It is Unicef's experience that the best child protection systems are based in local knowledge and expertise and are formed from the bottom up.
Whereas the current Albanian government has tried, with diminishing success, to keep some distance from the KLA, Mr Berisha has organised pro-KLA rallies in Tirana, Albania's capital.What the KLA lacks in sophisticated weaponry, it makes up in local knowledge.
His belief in local knowledge leads him to be suspicious of large-scale plans for the reform of society.
There we arranged for the guide, bought more maps, entered emergency rescue numbers (both Swiss and Italian) into Elan's cell phone, immersed ourselves in local knowledge, packed and repacked our backpacks, bought energy bars and extra batteries for the GPS.
Judging the ethics of others by standards that are not based in local knowledge and culture may be problematic.
The WHO has warned that the standard setting process of the ICH is dominated by Western governments and their research-based pharmaceutical industry, describing the process as exclusive, non-consultative and lacking in local knowledge [ 13].
But while interviewees, in arguing for local IRB review, frequently aver that variations exist in community values, the examples that the men and women provide here appear instead often to reflect differences in local knowledge, and potentially other factors.
Local ownership of the CQI process and a trust in local knowledge about what works, and what is needed to make it work better is crucial for this to occur.
