Description de la formation

Le Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) est une formation postgrade donnée par les hautes écoles et elle équivaut à au moins 10 crédits ECTS.

Programme

Module I:The origins and evolution of AAP (Accountability to Affected People)

• Week 1: What is accountability to affected people (AAP)?
• Week 2: Accountability as a relationship
• Week 3: Collective accountability: Humanitarian practice today through accountability lenses

Module II: Actors in AAP

• Week 4: Certifications and standards: building a culture of accountability
• Week 5: Accountability as leadership & the role of donors
• Week 6: Accountability in programming
• Week 7: Accountability and localisation

Module III: Modalities and practices of AAP

• Week 8: Accountability as transparency: giving account
• Week 9: Accountability as listening & participation: taking account
• Week 10: Accountability as response, adaptation & overview by affected communities
• Week 11: Residential session in Nairobi, Kenya, CAS assessment

CAS assessment

• Week 12: Preparing a final written assignment on an AAP-related dilemma or an AAP strategy formulated for their project/organization

Objectives

At the end of the CAS, participants will have developed the relevant skills to design and adapt humanitarian strategies and projects related to AAP in line with the specificities of each context.

More specifically, participants will be able to:

• Define the AAP concept and relate it to other humanitarian values
• Explain the origins of the concept of AAP and discuss its boundaries
• Understand the philosophical, conceptual underpinnings of responsibility, accountability, and moral principles in humanitarianism
• Differentiate the institutional ingredients of AAP
• Understand how organizational cultures impact accountability mechanisms on the local/ national/ regional and global level
• Plan and conduct the evaluation of the AAP strategy in a humanitarian project
• Appraise their project organization and team through the AAP lens
• Formulate evaluation strategies and tools adapted to their project/organization

Plan de la formation

1 crédit ECTS correspond à environ 25-30 heures de travail.