This document presents the framework to ensure locally-led humanitarian interventions in Nigeria. It was developed as a result of lessons learned by all stakeholders involved in the humanitarian action in Nigeria in the last 3-4 years. It will significantly shape the response of all stakeholders in the years ahead, especially in forging the partnerships that are most conducive to localisation. It was developed with support from the Accelerating Localisation through Partnerships - a consortium of INGOs working with NNGOs - led by Christian Aid and funded by the European Commission’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO).
While each NGO fora is unique in its membership, structure, scope and strategic direction, this brief guide to delivering joint advocacy has been developed to be relevant to humanitarian NGO fora of any size or scale. The components within the guide can be used together, or individually, and may be...
The advice provided within this document stems from interviews with 18 NGO forum secretariats, multiple donor agency representatives, and host agency staff at both field and HQ levels.
This guidance note draws on best practices identified in consultations in three regional conferences on localisation conducted by the Grand Bargain Localisation Workstream in 2019, as well as from a research project commissioned by the IFRC with support from ECHO, consisting of a literature review...
