Key guidance on Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) COLLECTIVE AAP ADVOCACY BRIEF, October 2025 This inter-agency advocacy brief urges humanitarian leaders and donors to make accountability to affected people the foundation of the Humanitarian Reset. It highlights real progress where communities have shaped responses and driven meaningful change, while identifying persistent barriers that reinforce business as usual. The brief calls for flexible funding, empowered local leadership, and success measured by community experience rather than process compliance. Read more Long read Accountability to affected people: handbook on implementation in emergency response This Handbook supports WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) staff to put people affected by humanitarian crises at the centre of decision-making on emergency health responses. 13 February 2025 World Health Organization (WHO) Guidance and Tools Read more Tool(kits)/guidelines Inter-agency collective Accountability to Affected People training Ongoing Accountability to affected populations Coordination Leadership Leadership & Decision-making Long read Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability 2024 9 April 2024 CHS Alliance Guidance and Tools Read more Short read Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on Accountability to Affected People in Humanitarian Action 14 April 2022 Regional Inter-Agency Standing Committee Read more Short read IASC Collective AAP Framework 2 January 2024 Inter-agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidance and Tools Read more IASC Leadership Training on Collective AAP 11 June 2024 Inter-agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidance and Tools Read more Short read IASC Discussion Paper: Exploring the linkages between AAP, Localisation and the HDP Nexus 2 July 2024 Inter-agency Standing Committee (IASC) Research and Studies Read more Short read Putting People First: Accountability to Affected Populations in Private Sector Disaster Management 22 September 2022 Connecting Business Initiative Guidance and Tools Read more Search the entire A&I Collection for more useful resources Read more Long read Impact Measurement and Accountability in Emergencies: The Good Enough Guide 1 January 2007 Oxfam, World Vision Guidance and Tools Read more Submit your guidance on AAP here HELP library submission form Read more Need expert support on accountability and inclusion concerns?Contact the IASC A&I Help Desk Contact us Explore other Accountability and Inclusion themes Transparency and Information Provision Read more Participation Read more Inclusion Read more Safeguarding Read more Community insights and feedback Read more Good donorship for AAP Read more Latest resources in this collection There are 6 resources in this collection View all Long read 30 October 2025 / United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Accountability to Affected People: Humanitarian response against gender-based violence This paper analyses the activities of humanitarian stakeholders in the design, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of dedicated GBV humanitarian responsive interventions, as well as survivors and those at risk of GBV. Guidance and Tools Short read 7 October 2025 From Lessons to Leadership: Prioritizing Collective Accountability to Affected People Guidance and Tools Long read 4 July 2025 / Community World Service Asia Quality, accountability and safeguarding (QAS) in action: A smart guide for aid actors This Guide ‘QAS in Action’ aims to support a holistic and contextualised application of Quality, Accountability, and Safeguarding (QAS) from a people-centered perspective, for anyone dedicated to supporting communities’ life with dignity in a transparent and safe manner. Guidance and Tools Long read 13 February 2025 / World Health Organization (WHO) Accountability to affected people: handbook on implementation in emergency response This Handbook supports WHO Health Emergencies Programme (WHE) staff to put people affected by humanitarian crises at the centre of decision-making on emergency health responses. Guidance and Tools Long read 25 May 2022 / Inter-agency Standing Committee (IASC) Accountability to Affected People: Assessing NGO engagement with the collective AAP framework The report assesses the engagement of NGOs with the Accountability to Affected People (AAP) Collective Framework in the context of humanitarian efforts in Northwest Syria. Guidance and Tools Research and Studies
