IASC Briefing on Accountability to Affected People (AAP) in Action
Virtual
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An accountable humanitarian system, where more decision-making power is in the hands of those affected by crises, is central to principled humanitarian action. Accountability to Affected People (AAP) ensures this action protects and restores human dignity and agency, remains relevant and effective, and leaves no one behind.
AAP has been part of the humanitarian reform agenda for the last three decades. During that time, individual agencies, and the humanitarian sector as a whole, have made progress to improve and increase community engagement in country operations and through global commitments, guidance and tools. Despite this, communities continue to report that the humanitarian system needs to better engage them in decision-making, and, fundamentally, act on their feedback and needs to deliver community-led, relevant, dignified and timely responses. Operational leadership, and humanitarian practitioners alike, have also noted that despite commitments, knowledge of good practices has been a key barrier for collective approaches to become more widely adopted.
The aim of this IASC Briefing is to address this gap and showcase efforts to ensure that AAP commitments are operationalised into action. Among these efforts are a number of workshops which have been held for humanitarian country teams in various operations, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Lebanon, South Sudan and Syria (Cross Border) with a focus on operationalizing accountability to affected people in humanitarian programming. There have also been practical resources and tools developed, such as the collective AAP framework, the review of donor AAP commitments, requirements and recommendations, the Accountability and Inclusion Helpdesk, and a guidance note on data responsibility and AAP in humanitarian action, among others. The discussion will bring forward some of these best practices and provide a space for discussion on what more needs to be done.
Speakers
- Ms. Christelle Kalhoule, Regional Director, West Africa, Children Believe
- Ms. Mahpekai Sediqi, Director of Kabul Orthopedic Organization & Co-chair, Disability Inclusion Working Group, Afghanistan
- Ms. Mireia Villar Forner, Humanitarian Coordinator for Colombia
- Ms. Tanya Wood, Executive Director, CHS Alliance and co-chair of IASC Task Force 2 on Accountability to Affected People (AAP)
Moderator
- Ms. Samantha Newport, Deputy Head of IASC secretariat
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