At the end of the CAS, participants will have developed the relevant skills to design and adapt humanitarian strategies and projects in a people-centred mannerin line with the specificities of each context.

More specifically, participants will be able to:

• Define AAP and relate it to other humanitarian values
• Understand its philosophical and conceptual underpinnings in humanitarianism
• Explain the origins of the concept of AAP and discuss its boundaries 
• Identify and juxtapose types of accountability (upward vs. downward; formal vs. informal, normative vs. operational etc.)
• Argue on the primary and secondary expected outcomes of AAP
• Differentiate the institutional ingredients of AAP
• Understand how organisational cultures impact accountability mechanisms from the local to the global level
• Plan and evaluate the AAP strategy in a humanitarian project
• Appraise their project/organisation and team through the AAP lens
• Formulate evaluation strategies and tools adapted to their project/organisation
• Design recommendations useful for their project/organisation enhancing AAP in practice
• Strengthen collective accountability between agencies

Around 250 hours of work including:

• Synchronous live sessions (1-2 times per week)
• Asynchronous self-study activities (individual or group work activities such as readings, interviews, podcasts, videos, in-class presentations, self-tests, case studies and simulation exercises, reflexive analysis, forum discussions etc.)

Module I: Accountability relations in the humanitarian sector

• Week 1: What is Accountability to Affected People (AAP)? 
• Week 2: Accountability as a relationship 
• Week 3: Donor perspectives and advocacy
• Week 4: The internal culture of accountability: leadership, organisational culture, certifications and standards

Module II: People-centred programming

• Week 5: Elementary community structures
• Week 6: People-centred approaches and localisation 
• Week 7: Collective accountability and area-based programming

Module III: Modalities and practices of AAP 

• Week 8: Communicating with communities
• Week 9: Inclusion and diversity
• Week 10: Reversing power relations in the humanitarian sector

CAS Assessment

• Week 11: Preparing a final written assignment on an AAP-related dilemma or an AAP strategy
• Week 12: Residential session in Nairobi, Kenya (30 March 3 April 2026)

• Professionals in the humanitarian, development or social sector looking to improve the provision of humanitarian assistance through accountability lenses

• Professionals from any other sectors (private, academic, etc.) who wish to increase their understanding of the humanitarian field and develop their competence in accountability to affected people