A Bridge Between Humanitarian Actors

Throughout 2023 and 2024, ICVA, with the support of the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA), organised four regional workshops. The workshops brought together International NGOs (INGOs) and Local and National NGOs (L/NNGOs) as well as invited donors and UN actors, to both review the Principles of Partnership and reflect on good practices, challenges, and potential solutions in their implementation. This report summarises the key findings and recommendations from the four workshops.

Click on the link below to read the Report.

The Interagency PSEA Community Outreach and Communication Fund, a joint initiative between UNHCR and ICVA, was launched in 2020 to support local NGOs in preventing sexual exploitation and abuse. The Fund invests in community-led efforts to ensure that communities know their rights and SEA survivors know how and where to safely report sexual abuse and exploitation. Since its inception, 56 projects have been backed, with nine new projects selected in 2024.  This year, the Fund is also receiving the support of the Office of the Special Coordinator on Improving the United Nations Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (OSCSEA), helping the PSEA Outreach Fund to reach more people in need.

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.

Click on the below links to:

• Read the report in English and Spanish
• Read the country profiles
• Watch the launch event of the report