2010
DOI: 10.26530/oapen_392745
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Accountability in Public Policy Partnerships

Abstract: Contents 3 Why Organisations Ought to be Accountable 3.1 Major justifications for accountability 3.1.1 Consequentialist justifications 3.1.2 Power and stakeholder theory 3.1.3 Power and the democratic deficit 3.2 The alternative: Justifying accountability through delegation 3.2.1 Delegation and the duty to act in the best interest of the principal 3.2.2 Delegation and the need for appropriate accountability mechanisms 3.2.3 Ex-post and hypothetical delegation 3.3 The advantages of justifying accountability thr… Show more

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“…Uganda’s protracted humanitarian emergency was one of the first pilots of the Humanitarian Cluster Approach in 2006 and was praised by humanitarian actors and GBV specialists for improving GBV coordination [ 39 ]. The Uganda GBV sub-cluster reduced duplication, enhanced GBV services quality, defined a standardized referral pathway, developed a system for collecting GBV data, and formed a consortium to implement common trainings and mobilise funds [ 39 , 40 ]. The establishment of sub-national or decentralised coordination structures which complement national level functions was also deemed beneficial in several settings.…”
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“…Uganda’s protracted humanitarian emergency was one of the first pilots of the Humanitarian Cluster Approach in 2006 and was praised by humanitarian actors and GBV specialists for improving GBV coordination [ 39 ]. The Uganda GBV sub-cluster reduced duplication, enhanced GBV services quality, defined a standardized referral pathway, developed a system for collecting GBV data, and formed a consortium to implement common trainings and mobilise funds [ 39 , 40 ]. The establishment of sub-national or decentralised coordination structures which complement national level functions was also deemed beneficial in several settings.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fourteen sources explored issues of GBV localisation and inclusion of local actors in GBV coordination [ 15 , 19 , 21 , 38 , 40 , 41 , 43 , 46 , 48 , 50 – 53 , 55 ]. Despite significant global policy commitments, in practice, GBV localisation has been minimal, with little international funding channelled to local organizations, and several barriers and enablers were identified for local actors engaging in UN-led GBV coordination mechanisms.…”
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“…However, multiple relations lead to multiple types of accountability, which in turn give rise to competing demands. Also, international organisations 30 and partnerships between the public sector, private sector and civil society 31 were considered to be surrounded by networks of accountability relations.…”
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“…Accountability is a derivative of ‘being accountable’, a quality or state of being where one accepts—or is obliged to accept—responsibility for one's actions (or inactions) towards another. 31 It thus presupposes a relationship between two actors where one actor (the agent or duty bearer) has to account for his actions to another actor (the principal or claims holder), because the actions of the agent affect the principal or because they have been carried out on behalf of the principal.…”
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confidence: 99%