Briefing: Getting Accountability Right for Improved Humanitarian Action

This essential briefing is a summary of ALNAP's report 'From Tick Box to Turning Point: Getting Accountability Right for Improved Humanitarian Action' (see recommended resources). 

It’s widely recognised that the humanitarian system should be more accountable to people affected by crisis. But despite collective and individual efforts, tangible change for communities
has been limited, and increasingly professionalised accountability to affected people (AAP) functions tends to be treated as tangential to the fundamental humanitarian endeavour. Now,
renewed high-level interest and commitments offer a chance to move forwards bolstered by a nascent but growing evidence base showing that effective AAP can improve humanitarian
performance.

This briefing highlights twelve key recommendations for progress.