Ambassador Bessler joins the panel at the Supporting Local Actors in the Nexus Conference UN City Copenhagen alongside DanChurchAid Network for Empowered Aid Response USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Kenya Red Cross charting a course for future commitments and actions

Despite posing itself as a positive space for development, the #SDGSummit continues to be a talkshop of states & development actors regarding the urgency to meet Agenda 2030. What urgent steps must be taken to achieve the SDGs? 🤔

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A4EP work in solidarity with other networks to ensure local actors are involved in decision making processes. #papertopractice Josephine Alabi Tirtha Prasad Saikia Mohammad Amad Community World Service Asia Marie-Rose Romain Mu Marie-Noëlle AbiYaghi ARDD - (منظمة النهضة العربية (أرض Md. Iqbal Uddin 🇧🇩 Naomi Tulay-Solanke Charter4Change

Today, we honour every humanitarian worker of organisations that makes up Start Network - from our members, to our hubs, and to our partners.

They continue to be instrumental in changing the humanitarian system all while delivering assistance #NoMatterWhat .

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Today, in a powerful display of environmental awareness & community engagement, environment and young climate enthusiasts pedaled for a greener & just future. The event is organized by #NEADS in collaboration with Majuli College and the local youths. #PedalForPeopleAndOurPlanet

Embracing locally led humanitarian action in the face of storm crisis in Assam. Together, we can create a more equitable & resilient world, where communities are empowered to lead their own recovery efforts. Thank you Start Network
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The US remains as the top country in military spending in the world. It spent USD 877 billion in 2022, surpassing the military spending of the ten succeeding countries combined (SIPRI, 2022).

Join Us for the Cycle Rally for Climate Actions !

Calling all environment warriors & climate enthusiasts. It's time to pedal our way to a greener future. Let's come together as a community to raise awareness and show our commitment to protect our planet #PedalForPeopleAndPlanet

Training on 'Gender Dynamics and Leadership' among the young people in communities. An initiative of #NEADS to empower youth through gender-inclusive leadership NEADS-North East Affected Area Development Society

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In a bid to shape the future of climate action, indigenous communities and local Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) meet in Assam.

Storm relief among the severely affected communities of #Majuli . #NEADS has reached the most vulnerable with essential food and nutrition, transitional shelter support, hygiene and non-food items, restoration of livelihood, protection and preparedness in the ground Start Network

Community consultation on #COP28 & surrounding climate change & local environmental issues in Assam. The session gathered inputs, concerns & recommendations from CSOs & community stakeholders regarding mitigation, adaptation & resilience measures to inform the policy discussions.

Last week, we brought together changemakers from our locally led hubs to #HubConnect 2023 to learn, reflect and deepen our collective impact in transforming the humanitarian system. Hub leaders shared experiences from each of their 10 countries and regions #Hubs4Localisation

Excited to receive “A Compendium of water stories from North-East India” by NEADS-North East Affected Area Development Society !

An outcome of 3 years(2019-22) of ‘NE WATER TALK’ supported by hbs. These stories bring to fore a host of issues involving #water & explain how the grassroots communities look at 💧 in NE.

4️⃣Tirtha Prasad Saikia from NEADS-North East Affected Area Development Society: 'To have more empowerment and build resilience, we need to invest more in local research. This will enable us to develop more #locallyled action, listen to local voices and make them active participants of the interventions'

As locally-led humanitarian action activating storm relief programme among the survivors in severely affected communities of Majuli. #NEADS is reaching out with essential food & nutrition, transitional shelter, hygiene and NFI, livelihood, protection & preparedness in the ground

Preparing children for climate-related disasters at community level in Majuli island. Children in risk-prone areas experience multiple climate & environmental shocks combined with poor essential services which are having devastating impacts on the well-being & future NEADS-North East Affected Area Development Society

PRESS RELEASE, 3 April 2023 | 'At the sidelines of the 10th APFSD, development actors tackled the role of the localization agenda in shifting the power'

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Tirtha Prasad Saikia of NEADS-North East Affected Area Development Society intervenes during #APFSD2023 — “With growing war and conflict situations, militarization, weak governance and political instability, the need for humanitarian assistance is the rising trend, also impacting SDG implementation and progress.”

Tirtha also points out that local orgs should be acknowledged for their efforts in effectively bringing the localization agenda into practice when it comes to addressing local and national challenges.