Thematic Review of Accountability to Affected Populations in AHP Activations and Disaster Ready

Accountability to affected populations (AAP) is an active commitment to using power responsibly by taking account of and being held to account by the people humanitarian organisations seek to assist.

In international humanitarian action, AAP has key goals including responsible use of power, active participation of crisis-affected people in the decisions that affect their lives, inclusion of diverse perspectives and groups, effective two-way communication and sharing of critical information, and the establishment of effective feedback mechanisms.

As part of a series of thematic reviews to support learning, AHP commissioned a review of AAP within activations and the Disaster READY program.

This review, carried out by Humanitarian Advisory Group, adopted a practical lens, taking operating challenges into consideration in order to best support practices and cross-learning amongst AHP Partners. The purpose of this review was to inform learning and promote and enhance practice across the AHP mechanism in the area of AAP, including identifying challenges, risks, mitigations and recommendations to improve practice.

https://australianhumanitarianpartnership.org/knowledge-hub/aap-review-2024