Accountability to affected populations has been a long-standing discussion in the aid sector. During the World Humanitarian summit in 2016 there was a renewed call to accelerate progress. Commitment 6 of the Grand Bargain urges humanitarian actors to enable a ‘participation revolution’ i.e. “include people receiving aid in decisions which affect their lives”. The Core Humanitarian Standard encourages humanitarian actors to create situations where “communities and people affected by crisis know their rights and entitlements, have access to information and participate in decisions that affect them.” [Download Brochure]

International webinar on lightning risk management : Experts urge coordinated action to reduce lightning deaths
Dhaka, 14 May 2026: Civil society leaders, humanitarian and lightning experts from different South Asian countries have stressed the critical need
