Localisation in Humanitarian Leadership

The study evaluates the quality of engagement and enabling factors for increased local/national NGO participation in IASC structures – beyond numbers. It examines existing global quantitative data from OCHA’s Annual Coordination Mapping exercise. Additionally, the study gathers new quantitative data from five focus countries—Ethiopia, South Sudan, Somalia, Colombia, and Venezuela—to assess varying levels of participation by local and national NGOs.

The goal is to identify good practices, barriers, and practical recommendations to improve the effective inclusion of L/NNGOs in coordination leadership.