
Network for Empowered Aid Response
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NEAR is a network of local and national NGOs from the Global South working to reshape the top-down humanitarian and development aid system.
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โNetwork for Empowered Aid Response sees a different future, one of greater solidarity among international and local and national actors.โ Launching Coordination & Complementarity Policy Note. Full report in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish. near.ngo/coordination-aโฆ


๐๏ธListen to Amjad Shawa, w/ The Palestinian NGOs Network (PNGO), speak about how local orgs are continuing their coordination across Gaza: youtu.be/HbdNtgzeZi0 Spotlighting this effort in line w/ Network for Empowered Aid Response's Policy Note on Coordination & Complementarity w/ local actors in the lead.


๐ This blog is the first piece in a series that explores insights from an ongoing research process. Network for Empowered Aid Responseโs #FlagshipResearchReport which is slated for release in Jan 2026 looks at building a more locally-led aid system. Read blog here: near.ngo/blog/locally-lโฆ

Itโs great to see Network for Empowered Aid Response members ONG BIFERD and Adeso (and its social enterprise Kuja) are highlighted and their voices amplified in this The New York Times article. nytimes.com/2025/03/19/opiโฆ

We are thrilled to announce that at Centre for Humanitarian Leadership's #2025HLC Humanitarian Leadership Conference next month, that Hibak Kalfan and Shahida Arif will be presenting on behalf of Network for Empowered Aid Response. Full programme here: web-eur.cvent.com/event/0f9e7620โฆ

Join us today! We have a great line up of speakers touching on AAP, localisation and inclusion on focussing on people-centered humanitarian action: alnap.org/about/events-lโฆ Ground Truth Solutions Network for Empowered Aid Response UNICEF #withlearningcomeschange

๐ Game-changer alert! Hibak Kalfan (ED Network for Empowered Aid Response) keynotes #2025HLC. Time to dismantle colonial aid legacies. Letโs get uncomfortable. ๐ฅ Centre for Humanitarian Leadership Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies #Polycrisis


๐ฃ Joint Statement: "Humanitarian Reset" & a Call for Transformative Change w/25 civil society orgs from across the world, Network for Empowered Aid Response calls for an aid system that is shaped and led by those closest to the challenges, rather than imposed from above. lnkd.in/e-UdwB6Y



๐ฅ NEARโs Change Fund demonstrates that aid can be fast, flexible, and deeply rooted in the communities itโs meant to serve. Read insights on the Change Fund from Falastin Omar, Network for Empowered Aid Response's Change Fund Manager. ๐ Read the full blog here: near.ngo/blog/weaving-aโฆ

Established ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ช ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ช ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, #๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ is a pooled fund designed to provideโฏdirect, flexible funding to local organisations, cooperatives, and community groups. Read more here:


[Arabic ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ in link below] ๐ Discover the Reality of the Grand Bargain in Palestine PNGO Portal has released a groundbreaking research study exploring #GrandBargain commitments in Palestine. ๐ Dive in ๐ lnkd.in/eumS9QcF ๐ [ ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ] lnkd.in/eN9Yny4A

๐ฃ Weโre excited to share Change Fund's Bridge Funding Window's inaugural pilot grant round in complete! Network for Empowered Aid Response is grateful to have partnered with our Members, funding partners, and allies to mobilise flexible support during this critical time. More to come!


๐ Tim Africa Aid Ghana #TAAG, Network for Empowered Aid Response member, wins the Anesvad Foundation Award for its outstanding impact on the environmental, social & economic determinants for the prevention of neglected tropical diseases with cutaneous manifestations. anesvad.org/en/awards/
