development, and explains why the time is now to get involved and start taking action as we strive towards a new era in international development.
Members of Bond advisory group present ideas, suggestions and imperatives for the future as we look to make locally led development a reality with a strong plan for implementation.
There is so much promise in the Summit of the Future. But we need to remember that half the world is under 30, young people are neither a minority nor a homogenous group. We need to ask them what they want and work with them to achieve it.
