Quality humanitarian action depends on rigorous monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning — and on genuinely answering to the people it serves. This advanced program equips practitioners to design and lead humanitarian MEAL systems and to operationalise accountability to affected populations (AAP).
Designed for an international audience, the course integrates the Core Humanitarian Standard, AAP commitments, community feedback mechanisms, and MEAL in insecure and rapidly changing contexts. Participants will gain the technical depth to make humanitarian programmes accountable, evidence-based, and learning-driven.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this program, attendees will be able to:
- Design humanitarian MEAL systems
- Apply the Core Humanitarian Standard
- Monitor in insecure and rapid contexts
- Apply remote and third-party monitoring
- Manage humanitarian data responsibly
- Operationalise accountability to affected populations
- Design community feedback mechanisms
- Handle complaints and sensitive feedback
- Close the feedback loop
- Lead humanitarian evaluation
- Apply real-time and joint evaluation
- Measure quality and effectiveness
- Embed learning in response
- Apply participation and inclusion in MEAL
- Report and use evidence for decisions
- Apply emerging trends in MEAL and accountability
Course Outline
- Module 1: Designing Humanitarian MEAL Systems
- Module 2: The Core Humanitarian Standard
- Module 3: Monitoring in Insecure & Rapid Contexts
- Module 4: Remote & Third-Party Monitoring
- Module 5: Responsible Humanitarian Data Management
- Module 6: Operationalising AAP
- Module 7: Community Feedback Mechanisms
- Module 8: Handling Complaints & Sensitive Feedback
- Module 9: Closing the Feedback Loop
- Module 10: Leading Humanitarian Evaluation
- Module 11: Real-Time & Joint Evaluation
- Module 12: Measuring Quality & Effectiveness
- Module 13: Embedding Learning in Response
- Module 14: Participation & Inclusion in MEAL
- Module 15: Emerging Trends: MEAL & Accountability
Who Should Attend
This advanced course is designed for an international audience of MEAL advisers, accountability and information management staff, and senior programme practitioners. Humanitarian experience is assumed.
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