International seminar marking the World Humanitarian Day Humanitarian actors demand localization of aid in humanitarian response Dhaka, 19 August 2025: Humanitarian actors have called for an effective implementation of the Grand Bargain commitments in Bangladesh that includes localization of aid, quality funding to local national actors and accountability to the affected population. The Grand Bargain commitment was adopted in Istanbul during May 2016 at the World Humanitarian Summit and signed by around 70 parties, including different donor countries, UN agencies, INGOs, etc., to advance humanitarian action. Effective implementation of the Grand Bargain agenda at the country level requires a coordinated plan of the UN, INGOs and local humanitarian actors. However, the speakers questioned the process of some INGO branches taking