Localisation --- ..,not just to develop but also to recognise what capacity already exists. so many inter-agency coordination mechanisms in humnitarian responses including those with a HD component are made up of only international organisations eg Shelter cluster in Haiyan response in the Philippines which advocated for land rights of the most vulnerable -possibly correctly but would have been enhanced if the cluster had more local participation - these groups were in a seperate coordination mechanism built on national systems.

Source author: Teresa Hanley thanley7@gmail.com