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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 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:
- Develop and 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 child accountability initiatives;
- Prioritise and fundraise for child? accountability-specific actions to be taken by the Alliance;
- Improve accountability within the Alliance’s structure, governance, and products.
Latest News
Call for Pilot Sites! Using the CPMS as a Tool of Accountability to Children
The CPMS provide a benchmark for us, as child protection actors in humanitarian settings, to improve the quality and accountability of our programming and increase our impact by establishing agreed principles and goals. How can we become more accountable to those we serve - children? The CPMS Working Group has been reflecting on how we can use the sector’s common, core document to increase our...
Resources
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...
