Open Organization is Fundamental for Participation Revolution
The workshop on Participation Revolution I was keen to participate in the workshop, ‘Participation Revolution’ organised by CHS Alliance and ICVA, from 25 to 27th June 2024, in Bangkok, as I thought I would learn and share different definitions, initiatives and experiences. We found a lot of questions from our local friends about why it […]
The Excluded: A Rapid Study on the Host Community Life in the Rohingya Refugee Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
The report, “The Excluded— the Host Community Life in the Rohingya Refugee Camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh,” highlights the significant challenges faced by the 2,860 Bangladeshi households, comprising 1.5% of the total population within Rohingya refugee camps. A rapid study by the COAST Foundation unfolds the difficulties not only for the Rohingya but also for […]
Key Messages: Ration cuts in the Rohingya refugee response: 5 March 2023, Cox’s Bazar
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Key Messages: Security Situation in the Rohingya Refugee Camps (For SEG Co-Chairs): 26 February 2023, Cox’s Bazar
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2023 Joint Response Plan Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis_ January-December 2023
Bangladesh is temporarily sheltering over one million Rohingya refugee/FDMNs from Myanmar, while being compelled to assuming enormous amounts of her limited resources to meet costs and impacts incurred upon her economy, society, and environment. To avoid irreversibility of such impacts, Bangladesh looks forward to the response of the international community that is proportionate to Bangladesh’s […]
Risk Sharing in Practice: Success Stories, Enablers, and Barriers to Risk Sharing in the Humanitarian Sector
Sharing similar objectives and collaborating in the same delivery chains requires common risk management approaches Humanitarian action is primarily intended ‘to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity during and in the aftermath of crises.’1 However, when looking at the contexts where the 274m people most urgently in need of assistance are located2, it […]
Becoming Locally LED as an Anti-Racist Practice: A Guide to Support INGOs
This draft document has been prepared by The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC) with guidance from a steering group made up of members from three Bond working groups: Practice for locally led development; Sector commitments and Roadmap for locally led development; Changing donor policy and practice for locally led development. The Bond team have also provided […]
Partnership and Localisation Strategy : 2021 – 2025
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Partnership in Practice : Steps to Localisation
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Bridging The Intention to Action Gap: The Future Role of Intermediaries in Supporting Locally Led Humanitarian Action
Since the World Humanitarian Summit 2016, the discussion on locally led humanitarian action has evolved considerably. The debate has become more nuanced in many ways, and with respect to intermediaries, the discussion has become less polarised and more constructive. This research paper contributes to that constructive direction by recognising that intermediaries have a role to […]