Before the Planting: Preparing the Soil for Localisation’s Next Harvest With Eric Onyango, Shahida Arif, Lulseged Mekonnen, Jonas Habimana, Nancy Sitima Nairobi turns 125 years old this year, its quasquicentennial…
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…
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. NEAR…
Pathway to Localisation Workshop – Burkina Faso, 23-25 September 2025 The Pathway to Localisation Workshop was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 23–25 September 2025, bringing together 25 local NGOs…
by Sandrina da Cruz, Solutions Director We kicked off NEAR’s first Town Hall of 2025 with 120+ members! NEAR’s Executive Director, Hibak Kalfan delivered grounding remarks – contextualizing our gathering…
