Six months after the HAP deployment to Sri Lanka a follow-up visit was undertaken to explore the impact of the deployment, and understand progress made in strengthening accountability with particular focus on the seven agencies who the HAP team had worked most closely with.
The visit found numerous examples of progress made by agencies aimed at strengthening their accountability that can be directly attributed to the HAP deployment in 2009. All seven agencies had conducted activities building on their work with the HAP team, which included progress aimed at strengthening immediate practice in Menik Farm, and longer-term approach through the development of policy and guidelines.
Agency staff felt the HAP deployment acted as a catalyst for speeding-up the rate at which agencies worked to strengthen practice. The learning from this deployment, and the evidence of impact, reinforces the value of HAP’s emergency work and the deployment of a HAP team even in complex emergency settings.
