beyond willingness --- local actors also face various challenges that limit their ability to negotiation and influence - a major one is the fear of the retaliation/consequences legally, socially, or even informally from communities/gangs/political parties etc...

Also, the capacity and ability to influence and negotiate is another element - we see challenges with seeing or maintaining strong coordination presence from local actors to begin with ... the resources needed to engage at that level might not be readily available or prioritised all the time. there's some reliance on international actors on this negotiation in some contexts.

Source author: Crys Al Chamaa Crys.chamaa@gmail.com