A network of local CSOs and NGOs in Cox’s Bazar to promote a human and gender responsive society through positive engagement with government.

NGOs & RISK Managing Uncertainty in Local-International Partnerships

In humanitarian emergencies where access is limited and risk is high, people’s ability to obtain vital assistance often depends on partnerships between national and international aid organizations. In recent years, driven by the Syrian conflict in particular, significantly larger portions of international humanitarian aid have been implemented with and through national and local entities. In […]

Prepared for Partnership? Trust and Distrust in international Cooperation

Much of my professional work takes place in two sectors of international cooperation: relief work and peacebuilding, mostly in violent crises. Yet when it comes to atmospheres of trust and equitable collaborations between external and internal actors, they feel like very different universes. The prevailing mood in relief work is distrust; the prevailing effort in […]

Coxsbazar CSO NGO Forum (CCNF) criticize Rohingya Joint Response Planning (JRP) 2019 on lack of participation of locals : JRP must be conflict sensitive and a way forward to localization and aid transparency

Cox’s Bazar, 11th February 2019. Today CCNF a network of around 50 local NGO CSOs working in Cox’s Bazar in a press conference in Cox’s Bazar Press Club criticize the JRP 2019, which was prepared by ISCG (Inter Sectoral Coordination Group). They mentioned that it has far short of participation of local government and NGOs, […]