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{{Short description|2021 publication about humanitarian aid}} |
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| name = Interrogating the evidence base on humanitarian localisation: A literature study |
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| author = Véronique Barbelet, Gemma Davies, Josie Flint, and Eleanor Davey |
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| published = 2021 |
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| publisher = [[Overseas Development Institute]] |
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| country = UK |
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| pages = 86 |
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| language = English |
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| image = File:Interrogating_the_evidence_base_on_humanitarian_localisation_book_cover.jpg |
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'''''Interrogating the evidence base on humanitarian localisation: A literature study''''' is a 2021 publication by the [[Overseas Development Institute]] about [[Localisation (humanitarian practice)|localisation]] in [[humanitarian aid]]<ref>Tawake, Peni, Mereani Rokotuibau, Jennifer Kalpokas-Doan, Allan Mua Illingworth, Anna Gibert, and Yeshe Smith. "Decolonisation & Locally Led Development."</ref><ref>Robinson, Alice. "Localisation and conflict sensitivity: Lessons on good practice from South Sudan." (2021).</ref> |
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The report details the power imbalances between the government donors who fund humanitarian work, the international agencies that are contracted to delivery most of it, and the local and national agencies who lack funding, power and influence. |
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It documents that much of the decisions made by the international stakeholders who hold power in the humanitarian system are made based on perceptions, rather than evidence. |
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It makes a series of recommendations for improvement to increase localisation. |
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== Production == |
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The report was produced by the Humanitarian Policy Group of the [[Overseas Development Institute]] in 2021 and authored by Veronique Barbelet, Gemma Davies, Josie Flint and Eleanor Davey.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Interrogating the evidence base on humanitarian localisation. A literature Study|url=https://www.alnap.org/help-library/interrogating-the-evidence-base-on-humanitarian-localisation-a-literature-study|access-date=2022-01-26|website=[[ALNAP]]|language=en}}</ref> |
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It was commissioned by the Policy and Operations Evaluation Department of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)|Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Zaken|first=Ministerie van Buitenlandse|date=2021-07-08|title=The impact of localisation on humanitarian crisis response - Publication - Policy and Operations Evaluation Department (IOB)|url=https://english.iob-evaluatie.nl/publications/reports/2021/07/08/the-impact-of-localisation-on-humanitarian-crisis-response|access-date=2022-01-26|website=english.iob-evaluatie.nl|language=en-GB}}</ref> |
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== Synopsis == |
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The report covers recent history of localisation efforts that governments who fund humanitarian aid agreed to as part of the Grand Bargain agreement, struck at the [[World Humanitarian Summit]] in 2016<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|36}} |
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It notes that in the humanitarian system it is international stakeholders who hold the power and local stakeholders who do not<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baguios|first=Arbie|last2=King|first2=Maia|last3=Martins|first3=Alex|last4=Pinnington|first4=Alex|date=October 2021|title=Are we there yet? Localisation as the journey towards locally led practice|url=https://globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ODI-SH-Localisation-Report-Oct21-Proof06.pdf|website=Overseas Development Institute}}</ref> and invites reflection on the amount of power that local organisations have and funding that they receive <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|20}} |
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The report points out that international humanitarian aid agencies have an obvious desire for "self preservation" and that acts as a barrier to more localisation<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|28}} |
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The authors report that local organisations feel excluded from forums where important decisions are made.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|23}} |
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It talks about the lack of consensus between stakeholders in defining localisation, with some humanitarian practitioners believing that the definition should change depending on the country and emergency.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|14}} It also documents a lack of consensus in defining who is a "local humanitarian actor."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|16}} |
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The desire of local and national humanitarian agencies to have more funding, less bureaucratic contracts with donors, and more support is documented,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|17}} noting that high levels of compliance regulations imposed by international intermediaries on local organizations create perverse reporting and operational incentives at the expense of fairer partnerships.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|31}} |
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The report documents that there despite the logical of such conclusions, there is a lack of evidence to support the perception that local aid organizations are more effective in the delivery of humanitarian aid.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kathy Peach, Aleks Berditchevskaia, Issy Gill, Oli Whittington, Eirini Malliaraki, Nasra Hussein|title=Collective crisis intelligence for frontline humanitarian response|url=https://media.nesta.org.uk/documents/Nesta_Collective_crisis_intelligence_for_frontline_humanitarian_response_Final.pdf|website=NESTA}}</ref>{{Page numbers|69}}<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|19}}<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|29}} |
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It speaks about helpful things that donors can do, including the importance of funding the normal operating costs of local organizations.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|24}} |
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It notes that international agencies could not move international staff around during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], forcing more responsibility onto local organizations, and called that temporary power shift a missed opportunity to transform how humanitarian aid is delivered.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|24}} |
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Other included recommended solutions to encourage more localisation are: |
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* Provision of multi year funding agreements<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|35}} |
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* Donors requiring localisation of international agencies<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|35}} |
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* Investing in more research and reviews<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|35}} |
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* Inviting local organisations to meetings<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|35}} |
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* Donors requiring international agencies to plan the end of international humanitarian interventions<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|35}} |
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Despite claims that local groups lack [[Humanitarian principles|impartiality]] there are few examples of this and little evidence to support claims that international agencies comply better with [[humanitarian principles]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Robillard|first=Sabina|last2=Atim|first2=Teddy|last3=Maxwell|first3=Daniel|date=December 2021|title=Localization: A "Landscape" Report|url=https://fic.tufts.edu/wp-content/uploads/Localization-FINAL-12.30.21.pdf|website=Tufts University}}</ref>{{Page numbers|39}} |
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== See also == |
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* ''[[The State of the Humanitarian System]]'' |
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* ''[[Global Humanitarian Overview]]'' |
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== References == |
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{{reflist}}{{Humanitarian aid}} |
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== External links == |
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* [https://humanitarianadvisorygroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Localisation_lit_review_WEB-1.pdf The report] |
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[[Category:Humanitarian aid]] |
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[[Category:Current affairs books]] |
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[[Category:2021 non-fiction books]] |
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