OUR PARTNERS AND AFFILIATIONS
At ACCORD, we believe that building a disaster-resilient Philippines requires collective action, shared expertise, and strategic collaboration. We actively engage with national, regional, and global networks to advocate for localized, inclusive, and gender-responsive disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) and climate action.
Consortia & Network Leadership
We support collaborative platforms that foster learning, localized humanitarian action, and climate advocacy across the Philippines:
- Disaster Risk Reduction Network Philippines (DRRNetPhils): Serving as the Lead Convenor of the network to champion civil society-led disaster risk reduction and management policy and advocacy.
- Resilience and Innovation Learning Hub (RILHUB): As a Founding Member, we collaborate to generate, synthesize, and share critical knowledge, best practices, and innovative solutions in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and ecosystem management.
- ACCESS Consortium: Partnering with international and local humanitarian organizations and the European Union Humanitarian Civil Protection and Aid Operations to deliver timely, dignified humanitarian aid and drive pioneering anticipatory action frameworks in vulnerable communities.
National Coordination & Representation
Through our network leadership, particularly with DRRNet Philippines, we officially represent civil society interests in high-level policy and emergency coordination bodies:
- National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC): We sit as one of the civil society representatives in the government’s primary coordinating body for disaster risk reduction.
- Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) Philippines: Partnering with UN agencies, international, and local organizations to coordinate strategic, principled humanitarian responses.
- National Reference Group (NRG) Philippines: Contributing to the localized implementation and country-level reform of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Grand Bargain commitments.
- Aksyon Klima Pilipinas (AKP): Working alongside leading civil society organizations on national and global climate change adaptation, mitigation, and finance advocacy.
Humanitarian Clusters & Technical Working Groups
To ensure that emergency preparedness and responses address the specific needs of vulnerable populations, we maintain active memberships and participation in key sectoral clusters, platforms, and technical working groups:
- Protection Cluster Philippines: Collaborating to safeguard the rights, safety, and dignity of internally displaced and vulnerable populations.
- Education Cluster Philippines: Working to ensure the continuity of safe, inclusive, and uninterrupted learning during emergencies.
- Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Sub-Cluster: Supporting UNFPA- and DSWD-led initiatives to prevent and respond to GBV in humanitarian settings.
- Shelter Cluster Philippines: Contributing to coordinated, dignified emergency shelter solutions for displaced families.
- Humanitarian Partnership Platform (HPP): Partnering with local organizations to strengthen disaster management through decentralized emergency response initiatives.
- Start Network Governance Team: Steering rapid, early, and locally led humanitarian financing and anticipatory action in the Philippines.
- Gender in Humanitarian Action Community of Practice (GiHA COP) Philippines: Integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment across humanitarian and disaster resilience programming.
- Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) Technical Working Group: Mainstreaming feedback mechanisms to put crisis-affected populations at the center of aid planning and monitoring.
- PSEA Network Philippines: Collaborating to prevent, mitigate, and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse by aid and development personnel.
Active Engagements & Participations
We continuously expand our reach to contribute to agricultural and climate-related policy reforms:
- Department of Agriculture – Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (DA-PCAF): We are currently participating in meetings and working toward formalizing our membership with the National Sectoral Committee on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (NSC-GESI).
Global Commitments
We hold our operations to high international standards of humanitarian action, accountability, and environmental responsibility as a:
- Signatory to the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations: Committing to step up our climate response and maximize the environmental sustainability of our operations.
- Endorser of the Charter for Change (C4C): Pledging to support and accelerate the localization of humanitarian aid, ensuring local actors have the resources and decision-making power they need.