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]

From Crisis to Reckoning: Decolonize Aid, Localize Power, Restore Justice
From Crisis to Reckoning: Decolonize Aid, Localize Power, Restore Justice Download Report IntroductionThe Alliance for Empowering Partnership (A4EP) raises deep