Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) Working Group - Sri Lanka

The Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) Working Group (AAP WG) was established under the auspices of the Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) in June 2022. The aim of the AAP WG is to establish collective approaches for engagement with affected people, communities, and local actors to ensure a more principled, effective, and accountable humanitarian response. The AAP WG is guided by the Sri Lanka Humanitarian Needs and Priorities (HNP) Plan which includes AAP as a priority area of focus. The AAP WG Chair is the OCHA AAP/PSEA Officer, and work is underway to identify an NGO Co-Chair. The AAP WG meets on a fortnightly basis. The AAP WG engages closely with organisational and response decision-makers and other relevant coordination structures such as the HCT, Inter-Sector Coordination Group (ISCG), sectors, working groups, and PSEA Network.

Chairs/Co-Chairs: Emma Cliffe, AAP/PSEA Officer at OCHA. Email: emma.cliffe@un.org

National and international actors involved: The AAP WG is currently comprised of 11 participating agencies including FCDO, International Federation of the Red Cross, Islamic Relief, OCHA, RCO, Save the Children, Sri Lanka Red Cross Society, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNOPS, and WFP.

The AAP WG encourages participation from any organisations responding to the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka. Interested organisations can request membership by sending a message to Emma Cliffe, AAP/PSEA Officer at OCHA: emma.cliffe@un.org with contact details of a nominated primary representative and alternate focal point.

• AAP WG Terms of Reference (ToR)
• AAP WG Meeting Minutes
• AAP Guidance, Tools and Resources for Sri Lanka