Independent consultancy
Advocacy and research for community-led protection.
Marram works from the ground up with community-led and local organisations on migration, displacement, and human rights, and with the NGOs, UN agencies, donors and research institutions that partner with them.
Background
Twenty years in refugee protection
Marram is grounded in more than 20 years of expertise directing regional research and advocacy programmes, managing and overseeing large multi-country networks, and advising on protection frameworks across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. This includes experience advising, partnering, or working directly with UNHCR, OHCHR, the UN Network on Migration, various governments, numerous local organisations and affected population groups, and a wide range of donors and NGOs, including ECHO, OSF, the Danish Refugee Council, the International Refugee Assistance Project, and many others.
In numbers
Localisation
Supporting the shift to locally led work
Local and community-led actors are driving a shift in how international organisations and donors work with them: more effectively, meaningfully and substantively. Marram helps make that change in practice.
Advice
Advice to international organisations and donors moving to locally led partnerships.
For exampleAdvocacy on refugee leadership within international NGOs, including a 2020 presentation for the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network on structural barriers to that leadership, with recommendations for organisational change, and a submission to the UN High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement on meaningful participation of displacement-affected communities in policy design.
Research
Research on local and refugee-led action, designed with the communities involved.
For exampleAn International Refugee Assistance Project assessment drawing on 107 local and refugee-led protection organisations in 22 countries, and contributions to the Guidelines for Co-produced Research with Refugees (Kaldor Centre and the Asia Pacific Network of Refugees, 2023).
Training and accompaniment
Training, accompaniment and network support for local and community-led organisations.
For exampleRegional programme leadership, such as the Mixed Migration Centre’s part in Protecting Rohingya Refugees in Asia, which reached 54 local, 20 international and 27 regional organisations, and research training for refugee-community representatives (Kuala Lumpur, 2022).
Local and diaspora communities are always the first responders and reach people others can’t. Ensuring their leadership is critical to effective international protection.
Services
Five key services
Advocacy strategy
Evidence-based advocacy strategy for local, national, regional and international change, co-created with partners and supported through delivery.
Research, policy analysis and writing
Research, policy analysis, and writing, from short assessments to in-depth studies, through to publication, briefings, and presentation.
Evaluation and learning
MEAL frameworks, programme design advice, theory of change and results frameworks designed around the work at hand, from a single event to a multi-year strategy.
Training and capacity strengthening
Training and capacity strengthening for community-led and international organisations and practitioners, from research methods and advocacy skills to reporting and project design.
Organisational and network development
Strategy, innovation, and development support for networks, coalitions, and organisations, from operations to donor relations to representation at all levels.
Across all five
Localisation: supporting the move to locally led work.
Experience
Organisations behind Marram’s experience
UNHCR · EuroMed Rights · Asia Pacific Network of Refugees · ICVA · OHCHR · UN Women · UNODC · International Detention Coalition · ECHO · IOM · ASEAN · Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network · International Refugee Assistance Project · AMERA International · Open Society Foundations · Global Refugee-led Movement · Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies
Full list on the Work page →Contact
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