‘Community Engagement and Accountability’ is a programmatic approach which ensures that communities we serve receive lifesaving and useful information, can provide feedback to responders (and that this feedback is acted upon) and can participate in decisions affecting them. Effective community engagement helps to ensure that humanitarian organizations are more accountable to the people they serve. In December 2019, the Council of Delegates adopted the Movement Commitments on Community Engagement and Accountability. Over the years, IFRC has considerably increased its capacity in all regions and at global level to better support National Societies, humanitarian operations and health emergencies in integrating community engagement approaches.
Through the pilot Programme Partnership (PPP) with ECHO, IFRC, in close partnership with National Red Cross Societies in the EU and through National Societies in the countries of humanitarian action, provided effective and adapted local response to communities in need, while increasing the reach, quality and impact of the unique network of local actors constituted by IFRC’s network of National Societies. The programme will drive strategic leadership, be a catalyst for driving change and demonstrate IFRC network’s interoperability while contributing to DG ECHO’s objectives as well as IFRC’s Strategy 2030 and Agenda for Renewal. In order to holistically address increasing humanitarian needs, the programme will espouse a multi-hazard, multi-sectoral and integrated systems approach focusing on disaster risk management and epidemic and pandemic preparedness and response, as well as focus on humanitarian assistance and protection to people on the move, focalizing on their specific vulnerabilities. In order to enhance quality, impact and cost-efficiency and to ensure a people-centred approach, there will be an acute focus on seamlessly integrating cash and voucher assistance as a key modality for humanitarian assistance and integrating risk communication, community engagement and accountability to ensure that communities are active partners at all stages of the programming cycle.
The consultant will be support key deliverables as part of the CEA Technical Working Group as part of ECHO PPP, but also beyond the duration of the PPP in areas of knowledge management for the CEA portfolio globally.
Project objectives
The consultant will work closely with IFRC’s Community Engagement unit in achieving the following:
Increase knowledge among National Societies of CEA fundamentals, and how to apply these to the ECHO PPP results in Year 3, and beyond. Ensure readily available tools to better integrate CEA within ECHO PPP activities and IFRC’s programmes and operations. Provide technical support to countries with trainings, plans, policies, guidelines and operating procedures to ensure that communities actively participate in RCRC programming according to the Movement minimum actions and commitments,Work will be conducted remotely, with travel as needed.,
Desired outcome
National Societies have the tools and capacity to integrate CEA in ECHO PPP activities, and in other IFRC programmatic activities as required.
Consultancy outputs
Values: Respect for Diversity, Integrity, Professionalism, Accountability
Competencies: Communication, Collaboration and Teamwork, Judgment and Decision Making, National Society and Customer Relations, Creativity and Innovation, Building Trust