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Accountability to Children Mission:
The goal of the Alliance’s Accountability to Children Initiative is for all humanitarian programmes to be accountable to children and ensure their meaningful and equitable participation in line with their evolving capacities as outlined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The initiative is led by the Accountability to Children Advisory Group, comprising of child protection and accountability specialists from key organisations operating in the humanitarian space, who will advise on the process and technical elements to implement the accountability to children objectives of the Alliance Strategy 2021-2025.
Objectives
Accountability to Children is a strategic priority of the Alliance over 2021-2025. Over this period the Accountability to Children Initiative will aim to:
- Implement the Alliance’s Accountability Strategic Plan;
- Shape the implementation of advocacy on accountability, in collaboration with other stakeholders including donors in the humanitarian system, with a strong child protection focus;
- Effectively engage the Alliance in global accountability initiatives;
- Prioritise and fundraise for child accountability-specific actions to be taken by the Alliance;
- Improve accountability to children within the Alliance’s structure, governance, and products.
Accountability to Children Advisory Group
Latest News
Project Update from the Accountability to Children Initiative
This update, from the Accountability to Children Initiative on the Inclusive and Accountable: Participatory Accountability Mechanisms for Children and Accessible Humanitarian Action for Adolescent Girls with Intellectual Disabilities in Burkina Faso and Ethiopias project, is intended to be a live document that will be updated every quarter to share progress from the project! Find the update from...
Resources
Desk Review and Resource Mapping | Accountability to Children in Humanitarian Action
Explore two pivotal resources from the Alliance Accountability to Children Initiative, designed to enhance the understanding and implementation of child-centered accountability in humanitarian settings: 1. Child Accountability in Humanitarian Contexts: A Desk Review This comprehensive desk review unpacks how accountability to children is defined, operationalised, and integrated throughout...
Guidance Note | Resources for Conducting Ethical Research with Children in Humanitarian Contexts
This Resource List catalogues critical resources to guide ethical good practices in participatory research with children in humanitarian contexts. It is not an exhaustive compilation, nor does it propose new ethical guidelines. Instead, it highlights existing tools that help researchers and practitioners understand, utilise, and apply well-established ethical principles. These resources are...
WG/TF/I Session 3.2 Overview | Working Together to Improve Implementation and Advocacy on Accountability to Children
During the 2024 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, the Accountability to Children Initiative held a session on Working Together to Improve Implementation and Advocacy on Accountability to Children. Unfortunately, due to a technical error, the session was not recorded. However, you can find a comprehensive overview of the session, including quotes and findings from the...
Report | An Overview of the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2023 Annual Meeting for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action. This year’s annual meeting hosted 950 participants from 386 unique organisations representing 147 countries and territories across the world. As well as two in-person Participation Hubs in Nigeria and Iraq as a pilot for enhanced local actor engagement. Participants expressed a high-level of...
Mini Guide #6 | Child Protection in Outbreaks: Prioritising Child Participation in Infectious Disease Outbreaks
This Mini-Guide aims to support children’s agency and amplify their voices, ultimately improving the overall quality and effectiveness of subsequent interventions. This Mini-Guide sets out: 'WHAT' child participation is; 'WHY' child participation is important in outbreak settings; and Strategies as to 'HOW' potential challenges may be overcome. It also offers practical guidance to ensure that...
From Evidence to Action: Centering Children's Voices during Infectious Disease Outbreak related School Closures and Reopenings
During 2021 and 2022, the Alliance and the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), commissioned Proteknôn Foundation for Innovation and Learning to conduct participatory research across three humanitarian settings—Lebanon, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Colombia—to explore the impact of COVID-19 school closures on child protection and educational inequalities. This research...
A Research Summary by and for Young People | Children during COVID-19 : How were they impacted by school closures and what we can learn for the future?
This summary was written by seventeen research and round table participants aged 12 to 17 years from Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Lebanon, Laura Lee (Proteknôn) and Bethel Lulie (Proteknôn), with support from Elspeth Chapman (The Alliance), Amanda Brydon (Save the Children International), Jonas Habimana and Joel Kiramba (BIFERD), Andres Ospina (CINDE) and Dr. Bassel Akar (Notre Dame...
The Alliance Strategy (2021-2025) | A Clarion Call: The Centrality of Children and their Protection within Humanitarian Action
To watch the virtual launch of the Alliance Startegy, click here. Introducing the 2021-2025 Alliance Strategy: The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action’s 2021-2025 Strategy centres around one goal: Overarching Goal: The CENTRALITY of CHILDREN and their PROTECTION is recognised and prioritised as ESSENTIAL and LIFE-SAVING across the humanitarian system. All The Alliance’s technical...
