Building bridges is another critical step forward in strengthening localization by forging strong connections and meaningful alliances with donors, INGOs, and stakeholders at local, provincial, national, regional, and global levels creating solid momentum for localization across the country. It entails more effective engagement with existing alliances by identifying and addressing the gaps and barriers that local organizations face in sustaining and advancing humanitarian and development efforts.

The strategy focuses on nurturing both collective and bilateral relationships with key stakeholders through in-person and multi-stakeholder engagements, including dialogues, conferences, and workshops.

The strategy includes building collective and bilateral relations with relevant stakeholders through in-person and collective meetings such as dialogues, conferences and workshops. 

• PLL members such as, CDF is highly active at provincial, national and international level by engaging the relevant stakeholders to uplift localization such as Provincial Ombudsman Office Sindh is collaborating with local organizations who are members of PLL and eager to collaborate through their climate justice unit to take effective action on the basis of their ideas and innovation.
• CDF also participated in the as a speaker at the Global Summit for Disaster Risk Reduction organised by GNDRR contributing to the session titled “Leadership for Lasting Solutions: Strengthening local leadership”. The presentation was tilted Strengthening Local Leadership through Locally Led Peer Mentoring”.
• PLL members such as IDEA, RCDS, FRDP, and CDF are the part of ToGETHER program which is highly focusing on localization and is the stark achievement of Grand Bargain for uplifting and strengthening localization in the country. The biggest development is as the strong role of PLL is included in the communication and advocacy plan of ToGETHER program which focuses on supporting lab activities, scaling up of LPMF and enhance more collaboration and connection with other network for more visible and effective work on localization by incubating thoughts and actions.
• The local members including BSDSB of the PLL oriented about the lab work to Director Planning of Provincial Development Management Authority (PDMA) Balochistan by explain the whole concept and future priorities. The biggest development is as the members were consulted for Balochistan Drought Management Plan for the various strategies and measures.
• HANDS, a national NGO, has been actively engaged in the heatwave anticipatory response in collaboration with the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Sindh. This engagement includes contingency planning exercises involving representatives from PDMAs as well as national and international NGOs. This included the localised responses to heatwave affected districts and communities.
• VDO has been actively engaged with the Vice Chancellor’s Office at Gomal University and the Child Protection Unit, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to present the lab concept and discuss future priorities. A key outcome of this engagement was the consultation of VDO in the development of the district-level child labour policy.
• In addition, the university has signed an MoU to involve students in research initiatives and to contribute to strategic planning on climate change adaptation, strengthening the link between academia, policy, and community-based action.
• Another major development is as the PLL was represented on international forum such as the Peer Learning Meeting of Charter4Change in Nairobi, Kenya by FRDP to better enhance the visibility of lab and to share the vest practices of Pakistan in the form of such innovative local platform to incubate ideas and actions.
• VDO has been actively engaged with the Vice Chancellor’s Office at Gomal University and the Child Protection Unit, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to present the lab concept and discuss future priorities. A key outcome of this engagement was the consultation of VDO in the development of the district-level child labour policy. In addition, the university has signed an MoU to involve students in research initiatives and to contribute to strategic planning on climate change adaptation, strengthening the link between academia, policy, and community-based action.