TY - UNPB
T1 - Direct Partnerships with Local Organisations: Opportunities, Risks and Setting a Research Agenda
T2 - Policy Paper
AU - Grishmanovskaya, Rimma
AU - Recalde-Vela, Maria Jose
AU - Kaur, Kiran
AU - Kuitert, Christian
AU - Matelski, Maaike
AU - Moreno Cely, Adriana
AU - van Selm, Gijs
AU - de Souza, Siddharth
PY - 2024/11/7
Y1 - 2024/11/7
N2 - The shift towards locally led development in international cooperation has become a crucial goal for many actors in the development sector. Currently, however, the transition is symbolic rather than substantive, with existing assumptions about local organisations’ capacities and risks hindering true power shifts. This policy paper is based on findings from a series of workshops organised by THRIVE Institute in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Netherlands and the Knowledge Platform for Security and Rule of Law (KPSRL) within the Project “Shifting Discourse in Rule of Law Development Policy”. While this policy paper was prompted by the MFA’s concerns about local organisations' capacity to manage programs and fiduciary risks associated with direct funding, it highlights the importance of understanding risk and capacity first and primarily from the perspective of local civil society actors and the challenges they experience to mitigate these risks. Through evidence and analysis, this
AB - The shift towards locally led development in international cooperation has become a crucial goal for many actors in the development sector. Currently, however, the transition is symbolic rather than substantive, with existing assumptions about local organisations’ capacities and risks hindering true power shifts. This policy paper is based on findings from a series of workshops organised by THRIVE Institute in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Netherlands and the Knowledge Platform for Security and Rule of Law (KPSRL) within the Project “Shifting Discourse in Rule of Law Development Policy”. While this policy paper was prompted by the MFA’s concerns about local organisations' capacity to manage programs and fiduciary risks associated with direct funding, it highlights the importance of understanding risk and capacity first and primarily from the perspective of local civil society actors and the challenges they experience to mitigate these risks. Through evidence and analysis, this
UR - https://kpsrl.org/publication/direct-partnerships-with-local-organisations-opportunities-risks-and-setting-a-research-agenda
M3 - Discussion paper
BT - Direct Partnerships with Local Organisations: Opportunities, Risks and Setting a Research Agenda
PB - Knowledge Platform for Security and Rule of Law (KPSRL)
ER -