Essays about: "accountability to affected populations"
Found 5 essays containing the words accountability to affected populations.
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1. Enhancing Accountability to Affected Populations through Donor Requirements : A grounded theory-based analysis of the current situation, donor motivations and bottlenecks around setting requirements, further constraints and how they could be overcome.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Even though supporting affected populations is the raison d’etre for humanitarian action, organisations are frequently not accountable to populations they aim to serve. Despite several reform movements, the consultation and participation elements of accountability to affected populations (AAP), in particular, are still lacking. READ MORE
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2. The Role of Technology in Humanitarian Accountability : Analysis of Social Listening Role During the COVID-19 Response
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : During recent public health emergencies, such as COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of over, false and misinformation in social media, resulted in an exponential use of digital social listening methodologies- in summary defined as collection and analysis of voices, concerns and/or perceptions expressed by individuals and communities- as part of the humanitarian response. This raises the question on how those social listening findings are being used and influence emergency responses, while also addressing affected people’s needs and concerns, as part of the Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) mandate- an obligation of every organisation on the ground to place people affected by crisis at the centre of humanitarian action and promote respect for their human rights. READ MORE
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3. Rethinking Humanitarian Accountability : A Case Study of the World Food Programme in Iraq
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Humanitarian accountability has been a topic of discussion since the 1990s, in response to a number of high-level scandals. Dozens of initiatives highlighting the importance of accountability to affected populations have been established. However, humanitarian organisations still receive criticisms for lacking accountability. READ MORE
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4. Beyond toll-free lines and complaints boxes : A study of accountability and participation in humanitarian action in Chad
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : In this thesis we look further into Oxfam and Action Against Hunger’s use of the concepts of accountability and participation, how the concepts are informing the programming of humanitarian interventions as well as their materialization in the implementation of the programs in Chad. The study is based on a literature review with secondary sources as the basis of the research material. READ MORE
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5. A Wide Implementation of Large-Scale Cash Transfer Programming : Rationale, criticisms, and implications to key stakeholders - The case of Lebanon
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : This study evaluates what would be the consequences of a wide implementation of large-scale cash transfer programming in humanitarian aid. The aspects that will be assessed here is the rationale for as well as criticism against the proposed implementation. READ MORE
