NEAR is a network of local and national NGOs from the Global South transforming aid through our collective power.
Nairobi, Kenya
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We are thrilled to release NEAR's first ever #AnnualReport for 2025: near.ngo/resources/2025-near…
Ahmed highlighted the formal role outlined for National Reference Groups (NRGs), adding 4 necessary parts for their success:
1) Ownership.
2) Presence.
3) Response.
4) Resources.
#GrandBargain #NEARat10 #NEARNetwork
NEAR is at the #GrandBargain in Geneva, represented by our Sherpa, Ahmed Ibrahim Abdi. He brings forward the views of more than 350 orgs that took part in a survey. Only 38% felt the GB has improved humanitarian response over the last 10 years.
#NEARNetwork #NEARat10
Yet a majority want the GB to continue. Why?Many local orgs see how the GB has anchored priorities like #localisation and quality funding at the global level. They welcome the GB shift towards country-level accountability & implementation, backed by cont'd global accountability.
Sunday, #NRG Focal Points & reps from 10+ countries prepped ahead of the #GrandBargain Annual Meeting.
The purpose? To share their key learnings from the year, prepare joint messages for the Annual Meeting, and look ahead to their future role in discussion with NRG Champions.
The proposed future Grand Bargain framework sets out a shift for NRGs that @NEAR_Network celebrates: a formal link between country-level evidence and dialogue and global decision-making, and a role for NRGs on the Facilitation Group.
You can read NEAR's Statement here, in English, French and Spanish: near.ngo/resources/near-stat…
#NEARNetwork #NEARat10 #GrandBargain #GrandBargain2026 #NRGs #NationalReferenceGroups
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#LHDF at NEAR’s regional training in Istanbul!
Days of learning, exchange and regional dialogue on #localisation, alternative financing and locally led action.
Thank you to @NEAR_Network and all participating colleagues
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At our latest event, Hibak Kalfan (@near_network) described just how difficult it is for civil-society organizations to work with the UN to deliver positive outcomes at the country level. #PSEvents #UNGA bit.ly/4z1DECf
#UNGA81, Hibak Kalfan, @NEAR_Network's ED, joined a high-level discussion on "The Humanitarian Reset and Responsible Transitions," co-hosted by @KSRelief_EN, the EU, the UK's FCDO, the United Nations OCHA and UNDP.
Watch Hibak (1:02): webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1m/k1…
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Nice to catch up with Hibak Kalfan of @NEAR_Network. Our conversation brought a central issue: putting more power and resources in the hands of local responders and communities.
Local leadership needs to remain at the centre of humanitarian action. Let's keep moving this forward.
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Speaking at session three of the Ford Foundation/PS Remaking the UN event, Hibak Kalfan (@near_network) says the UN urgently needs more diversity. Watch the event live: bit.ly/4xzsK5B #PSEvents #UNGA
Thanks to @NEAR_Network members who joined the #Townhall, full of discussions on our next strategic plan, #SouthToSouthSolidarity, #locallyled financing and influencing for the changes we need to put #localleaders and their communities at the centre of #humanitarianaction.
A miembros de #Venezuela: Nos entristece profundamente la noticia de los dos fuertes terremotos consecutivos que sacudieron la costa norte de Venezuela. Esperamos que todos afectadas se encuentren a salvo y que puedan acceder rápidamente a la ayuda de emergencia que necesiten.
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We had the pleasure of welcoming @AliceObrecht , Senior Research Advisor @NEAR_Network , to our office. Our conversation focused on strengthening humanitarian aid through locally led action, the vital role of #CSOs in advancing the #AU’s peace and security agenda, and how cooperation among Global South actors can further strengthen locally led and inclusive humanitarian action. We also shared insights across our areas of work.
Far from #ECOSOC, NEAR is also at @EAPhilanthropy in #AddisAbaba, Ethiopia. The crowd is different, but our message is the same: any ecosystem that claims to support communities in crisis must put them at the centre of decision making while resourcing them with trust. #10thEAPC
NEAR is in NY for #ECOSOC HAS.
We are entering this week w/ clarity & optimism.
Clarity because local organisations face systems that were not designed around their leadership. Optimism because, despite those odds, they are already building more #locallyledecosystems.
