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title: "As local as possible, as international as necessary"
description: "As the sector grapples with how best to advance in the face of severe and abrupt funding cuts, we encourage donors to look at the ecosystem holistically, recognising the context-specific added value of LNNGOs, INGOs, and UN agencies."
url: "https://www.nrc.no/resources/position-papers/as-local-as-possible-as-international-as-necessary"
language: "en"
published: "2025-12-08T14:43:08Z"
modified: "2025-12-08T14:43:08Z"
---

Position paper

# As local as possible, as international as necessary

Published 08. Dec 2025

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[Humanitarian policy](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=339)

As the sector grapples with how best to advance in the face of severe and abrupt funding cuts, we encourage donors to look at the ecosystem holistically, recognising the context-specific added value of LNNGOs, INGOs, and UN agencies.

All play important and differentiated roles that are pivotal to ensuring that quality assistance and services are delivered at scale, meet severe needs, support people in hard-to-reach areas, and contribute to local and government-led solutions.

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