“The Locals will Know”: The Role of Local Actors and Local Knowledge in Trigger Development for Anticipatory Action

This study highlights practical pathways and the benefits of systematically centring trigger development or adoption processes for anticipatory action around local actors and their knowledge. Designed especially for organizations with a genuine interest in anticipatory action, but limited operational experience, the paper serves as a roadmap for fostering local leadership in trigger development. It demonstrates how the systematic integration of local actors and local knowledge can reduce technical barriers, enhance context-specificity, strengthen local ownership and community acceptance, and promote the sustainability and institutionalization of frameworks. In addition to a collection of good practices and recommendations, it includes a detailed case study of locally led trigger development in the province of Catanduanes, Philippines.

The study was conducted as part of a joint capacity-sharing project for humanitarian NGOs, implemented by IFHV and VENRO, the umbrella organization of development and humanitarian non-governmental organizations in Germany, and funded by the German Federal Foreign Office. 

This paper was originally published on the IFHV website: https://www.ifhv.de/assets/6c8452ee-a53b-4ad1-a947-a6c9ec2398b6.pdf