Paper details

Paper authors	Nasra Ismail
In panel on	What is holding us back? Humanitarian Reform and the Shift to Locally-Led Response
Paper presenter(s) will be presenting	In-Person / Online

Abstract

Before the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in 2016, local and national humanitarian actors only received approximately 0.2% to 2% of direct funding of the overall global humanitarian response financing. However, a strong focus on localization, building on the momentum gained at the WHS and in light of agencies working to implement commitments under the Grand Bargain and the Charter for Change is currently in place.

Somalia is one such country where a growing number of Somali-led NGOs are looking to play a greater, and a more equal role in delivering aid, alongside their international counterparts, which currently lead the humanitarian response. This paper primarily focuses on aid localization in Somalia/ Somaliland for a number of reasons. First, it is a country, which ranks as one of the most fragile states in the world with a high flow of humanitarian and development aid. Secondly, Somalia has been performing poorly in most international assessments of institutional capacity and accountability. It is against this backdrop that this study seeks to examine the existence of data in Somalia, on whether successful localization of aid has produced innovative partnerships, funding, or program approaches to effectuate impact at the communities, donors, implementers and local authorities.

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