1. Integrating Inclusive Governance in Humanitarian Programming
Uwe Korus, CEG November 2015

2. Humanitarian Programming in the Global Program Strategy: >
Humanitarian Programming in the Global Program Strategy: > ROLE and OUTCOME
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3. By 2020, 20 million people affected by humanitarian crisis receive quality, life-saving humanitarian assistance
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4. Conceptual Framework for HA outcome area
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5. Guiding Principles and Accountability Frameworks
Humanitarian Principles: Humanity, Neutrality, Impartiality, Independence 1859 (Henry Dunant)
RBA and Do no Harm – since 1992
Red Cross Code of Conduct (1994)
SPHERE – core standards and technical standards (1994)
Humanitarian Accountability Platform (HAP 2010 standards), People in Aid; - Certification
Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) 2015
InterAgency Steering Committee (IASC) commitments on Accountability to Affected People (AAP) and on PSEA
National Accountability Frameworks for Humanitarian Actors: DECAF (UK), Humanitarian Coalition (Can) …
CARE: Humanitarian Accountability Framework – since 2007
IASC / CARE (2013) Gender Marker
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8. NEW CORE HUMANITARIAN STANDARD - CHS
GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS
merger of HAP & PiA
integration of CHS in SPHERE standards
global roll out
establish independent verification mechanisms
IMPLICATIONS for CARE
review HAF
promote gender sensitivity
strengthen people focus
intensify collaborative management of accountability mechanisms
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9. Inclusive Governance in Humanitarian Action:
Organizational Accountability:
Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) Founded in 1972 (incl. CARE), share analysis and learning, and promote greater accountability and impact of humanitarian actions
CARE membership and leadership: IASC , HAP, CHS-Alliance,
CARE Global Humanitarian and Emergency Strategy – since 2001 (concurrent with establishment of CARE Emergency Group (CEG))
CARE’s Humanitarian Role: Internal Policies and Protocols on roles and responsibilities of CARE entities with regards to humanitarian action (Emergency Response Working Group ERWG)
CARE – HAF (CEG): Accountability to Disaster Affected People
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10. Inclusive Governance in Humanitarian Action:
Capability, Responsiveness and Accountability of Humanitarian Actors / System, the state and other power holders - Policy & Standards to Practice / Practice to Policy
Cluster coordination
Sphere standards
Building Back Safer – international and national standards for shelter and housing (re-)construction (e.g. Peru, Philippines …)
Gender in Emergency Guidance, Rapid Gender Analysis
National and local DDR, early warning, emergency preparedness policies and procedures
Access to basic services (e.g. SRMH especially skilled anti-natal / birth attendance, contraceptives
SGBV protection, PSEA
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11. Inclusive Governance in Humanitarian Action:
Social Accountability in Humanitarian Programming
Accountability of Humanitarian Actors to Disaster Affected People
Opening and protecting spaces for dialogue between disaster affected people and power holders (representation, feedback and complaints mechanisms, strengthening local responders)
Community Score Card (adaptations: e.g. Rapid Accountability Review)
SGBV protection, PSEA
Land and Property Rights for housing
Economic Empowerment
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12. HAF score card (for regular FGD + RAR):
(BASIC)
(INTERMEDIATE)
(MATURE)
(HAF COMPLIANT)
How much information you have about CARE and the project (INFORMATION SHARING)
I know nothing about
CARE or the project
I know little about
I know a lot about
CARE and I have
good knowledge
about the project
CARE and about the
project including
activities, plans and budgets
The ways in which you have been involved in the different steps of CARE’s project
(PARTICIPATION)
I’m informed but not involved,
CARE tells me what the project will do and how this affects me
I’m consulted – CARE discusses options with me but I’m not part of the final decision made by CARE
I’m involved – we sit together and
take the decision together
I’m leading the decision
which is then implemented
by CARE
The way(s) in which you can provide feedback to CARE about the project (COMPLAINTS AND FEEDBACK HANDLING)
I do not know how to provide
feedback about CARE
and do not use any complaint mechanism
I know and am able to provide feedback about CARE but am not sure how CARE uses that feedback – there has been no response to my feedback
I know and have used CARE’s feedback or complaint mechanism and I know that feedback has influenced some decisions taken by CARE
I use CARE’s feedback mechanism regularly to influence decision making and make changes to the project
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13. Use of the accountability score card in the Philippines, in Jordan and in Bosnia
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14. Inclusive Governance in Humanitarian Action:
Policy Advocacy
Respect of Humanitarian Laws
Humanitarian Assistance and Access
Protection of refugee rights
UN resolutions on Women and Girls in Conflict and in Emergencies
Reshaping Aid
World Humanitarian Summit – Gender in Emergencies position papers
Humanitarian Assistance budgets
Humanitarian Partnership Charter
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15. Questions for discussion:
How can we promote inclusive governance throughout the programming continuum (relief-development)? Models for IG: replicate, adapt, scale up?
From HAF to AF and CHS: taking humanitarian accountability to scale within CARE and beyond – opportunities and challenges? Taking Organizational Accountability in Humanitarian Action beyond Humanitarians in CARE?
Engaging Civil Society and Humanitarian Effectiveness: contradictions, challenges, opportunities?
Gender transformative humanitarian programming: what contribution inclusive governance can make and what needs to happen to enable that contribution?
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