Missed opportunities: the case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

At the present time, partnerships between international humanitarian actors and national and local actors do not achieve their full potential to enhance humanitarian performance.  Continuing to miss this opportunity in the face of growing vulnerability and risk is a potential tragedy among the other inevitable tragedies that will occur. 

This study commissioned by ActionAid, Cafod, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund looks at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations in humanitarian response, based on lessons from across the commissioning agencies in four major emergency settings.