Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks
HNPW 2025 (17 - 28 March 2025)
          


 
Session title: Community Engagement is vital for more effective, efficient and accountable aid – What evidence do we need?
Organizer(s): CHS Alliance, IFRC
26 Mar 25 14:00-15:30   (Salle Montreux)
 
SessionAbstract

There is an increasing understanding that community engagement is vital for effective, efficient and accountable aid, and yet, in these resource stretched times, there is a danger that accountability to people affected by crisis and all that entails is put to the side.


Now more than ever, it is essential to unite in examining and leveraging the evidence and impact of community engagement. By showcasing its effectiveness and aligning the sector’s capacity to measure it, we can collectively reinforce and amplify the transformative potential of community engagement and accountability approaches.

This event aims to:

1. discuss progress made on addressing gaps in measuring the impact of community engagement in humanitarian action.

2. explore how the sector is doing in terms of demonstrating collective accountability and its effectiveness, the existing initiatives, their results and challenges; it will be the opportunity to reflect on what more could be done to leverage evidence linked to collective accountability to people and communities affected by crises.

Ultimately, the event will create a collaborative space to reflect on defining and measuring impact, while exploring why investments in community engagement and accountability have yet to demonstrate their full returns. It will examine how accountability drives impact in meaningful ways for communities and, through practical tools and insights from partners, work toward a shared vision for enhancing and demonstrating impact.


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Speakers

Juliet Parker, ALNAP Director

Caroline Holt, IFRC Director, Disasters Climate and Crises

Gemma Connell OCHA Chief, Assessment, Planning & Monitoring Branch

Prof.Karl Blanchet, University of Geneva, Director of the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies-moderator

Tanya Wood, CHS Alliance, Executive Director

Sophie Tholstrup, Ground Truth Solutions,Director of Policy and Climate

Charles Antoine Hofmann, UNCEF, Section Chief , Emergency Division


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