Local and National NGOs: Operating in the Spaces Between
In 2025 humanitarian donor funding contracted by between 34% and 45% and international organizations and systems reacted. They have responded not only to financial reductions, but to perceptions of duplication and inefficiency. Immediate solutions have been rolled out to mitigate the financial crisis and improve public perception (e.g., staff reductions, mandate rationalization), and longer-term proposals are being debated to address a new future with less funding and higher expectations of targeted impact. Image by Angelo Giordano from Pixabay Among these proposals, and demands, is a genuine pursuit . While there is no single agreed-upon definition of localization, it is generally considered to be…
