Syrian aid groups seek greater role
03/18/2015. Local NGOs and diaspora groups involved in frontline aid delivery in Syria want more recognition from the wider humanitarian community as well as the chance to access direct funding, rather than working merely as silent implementers for international NGOs.
Relations between local and international aid agencies are often uneasy – and the topic is likely to feature prominently on the agenda at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul – but the scale of the Syrian crisis, as well as access and security challenges, have raised the stakes.
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