Rhetoric or Reality? Putting Affected People at the Centre of Humanitarian Action – Discussion Starter

Suggested Citation: ALNAP. Rhetoric or Reality? Putting Affected People at the Centre of Humanitarian Action – Discussion Starter. Lessons from ALNAP’S 29th Annual Meeting, 2014.
This four-page Discussion starter summarizes key findings of the ALNAP study ‘Rhetoric or reality: Putting affected people at the centre of humanitarian action’.
The study takes up the discussions and lessons from the 2014 ALNAP Annual Meeting on accountability to and engagement with crisis-affected people. This Discussion starter gives an overview of how affected people are currently engaged in humanitarian responses, identifies constraints to greater engagement and suggests ways to improve.