This study explores a potentially pivotal shift within the Oxfam confederation: the successful transition of Oxfam Pilipinas (OPH) toward direct donor funding from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). It captures how OPH built the financial, operational, and governance systems needed to earn donor trust, and how Oxfam Australia redefined its role from […]

This toolkit has been prepared by the Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (ECOWEB), Inc. in partnership with Oxfam Pilipinas and Philippine Preparedness Partnership (PhilPREP) thru the Center for Disaster Preparedness (CDP). This toolkit was developed based on the localisation dialogue for humanitarian actions in the Philippines that was undertaken from February to July 2021 through […]

The humanitarian sector has been discussing localisation for over 25 years. The World Humanitarian Summit, the Agenda for Humanity, and the launch of the Grand Bargain in 2016 were major initiatives to reform the humanitarian system to make it fit for the future. In the last five years there has been a push for more concrete implementation of localisation commitments at country […]