Aletia Dundas/Act for Peace

Walking the Talk

Global

For the community, by the community

Global partners

Act for Peace is committed to backing local organisations and working alongside communities to shape displacement solutions together and this is achieved through the Walking the Talk program.

Walking the Talk is focused on being partner-led, reducing harmful power dynamics, supporting partners to implement sustainable programs, amplifying the voices of people experiencing displacement, and conducting refugee-led research.

Our locally led, partnership approach in action

Walking the Talk is an integral program for Act for Peace that epitomises our locally led partnership approach. Walking the Talk invests in 18 organisations around the world, to strengthen both our partners and the displaced people they work alongside.

Through locally led research, evidence-based innovation and learning, and a focus on a sustainable, partner-led approach, Walking the Talk strengthens programs to amplify the voices of people experiencing displacement. This program focuses on:

Innovation and learning

Strengthening programs through evidence-based innovation and learning. Act for Peace supports partners to trial modalities and share learning about innovative ways of working including the Graduation out of Poverty Approach, Community Based Protection (CBP) and Anticipatory Action (AA). This includes:

  • Facilitating mutual learning sessions for both Act for Peace staff and our partners in transformative safeguarding, disability inclusions and accountability for affected populations.
  • Facilitating cross learning between two partners in Ethiopia and Jordan in the Graduation out of Poverty Approach.
  • Enabling our partner in Bangladesh to tell their story of success in a pilot project helping communities anticipate emergencies at the Regional Humanitarian Partnership Week (RHPW) in 2024.
Genaye Eshetu/ Act for Peace/Ethiopia
Alaa Al Salaiti, DSPR Program Manager, Jordan (far right) travelled to Ethiopia in 2024 to share key learning from his experience implementing the Graduation Approach pilot as the DICAC Ethiopia team was implementing a similar program.

Agility and resilience in crisis

The development of our Climate Displacement Strategy supports partners to address climate displacement risks and prioritise community led solutions. By leveraging existing humanitarian leadership, we enable partners to strengthen disaster preparedness and resilience.

Resourcing locally led initiatives

Act for Peace supports partners to seek new and diversified funding opportunities and enables them to take the lead in grant proposals, so organisations have a sustainable future.

Meaningful Participation and Leadership

Act for Peace co-produces research locally led research with refugee led networks on meaningful participation and leadership (MPL) and shares the learnings of the research to have a broader impact.

Partner survey response

“Act for Peace does not come with a fixed agenda. They walk with us, and our priorities shape the program.”

Global Partners
  • Christian Aid, Bangladesh
  • RefugePoint, Kenya
  • Vanuatu Christian Council, Vanuatu
  • Ethiopian Orthodox Church – Department and Inter- Church Aid Commission, Ethiopia
  • Myanmar Council of Churches, Myanmar
  • The Border Consortium, Thai-Myanmar border
  • Organisation for Eelam Refugees’ Rehabilitation, India
  • Church World Service, Indonesia
  • Community World Service Asia, Pakistan
  • Tonga National Council of Churches, Tonga
  • Christian Care, Zimbabwe
  • Zimbabwe Council of Churches, Zimbabwe
  • Near East Council of Churches Department for Service of Palestinian Refugees (DSPR), Palestinian Territories (NB no funding to this partner, only in kind support)
  • Near East Council of Churches Department for Service of Palestinian Refugees (DSPR), Jordan
  • OfERR Ceylon, Sri Lanka
  • National Council of Churches in the Philippines, Philippines
  • Asia Pacific Network of Refugees, Asia Pacific
  • Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network, Asia Pacific

Partner survey response

“It is one of the few programs where local priorities are truly heard and integrated. That is rare and valuable.”

Act for Peace gratefully acknowledges the support of the Australian Government through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).

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