how can accountability improve coordination? (kate burns, ocha)

ACCOUNTABILITY TO AFFECTED PEOPLE

H O W I T C A N I M P R O V E C O O R D I N AT I O N

K A T E B U R N S – O C H AA L N A P

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AAP OVERVIEW1. IASC Commitments

2. OCHA efforts on AAP

3. Focus on information for coordination

4. Your views

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IASC TRANSFORMATIVE AGENDA"The IASC Principals are committed

to the ultimate objective of accountability to beneficiaries by ensuring that the humanitarian

response delivers life-saving assistance to those in need as the

result of effective and timely decision-making and planning.”

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IASC COMMITMENTS1. Leadership and Governance

2. Transparency

3. Feedback and Complaints

4. Participation

5. Design, Monitoring and Evaluation

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UNDERSTANDING AAP• Accountability is a legal, practical and

moral obligation for humanitarians

• Taking account of others ideas (needs assessment)

• Accounting for our actions (monitoring & evaluation)

• All segments: women, girls, boys, men of all ages, disabled etc.

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Information improves coordination

AAP can help !!!

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WHAT DO WE KNOW?

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• 65% were not consulted• 55% could not

complain• 70% were not asked

about inputs Survey Page 48Data not disaggregated by sex, age or diversity

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COORDINATION REQUIRES INFORMATION:- 3Ws (Who, What, Where)- Quantitative outputs (How

many x)- Mainly collected by clusters - Government and other

agencies contribute

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BEFORE IT GETS TO OCHA, INFORMATION...• Gets filtered through several

layers• Possibility of bias• Is often about agency output • May not include ALL voices • May not be reality on the

ground

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COORDINATION IS.....

“Humanitarian coordination seeks to improve the effectiveness of

humanitarian response by ensuring greater predictability,

accountability and partnership”

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HOW CAN AAP PRINCIPLES HELP?

• System wide leadership by the IASC• Increased transparency by all• Feedback/reporting: to OCHA• Feedback information: to people• Participation year round• AAP throughout the Programme

Cycle

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RISKS AND CHALLENGES

• Doing too much...?• Putting pressure on clusters...?• Not broke, don’t fix...?• Seen as not trusting clusters?

Policing?

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YOUR VIEWS PLEASE....How can AAP principles help us to better coordinate, so that a more effective humanitarian

response is planned, implemented, monitored and

evaluated?

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