This event brings together experts from across the international cooperation sector to discuss practical approaches to advancing locally led development, translating commitments into action, and strengthening equitable partnerships. The panel conversation will be moderated by Kloe Tricot O’Farrell from Peace Direct and offers diverse perspectives and valuable insights from:
The OECD Guidelines
In May, the OECD published its Guidelines for Supporting Locally Led Development (LLD), setting out a roadmap for DAC donors to strengthen local agency, rebalance power, and foster more equitable partnerships. The guidelines challenge development actors to reflect on how existing systems can evolve, where new approaches can be tested, and how collective action can better respond to local actors’ calls for greater ownership and decision-making power.
The Call to Action
This comes at a critical moment. As Official Development Assistance (ODA) faces increasing pressure and shrinking budgets, there is a growing need to ensure that available resources are used in ways that support sustainable, locally driven change. Against this backdrop, the Call to Action was established to move the conversation on locally led development beyond commitments and declarations, and towards meaningful implementation.
The Call to Action calls on governments, private foundations, INGOs, and other development partners to embed the OECD Guidelines into their policies, programmes, and partnerships. This means recognising local actors as co-decision-makers, providing more flexible, long-term and predictable funding, and redefining international actors as enablers of local leadership.
This Hybrid Event
Together, Partos, Peace Direct and The Hague Humanity Hub are convening a conversation about what this Call to Action means for the (Dutch) development landscape. It looks more specifically at how to close the gap between commitment and implementation. The session will feature an introduction to the Call to Action and the underlying OECD Guidelines on LLD. This will be followed by a panel conversation bringing together Dutch funders and other development partners to discuss practical ways of advancing locally led development and exploring ways of monitoring the commitments.
The Panel Conversation and Speakers
- Laurent Umans- Policy Officer at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Moses Isooba- Director at NGO Forum Uganda & Vice Chair Forus
- Deepa Nambiar- Global Director at Pledge for Change
- Gregory De Paepe- Policy Analyst at OECD
- Sandra Kloezen- Program manager at Fred Foundation
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