Currently endorsed definitions of accountability to affected people continue to reinforce and be reflective of realities in which humanitarian organisations and donors hold power over crisis affected people...
For a humanitarian system to be effective and accountable, decision-making power must be in the hands of the people affected by crises.
As Western donors and international non-governmental organisations (INGOs), we most often have disproportionate power in relation to local and national organisations.
This grant sought to enable the creation of new methodologies to measure the success and impact of humanitarian interventions. The Community-Led Approaches to Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Research Grant was created in March 2022, with support from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and the IKEA Foundation. This grant formed part of the Start Network’s push for a locally led humanitarian system and to meet the participation revolution commitment in the Grand Bargain, which seeks to promote the link between effective participation and the quality and effectiveness of humanitarian response.
Start Network's Annemarie Poorterman discusses her time at WHS and how technology can help address the need for improved transparency and accountability in the sector.
A locally led humanitarian system that is accountable to people at risk or affected by crisis is also one where communities have agency and voice over humanitarian interventions that respond to their needs.
Here Crystal Wells, Roving Communications Officer, International Medical Corps, gives an account of the morning shift on Lesvos.
In late 2016, the Start Fund was alerted to an outbreak of dengue fever in Burkina Faso. Read ALIMA's account of their efforts to combat the disease.
