Global Updates
IASC AAP Priorities 2022 – Rachel Maher, OCHA/IASC
• In 2022, we will continue to build collective capacity around AAP and its intersections with inclusion, protection, PSEA and gender, through the system-wide/inter-agency approach.
• A collective AAP approach will succeed, or fail, depending on: the level and quality of the support from the response leadership; where AAP sits within the coordination architecture and how inclusive that architecture is of affected communities, local organisations and local leadership; the range of common services that operational partners can provide and scale, as needed; and access to quality financing.
• A collective AAP approach must recognise and build upon existing structures, and it must be adapted to meet the needs of communities as expressed in specific in the response.
• Global & regional initiatives include the following:
• Workshops on Collective AAP & Action Plans, in ‘champion’ countries led by Humanitarian Coordinators (HCs) (2022)
• IASC Collective AAP tools and guidance – ongoing through IASC AAP Taskforce (2022)
• Good practices and lessons learned in AAP, compilation (March 2022)
• CERF/CBPF improvement of guidance and templates and global and country level (ongoing)
• Inter-agency roster of technical capacity in AAP and community engagement (TBD)
• IASC Principals Statement reaffirming commitments on AAP (March 2022)
Q&A
• Keya Saha-Chaudhury (ICVA) asked about the discussions with Humanitarian Country Teams (HCTs). Rachel Maher (OCHA) responded different agencies have different mandates and there is a challenge in overcoming the barriers.
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs