NEAR Definitions
NEAR sets out, in this document, the terminology we use to refer to different Global South actors and international actors.

• NEAR Definitions Paper

NEAR Positions and Statements

• Charter4Change, NEAR, A4EP recommendations for the next phase of the Grand Bargain (2023-2026) (June 2023)

• Charter4Change and NEAR Open Letter to the Grand Bargain Ambassadors and Facilitation Group (August 2023)

• Future of the Grand Bargain - NEAR position (March 2023)

• Letter from USAID Administrator Samantha Power to Global South civil society leaders, in response to our December 2021 open letter. Translated by NEAR and CIVICUS into Spanish, French, and Arabic (July 2022)

• NEAR’s Analysis and Recommendations for the Grand Bargain 2021-2022: Sustain Momentum to Realise Longstanding Localisation Goals (June 2022)

• NEAR Infographic on the Grand Bargain 2021-22 (June 2022)

• Open letter to USAID Administration, in response to new commitments on localization, signed by 1289 local actors. In collaboration with CIVICUS, GPPAC and UNOY. (December 2021)

• NEAR Statement Grand Bargain, Annual Meeting - 16 June (June 2021)

• NEAR Statement Grand Bargain, Annual Meeting - 15 June (June 2021)

• Joint Agency position on the Future of the Grand Bargain (May 2021)

• The future of the Grand Bargain (September 2020)

• The Global Humanitarian Response Plan (July 2020)

• Grand Bargain Annual Meeting 2020 (June 2020)

• Open letter to donors, in cooperation with the Global Fund for Community Foundations and CIVICUS, to accelerate their commitments during COVID-19 (March 2020)

• Covid-19 pandemic (EN) La pandémie COVID-19 (FR) (March 2020)

Evidence based reports and analysis

• Assessing the Impact of the Grand Bargain on Local and National NGOs - analysis from a NEAR survey (June 2023)

• Analysis from a unique survey of NEAR’s members and partners on the Grand Bargain (June 2020)

Reports of events

• Centering Local Leadership in Humanitarian Coordination (22nd April 2021)