The localization agenda is becoming a key issue for the development sector, with leaders of NGOs consistently raising it as one of the topics they are most concerned about. But successfully implementing it involves changing decades of entrenched behavior in multilaterals, donor agencies, and NGOs.
That’s where a new project comes in. Reimagining the INGO — or RINGO — is run by a group of development workers who are experimenting with new models to transfer more power and funding to locally led organizations.
The project is hosted at Rights CoLab, a consultancy that fosters collaboration in human rights, and has a budget of a little over $1 million.