Report: Partners in Crisis

Keywords:

Abstract:

Many international NGOs prefer to work in partnership with local organizations, not only in development but also in crisis-related interventions. But how do they deal with the specific challenges of partnerships in crises? And what do Southern organizations think about these partnerships? Is there room for capacity building? How is accountability organized? How can these partnerships be strengthened?
These are the central questions that this report tries to answer. Based on a peer review methodology, it documents the experiences of five Dutch NGOs and their local partners in five crisis regions (Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories, Colombia, southern Sudan, eastern DRC and tsunami-stricken southern India).

"This is a refreshingly candid study of the partnership phenomenon, one that avoids both cant and rant. It opens new windows for thinking, policy development, programming and research into one of the most pressing and important problems facing humanitarians today."

From the foreword by Ian Smillie