Country Office 506575 Stichting Oxfam No Oxfam Works with partners:

Oxfam Confederation working principles indicates that the preferential model work must be the collaboration and support to civil society partners. Moreover, the approach of Oxfam Novib in the context of humanitarian activities is always to work in collaboration with national NGOs (see document: "Oxfam Novib humanitarian partnership principles").

Strong and empowered local actors play a key role in leading and delivering effective response. They work with vulnerable communities before, during and after crisis and have a deep understanding of the context. However, the international humanitarian community is currently not designed to systematically recognise the role and potential of local actors or define what international actors will do in the coming years to increase local/national humanitarian capacity.

Oxfam Strong Local Humanitarian Actors Programme (SLHAP)
This programme seeks to achieve that local actors play a leading role in humanitarian work with the interest of women, children and men affected by disaster at the centre. SLHAP provides a practical approach for supporting local actors to take the lead in humanitarian response. Thisprogramme employs a participatory methodology to analyse the humanitarian response ecosystem in-country and discuss positive elements in capabilities and collaboration, as well as blockers preventing local actors from fulfilling their potential. A capacity building pathway then maps the way to develop local humanitarian leadership. Sharing this analysis and discussing what it requires from whom in the system to reach a next level increases ownership, collaboration and provides new venues to capacity development and to resource mobilisation to support this.
 Areas of intervention
Strength
Local actors (government, private sector and civil society) havethe capacity to deliver and lead humanitarian preparedness and response. This demands organisational capacity and collective agendaand leadership of organisations to influence and work with others.

Space
Creating an enabling environment to allow the Space for local actors to use, claim and further develop their Strength. International stakeholders need to recognize and trust the capacity (Strength) of local humanitarian actors and create an enabling environment and a willingness to develop equitable relations, engaging in information sharing, networking and mutual learning. Strength and Space are two sides of the same coin and form the basis of thisProgram!

Oxfam Change
Oxfam will lead in changing its own attitudes and practices and in convincing others to do the same. We willdo so by addressing the external environment of donors and the public, and our internal environment (staff, including management, and the systems of decision-making and funding).
 SLHAP Mozambique
In Mozambique, the Fresh Analysis resulted in the development of the National Humanitarian Forum, which will be led by Local Humanitarian NGOs. The overall objective of SLHAP Mozambique is to strengthen Mozambican CSOs in their participation in humanitarian work and contribute to a leading role of national and local organizationin humanitarian preparedness and response.