Brief: Locally-led Humanitarian Action

The DAC Recommendation on the HDP nexus (hereafter DAC Recommendation), which was adopted in 2019 as one of DAC’s legal instruments, states that peacebuilding and conflict prevention are key elements of international engagement in fragile, conflict and crisis affected contexts. Sida’s guidance note on the HDP nexus is aligned with both.

This brief aims to translate the strategy for Sweden’s humanitarian aid and international commitments into coordinated and concrete priorities and approaches on locally-led humanitarian action. It is intended to support Sida staff working with humanitarian assistance, foster coordination with Sweden’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), and to provide clarity to Sida’s strategic partners and local and national actors (L/NAs).