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Nordic NGO financing

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Local humanitarian actors still poorly funded. After 7 years, UN agencies and NGOs hold tight to donor funds

Direct funding to local NGOs has not increased despite a global pandemic, Black Lives Matter, and seven years of talk about localisation. The power structures in humanitarian aid remain unchanged, a four-year system review shows. Jan Egeland, Secretary General of Norwegian Refugee Council, and Anita Kattakuzhy, Policy Director at NEAR, call for donors to set clear demands for more funding of local actors.

News December 15, 2022

How Nordic donors have grown apart

While the aid policies of the four Nordic donors have grown apart over the last two decades, Denmark...

News November 11, 2022

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Domestic threats to the golden standard in global aid

For more than a decade, Sweden and Norway have set the global bar in aid by dedicating 1 per cent of...

News January 25, 2021

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12 humanitarian actors reach finish line in competition for Swedish funding

Following a comprehensive scrutiny, Sida has selected what it deems to be the world’s 12 fastest, most...

News September 30, 2020

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Three NGOs out-perform UN agencies in Sida ranking of humanitarian partners

In an evaluation for Sida of 21 humanitarian organisations, including five UN agencies, Mercy Corps,...

News August 14, 2020

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Corona pandemic sparks transformation of Nordic NGOs

The COVID19 pandemic has already changed the way Nordic NGOs work and it will likely affect operations...

News June 11, 2020

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Changes in USAID anti-terror clause can open for renewed cooperation with Norwegian People’s Aid

USAID has revised the anti-terror clause in its certification process for NGOs receiving funding from...

News May 22, 2020

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Sweden compares UN agencies and NGOs on equal terms in scrutiny of humanitarian partners

Sida is reviewing its humanitarian portfolio as part of a process of selecting organisations through...

News March 20, 2020

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Danish NGO IBIS confronts ‘built-in weaknesses’ in Oxfam’s global system

Three years after merging with Oxfam, the leadership of Oxfam IBIS in Copenhagen is grappling with “...

News January 24, 2020

Intense competition among Swedish NGOs for Sida multi-year funding

Responding to a call for proposals from Sida, no fewer than 20 Swedish non-governmental organisations,...

News December 13, 2019

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