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2023 IOM-NGO Humanitarian Consultation
On 11 October 2023 in Geneva, IOM convened the sixth annual IOM-NGO Humanitarian Consultation, on the topics of localization and Accountability to Affected People (AAP). In a hybrid online and in-person format, the event brought together 87 participants, including 58 representatives of 52 NGOs – of which 32 local and national NGOs (L/NNGOs) – in 25 countries.
The overall objective of the Consultation was to identify actionable recommendations to help unlock progress on localization and meaningful participation on the ground and improve the effectiveness and impact of joint IOM-NGO response, picking up on the previous Consultation discussions and following a pandemic hiatus. Participants identified the key entry points that leverage IOM-NGO complementarities to advance localization and AAP including in terms of overhead sharing, duty of care and risk sharing, two-way IOM-L/NNGO capacity strengthening, enabling L/NNGO leadership of, and meaningful participation in, humanitarian coordination structures, and more meaningful participation of affected communities.
IOM-NGO Complementarities to Advance Localization and Meaningful Participation: Key Recommendations
IOM can catalyze the delivery on localization commitments in crisis response and leverage localization for increased operational effectiveness through more context-informed, responsive, and participatory programming, by:
- Continuing the operationalization of the Grand Bargain Risk Sharing Framework and the rollout of the United Nations Partner Portal (UNPP)
- Ensuring that the Localization Framework and Guidance Note for IOM’s Humanitarian Response, IN/288 Implementing Partnerships Management Handbook, and IN/287 Administering Financial Grants in IOM Operations, are promoted across the Organization and with L/NNGO partners to support the equality of local partnerships, expand their scope, and support accountability and participation. Most urgently, strengthen awareness of and adherence to existing guidance on overhead sharing, advance payments, simplified reporting requirements, and risk sharing and facilitate more systematic organizational and technical capacity strengthening and exchange, partner participation, and visibility
- Continuing to support L/NNGO partner leadership in coordination structures.
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