Institutionalisation
It is essential to integrate community engagement and accountability components into all aspects of your work. This should be treated as a priority at both organisational and operational levels.The range of case studies and guides on this hub will help you to institutionalise community engagement and accountability where you are.
Key resources
2 July 2019
Communication for Development (C4D): Global progress and country-level highlights across programme areas
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UNICEFA report from UNICEF presenting the organisation’s C4D (Communication for Development) framework, guiding principles and the strategic context for its implementation.
2 July 2019
Protecting people in locally led disasters
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Australian Red Cross, Humanitarian Advisory GroupA report produced by the Australian Red Cross entitled ‘Protecting People in Locally Led Disaster Response’. It looks at the protection challenges and opportunities in locally led crisis response.
2 July 2019
CEA checklist for Somali Red Crescent Society
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Somali Red Crescent SocietyA Community Engagement and Accountability checklist which is intended as guidance for SRCS branches in Somaliland and Puntland, which provides a systematic checklist of actions in relation to CEA activities.
1 July 2019
Youth and migration in Europe
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IFRCA powerpoint presentation about the IFRC’s European Youth Network. It details the youth work of the various national societies and the challenges they face.
1 July 2019
CEA infographic: minimum community engagement and accountability actions
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IFRCAn IFRC infographic about the minimum community engagement and accountability actions within the project cycle.
1 July 2019
CEA infographic: the four components of CEA
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IFRCAn infographic produced by the IFRC which outlines the 4 components of CEA: participation and feedback, information as aid, behaviour and social change communication, and evidence-based advocacy.
1 July 2019
CEA infographic: resilient communities
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IFRCAn IFRC infographic which shows how CEA contributes to the creation of more resilient communities.
1 July 2019
UNICEF guide to strategic communication for behaviour and social change
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UNICEFA communication strategy produced by UNICEF to promote behavioural and social change in South Asia.
29 June 2019
Community Engagement and Accountability: Good practices from around the world
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IFRCAn IFRC booklet on ‘Community Engagement and Accountability: Good Practices from Around the World’. It features some of the IFRC’s emergency and long-term community engagement and accountability initiatives.
29 June 2019
Kenya Red Cross mainstreaming of accountability to communities: an operational case study
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IFRC, Kenya Red CrossAn IFRC and Kenya Red Cross case study, carried out by CDA Collaborative Learning, investigating how the National Society mainstreamed accountability to communities over a two year period, including establishing…
29 June 2019
Engaging communities in Tanzania: case study
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IFRCA case study detailing the Community Engagement and Accountability programme adopted by the Tanzania Red Cross Society. CEA activities include feedback mechanisms, mobile cinema and radio among other approaches.
19 June 2019
The case for complimentarity
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British Red Cross, ICRCReport from an IFRC ‘Case for Complementarity’ event, held in Feb 2019, which explored localisation in contemporary humanitarian action. Includes The Case For Complementarity Report and video.
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