This menu of AAP needs assessment questions provided by REACH and the IASC AAP PSEA Task Team was designed for multi-sector needs assessments (MSNAs) at the collective level for Humanitarian Country Teams (HCTs). These questions will help HCTs understand how affected people wish to receive information, provide feedback and participate in decisions about the overall response. They will also enable HCTs to develop a picture of how affected people feel about the response and the behaviour of aid workers and subsequently adapt the response and/or take appropriate action.
To ensure people with disabilities are consistently and systematically included in international development and humanitarian assistance, the Global Disability Summit will galvanize the global effort to address disability inclusion in the poorest countries in the world, and act as the start point for major changes on this neglected issue.Objectives of the Summit:
MESSAGE FROM MR. MARK LOWCOCK, EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATORDear IASC Colleagues,I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Mervat Shelbaya as the new Chief of the IASC secretariat. Ms. Shelbaya was selected by an inter-agency panels and will take up the position as of 15 June.
UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR MARK LOWCOCKStatement as Chair of the Inter-Agency Standing CommitteeThe Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Principals met in New York on 31 May. A key part of our discussion focused on how we can collectively strengthen the humanitarian sector’s approach to preventing sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and sexual harassment and abuse (SHA).
During the PSEA-focused Task Team meeitng on 14 May 2018; task team members developed a key set of messages around PSEA for donors (attached). A consultation process followed and a final version was agreed upon. These messages were presented to approximately 20 Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) members on 5 June in Geneva.
Do humanitarian agencies really NEED to be accountable to communities?By Sharon Reader, Community Engagement and Accountability Senior Advisor with IFRC AfricaUnfortunately, the answer to this question is no, we don’t. As a community engagement and accountability advisor within a humanitarian agency, I can’t tell you how much this answer pains me.If I were to ask, “SHOULD humanitarian agencies be accountable to communities?” the answer would be an emphatic yes.
Do humanitarian agencies really NEED to be accountable to communities?By Sharon Reader, Community Engagement and Accountability Senior Advisor with IFRC AfricaUnfortunately, the answer to this question is no, we don’t. As a community engagement and accountability advisor within a humanitarian agency, I can’t tell you how much this answer pains me.If I were to ask, “SHOULD humanitarian agencies be accountable to communities?” the answer would be an emphatic yes.
Do humanitarian agencies really NEED to be accountable to communities?By Sharon Reader, Community Engagement and Accountability Senior Advisor with IFRC AfricaUnfortunately, the answer to this question is no, we don’t. As a community engagement and accountability advisor within a humanitarian agency, I can’t tell you how much this answer pains me.If I were to ask, “SHOULD humanitarian agencies be accountable to communities?” the answer would be an emphatic yes.
Message from the IASC Gender in Humanitarian Action Reference Dear Colleagues,It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the launch event of the IASC Gender Handbook for Humanitarian Action, co-hosted by the Interagency Standing Committee (IASC), ECHO, and UN Women on behalf of the IASC Gender Reference Group, on the 17th April (1.30pm) in Room XI of the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) held its 17th General Assembly on 21 March, 2018. At the General Assembly ACT Alliance, represented by Anoop Sukumaran was elected to the governing body. Anoop who is ACT’s Regional Representative for the Asia/Pacific region was also elected by the General Assembly as the Chair of the ICVA Board for a three-year term. The Chair of the Board carries the responsibility for maintaining the humanitarian identity and integrity of ICVA’s mission and to ensure that the Board functions effectively.