Yemen Nutrition Cluster Accountability to Affected Population operational guidance
About the guidance
This Accountability to Affected Population (AAP) operational guidance was developed for the Yemen Nutrition Cluster partners by the Nutrition Cluster AAP Task Force, chaired by the Save the Children International, with members being Abs Development Organisation, International Medical Corps, SOUL for development, UNICEF and WFP under the overall guidance and leadership of the Nutrition Cluster Coordinator. The AAP taskforce would like to acknowledge contribution of the Community Engagement & Accountability unit of UNICEF EMOPS, who reviewed the guidance and provided tools 2, 3, 9 and10 for the toolkit.
The purpose of the guidance is to facilitate AAP implementation for all Nutrition Cluster partners throughout the project cycle. It is developed in line with the Yemen Humanitarian Response plan and Yemen accountability framework. Accordingly, the Yemen humanitarian community committed to focus on enhanced implementation of the AAP commitments throughout the Humanitarian Programme Cycle outlined in the Yemen accountability framework including providing information to the public; involving community in decision making; learning from feedback and complaints. The Nutrition Cluster 2018 AAP framework, as a part of the Yemen accountability framework is presented in Annex 1.
The guidance includes the narrative that explains AAP and how to mainstream it in nutrition programs, followed by the recommended tools. A monitoring and reporting tool for the partners to the Nutrition Cluster will be developed in 2018, as well as the standard AAP training package for field staff.