Rhythms of Solidarity: NEAR’s First Townhall of 2026
NEAR members signing on to our first Townhall of 2026 were welcomed with the powerful reggae beats of Bob Marley’s Zimbabwe, that set the rhythms of solidarity amongst…
Category: Advocacy & Policy
The Blank Template: What We Learned When the Training Refused to Be One
By members of NEAR’s four Localisation Labs in the Middle East: Syria, Yemen, Palestine and Lebanon; with support from Wejdan Jarrah, NEAR’s MENA Regional Representative The NEAR Localisation Labs…
Q & A with Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action
Questions are asked to the Advisory Panel on Humanitarian Action We asked several panel members questions that get to the heart of why this initiative exists: What’s the single biggest…
Embracing the ecosystem: a discussion of the findings of the Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action
By the Advisory Panel on Humanitarian Action **THIS EVENT HAS FINISHED, YOU CAN WATCH OR LISTEN TO THE PLAYBACK IN ENGLISH, ARABIC, SPANISH, OR FRENCH BELOW.** In English:…
Delivering an ecosystem approach to humanitarian action
By the Advisory Panel on Humanitarian Action The Panel is an independent, time-bound collective of Global South and Global North leaders, supported by NEAR and ODI Global. Members include civil…
Local humanitarian actors’ perspectives on the Advisory Panel’s vision paper
The Advisory Panel on the Future of Humanitarian Action, facilitated by NEAR and ODI Global/HPG has spent recent months consulting on its Vision Paper across the sector. A central part…
The world needs locally led emergency response
The world needs locally led emergency response Here’s how the Change Fund is fueling the aid system’s most effective local interventions Kaseyni is a port town on the shores of…
From ‘ego-systems’ to ‘ecosystems’: renewing humanitarian action
By the Advisory Panel on Humanitarian Action The Advisory Panel on Humanitarian Action has been established by NEAR and ODI Global to provide donors, governments and humanitarian organisations with strategic…
External Blog: Making the Case for Locally Led Cash – Again
This article originally appears on Conrad N. Hilton Foundation website here: https://www.hiltonfoundation.org/news/making-the-case-for-locally-led-cash-again/ 22 October 2025 by Barri Shorey, Senior, Senior Program Officer, Refugees, Disasters and Aviation Photo credit Hilton Foundation…
The Grand Bargain Annual Meeting: What happened, and where do we go from here?
The Grand Bargain Annual Meeting: What happened, and where do we go from here? By Brianna Guidorzi Last week, the Grand Bargain Annual Meeting was held in Geneva, Switzerland.…