Reich (2006) argues that the foreign-funded programs which imply ‘local ownership’ as an objective are not usually in practice ‘locally perceived and led by local actors,’ but rather a program with a participatory process to persuade local stakeholders to absorb and agree on the ideology and practice from outsiders. The research finds that local ownership of foreign funded programs was embraced through their funding mechanisms. The interpretation of local ownership is varied among actors from different standpoints, interest, and limitation. As explained before, peace constituencies are the main peace builders who determined their own peace building agendas due to influences from political settings and local context. In fact, sensitive agendas were sometimes stimulated from constituencies in Bangkok and received by local capacities. The determination of a peace building agenda was then well received by international funding agencies who are rarely front line players. However, activities and functions of local actors are sometimes influenced by international funding agencies’ perception and expectation on the impact of their intervention on peace and conflict in the Far South.