Nutrition, AAP and the Core People-Related Issues: A project led by HelpAge International and the Global Nutrition Cluster in collaboration with the global FSC GNC Annual Meeting 13 th -15 th October, Nairobi, Kenya

Consultations Global nutrition actors Cluster partners Q&A actors Chad: cluster, UNICEF, partners, donors, government, programme participants gFSC, WFP and FAO in Rome

What people wanted Guidance on how to put the accountability commitments into practice Practical ideas on AAP would look in a nutrition setting if it were being done well Ideas for indicators so they could measure their effectiveness

What people want of us… “If we were told more about the programmes, we would be able to share ideas on how to improve them” Young mother, nutrition programme participant, Chad

The commitment landscape The dilemma: How do diverse cluster partners work together better on programme quality and accountability when they report against different sets of commitments?

Disability HIV & AIDS Mental Health Gender CwC AAP Protection Feedback Information provision Two-way communication Transparency Technology & infrastructure Technical networks & expertise PSEA Dignity & respect Rights based approach Participation & representation Complaints & response Access Avoid doing harm Safe distribution SGBV Leadership & governance Policy & guidance Working with & through partners Applied throughout the project cycle Age Diversity Life saving information The people related cross cutting issues: our commitments

IASC Commitments on AAP The foundation of the framework 1.Leadership/governance 2.Transparency 3.Feedback and complaints 4.Participation 5.Design, monitoring and evaluation

9 CHS Commitments The new player in the field Underpinning NGO partners’ commitments Communities and people affected by crisis: 1.Receive assistance appropriate and relevant to their needs 2.Have access to the humanitarian assistance they need at the right time 3.Are not negatively affected and are more prepared, resilient and less at-risk as a result of humanitarian action 4.Know their rights and entitlements, have access to information and participate in decisions that affect them 5.Have access to safe and responsive mechanisms to handle complaints 6.Receive coordinated, complementary assistance 7.Can expect delivery of improved assistance as organisations learn from experience and reflection 8.Receive the assistance they require from competent and well-managed staff and volunteers 9.Can expect that the organisations assisting them are managing resources effectively, efficiently and ethically

Aim To create a common framework and language for cluster partners that satisfies both sets Proposed solution: The framework throws out the chronological order of the commitments and instead synthesizes the 2 sets of commitments against each other under “Commitment Categories” that aim to wrangle the complexity: 1.Community Engagement Commitments 2.Organizational Policy and Process Commitments i.Externally focused (quality of the response) ii.Internally focused (quality of organizational functioning)

Category 1: Community Engagement Commitments Practical and predictable strategies and actions ensuring rights, dignity, safety, agency and entitlements are respected All programming should work towards ensuring that women, men, girls and boys affected by crisis, including older people and those with disabilities, have access to: 1.Appropriate, relevant and timely information; 2.Two-way communications channels that facilitate feedback and complaints; 3.Means to participate and transparent representation

Category 2: Organisational Policy and Processes Commitments Externally focussed on the quality of the response: 2.1 Organisational policy and processes that integrate accountability commitments and ensure the delivery of a quality humanitarian response that: 1.Is appropriate, relevant, effective and timely; 2.Strengthens local capacities and avoids negative effects, and; 3.Is coordinated and complementary

Category 2: Organisational Policy and Processes Commitments Internally focussed on the quality of organisational functioning: 2.2 Organisational policy and processes that ensure the organisations responding: 1.Treat staff fairly and equitably and support them to do their job effectively; 2.Manage and use resources responsibly, and; 3.Continuously learn and improve

Example nutrition specific contributions Creative use of unavoidable waiting times Consider the impact on people of attending programmes Debate and dialogue keeps nutrition interventions current Nutrition actors, including the cluster, balance nutrition science with a human rights approach

Tools to go with the framework Guidance for cluster coordinators on activities they could undertake in their role in mainstreaming AAP Compendium of AAP indicators An adapted version of the gFSC “Checklist to mainstream people centric issues in the humanitarian programme cycle”: – “Guidance for Mainstreaming AAP and Core People-Related Issues in the Humanitarian Programme Cycle through the Cluster System ”