CRS invests in local organizations

• Expand adaptation and uptake of approaches and tools for capacity strengthening.
• Support local organizations to achieve their leadership ambitions and sustainability.
• Increase capacity of local partners to receive and manage funds directly from donors.

CRS influences external systems, processes and environments that enable local leadership

• Strengthen the evidence base.
• Amplify partner voices and make the policy conversations more diverse and inclusive.
• Increase the capacity of organizations to advocate and influence for themselves.
• Increase and deepen engagement with donors, policymakers an influencers.

CRS adapts our ways of working to ensure our systems, structures, staffing, and culture are aligned with local leadership goals and commitments

• Establish strategy with clear targets to achieve localization commitments.
• Develop an emerging MEAL framework for local leadership.
• Align operations and processes with CRS' local leadership commitments.
• Foster a shared understanding of local leadership initiatives across the agency.