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Strengthening participation, representation and leadership of local and national actors in IASC humanitarian coordination mechanisms

  • Manual, toolkits and guidance
  • 2021

This guidance note has been developed to support efforts to strengthen the meaningful participation, representation, and leadership of local and national humanitarian actors (L/NAs) within IASC humanitarian coordination structures. It draws on over 100 pieces of research and good practice to provide recommendations on how L/NAs can be an integral part of humanitarian coordination structures. It provides guidance for Humanitarian Coordinators, Humanitarian Country Teams, Cluster and Inter-Cluster Coordination Groups, and other related Task Forces and Working Groups.

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Strengthening participation, representation and leadership of local and national actors in IASC humanitarian coordination mechanisms

Organisation

  • Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)

Author(s)

  • IASC

Document type

  • Manual, toolkits and guidance

Publication year

  • 2021

Thematic work area

  • Humanitarian coordination
  • Humanitarian Country Team (HCT)

Keywords

  • Humanitarian Coordination
  • Humanitarian Country Team (HCT)
  • Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
  • Localisation

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