Local organizations often feel excluded from the conversation about localization, according to a report published last week.
Humentum, an organization focused on improving how nonprofits operate, interviewed 50 local and national nongovernmental organizations — which it calls NNGOs — to get their perspective on locally led development.
While there has been a significant focus on how international NGOs and donors need to change in order to shift power to local organizations, according to the report, there has been limited participation in the debate from the leaders of local and national NGOs themselves. This is because the discussions often take place in forums where they are not present.