COAST Foundation and CCNF has conducted a study. The study examines localization of aid in the Rohingya response, highlighting persistent dominance of international actors. UN agencies hold 53.8% of Rohingya Coordination Team representation, while each NGO category holds 15.4%....
This year, the Grand Bargain will mark its 10th anniversary, with reforms taking shape in a different form. But at the country level, Grand Bargain commitments and true localization of humanitarian aid have yet to be achieved.
Therefore, humanitarian activists...
COAST & EquityBd position paper ahead of the World Bank and IMF annual meeting from 12-18 October 2026 in Bangkok.
The Global Week of Action is taking place from 12–18 October 2026 in Bangkok, ahead of the World Bank–IMF Annual...
The evaluation assessed COAST Foundation’s “Empowering Coastal Communities: Addressing Climate Change and Resilience” project, implemented from January 2024 to June 2026 across 13 sub-districts in 9 climate-vulnerable districts of Bangladesh. The project reached 27,124 vulnerable coastal people, with a...
The Rohingya refugee crisis is one of the largest and most protracted humanitarian emergencies in the world. Since the Rohingya influx of 2017 in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, humanitarian organizations, governments, UN agencies, and national NGOs have been working in...
Study on Localization of Aid in Rohingya Response 2026
Reset the Rohingya Response: Local Led Humanitarian Response
This study assesses the progress of localization in the Rohingya refugee response in Bangladesh by examining humanitarian governance, leadership, financing, and partnership arrangements....
The Sphere Handbook 2018 (https://spherestandards.org/handbook/) is Sphere's (https://spherestandards.org) flagship publication and one of the world's most widely recognized references for quality and accountable humanitarian action. It brings together the Humanitarian Charter, Protection Principles, the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS), and...
Since the Rohingya influx in August 2017, nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees have settled in camps across Ukhiya and Teknaf in Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh. According to the Government of Bangladesh and UNHCR Joint Population Fact Sheet, more...
COAST Foundation, with support from the Vitol Foundation, is implementing a project titled “Supporting the Livelihood of Fisher Folk Communities on the Bangladesh–Myanmar Border” from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2026 in three unions—Hnila, Whykhong, and Teknaf Sadar...
The project, implemented in Camp 14 of Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, has generated positive impacts on the education and protection of Rohingya children and adolescents. The project reached more than 12,000 learners across Early Childhood Education (ECE), primary, and secondary...
