{"id":2787,"date":"2026-10-12T22:11:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betterfunding.org\/?p=2787"},"modified":"2026-10-12T22:11:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:11:40","slug":"insights-the-future-of-the-grand-bargain-from-funding-local-actors-to-changing-the-humanitarian-financing-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betterfunding.org\/es\/insights-the-future-of-the-grand-bargain-from-funding-local-actors-to-changing-the-humanitarian-financing-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Insights | The Future of the Grand Bargain: From Funding Local Actors to Changing the Humanitarian Financing System"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Qamar Iqbal | Local Alliance Pakistan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten years after the launch of the Grand Bargain<\/strong><\/a>, an international agreement established in 2016 to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian assistance, questions remain about how much has changed for local and national organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Grand Bargain has helped bring localisation, quality funding and equitable partnerships into humanitarian reform discussions, significant inequalities persist in how resources, risks and decision-making power are distributed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this Insight, our collaborator,  Qamar Iqbal<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>of Local Alliance Pakistan<\/strong><\/a> examines these challenges from the perspective of local humanitarian actors in Pakistan. Building on his earlier reflections<\/a> for Better Funding, he argues that increasing funding to local organisations is not enough if the structures governing those resources remain unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he puts it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“We have increasingly localised implementation without sufficiently localising financial power.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

From commitments to systemic change<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Qamar’s contribution moves beyond identifying the limitations of current humanitarian financing arrangements to explore what meaningful reform could look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He makes the case for institutionalising quality funding and equitable partnerships<\/strong>, rather than leaving better funding practices dependent on the decisions of individual donors and organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article explores three interconnected questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n