In this new blogpost ISS PhD candidate talks about the debate on the meaning of the 'local' and 'localisation'.
The localisation agenda, which aims to localise funds and responsibilities to local actors in humanitarian responses, retains an ambiguous concept of ‘the local’. The inclusion of power relations at multiple local governance levels in the localisation debate is needed for a more realistic approach to locally led responses to disasters, argues Samantha Melis.
Read the full post - Questioning the 'local' in 'localisation': A multi-local reply by Samantha Melis
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