Refugee-led organisations are already doing vital humanitarian work. What will it take to ensure they can continue?

Across the Asia-Pacific, refugee-led organisations (RLOs) are at the forefront of protection, education, advocacy and emergency response. Yet despite their essential contributions, many remain excluded from the funding, partnerships and decision-making processes that shape humanitarian action.

Drawing on four articles contributed by APRRN and its partners to Humanitarian Exchange Issue 87: Local Leadership in a Changing Humanitarian Architecture, published by the Humanitarian Practice Network, APRRN invites you to a virtual practitioner conversation exploring how humanitarian systems can better recognise, resource and partner with refugee-led organisations.

Bringing together perspectives from refugee-led organisations and the wider humanitarian community, the discussion will examine structural barriers to localisation, explore alternative funding and partnership models, and identify practical steps towards more equitable and accountable humanitarian action.

Participants should read the four articles ahead of the discussion.

Date: Thursday, 19 November 2026
Time: 1:00–2:15 PM Bangkok time (GMT+7)
Platform: Zoom