Tech localisation: why the localisation of aid requires the localisation of technology
Dragana Kaurin, Founder and Director of the Localization Lab, argues that, ‘improving accessibility and creating opportunities for local individuals, not necessarily to get them to use certain tools or the social media platforms we want them to use because it’s easier for us, but rather to choose the right tools and build their own, in their own language, and on their own terms’ is integral to actioning localisation more broadly in humanitarian action.
In this background paper for the 2021 CDAC Public Forum, Kaurin argues that, ‘Localisation of technology can support humanitarian localisation in making communities resilient, instead of reliant on international aid and services that are disrupted by global crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.’