Tribune I How to move from humanitarian aid in Africa to African humanitarian workers
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Based on its own experience, the NGO ALIMA is advocating for a real localization of humanitarian aid. An emergency brought to the fore by the COVID-19 crisis.
Istanbul, May 2016. After 20 years marked by the professionalization of the sector of humanitarian NGOs, the agenda of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul was devoted to coming up with new solutions to end the bureaucratic deadlock which, in the early 20th century, distanced humanitarian aid from its primary mission: provide relief. This process led to the Grand Bargain , a historical commitment between donors and the largest NGOs to make humanitarian aid more efficient and effective. A core element of this New Deal : the directive of localization , with the formula: As local as possible, as international as necessary.