World: AAP/PSEA Survey Findings: Region of Asia and the Pacific (April 2026)

Country: World Sources: Asia-Pacific Accountability to Affected People & Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Working Group, Community World Service Asia, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file. Context Accountability to affected people (AAP) and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) are under strain in Asia and the Pacific. The 2025 funding cuts and the Humanitarian Reset have pushed coordination structures to become lighter, more locally led and more efficient. The Humanitarian Reset called explicitly for partners to “accelerate joint inter-agency community feedback to improve accountability. ” Nonetheless, the transition has been uneven. Several inter-agency AAP coordination platforms have been suspended or scaled back since 2025, and not all have come back. In conflict-affected and access-constrained settings such as Afghanistan and Myanmar, well-established collective AAP mechanisms continue to operate, but they are working under heavy pressure from access, security and connectivity constraints. The Pacific sub-region, covering 21 countries and territories spread across vast distances, is yet to implement a dedicated inter-agency AAP coordination structure. Without sustained attention, AAP risks remaining a written commitment rather than an operational practice. Reduced resources make community trust more important, not less. To take stock, the AAP/PSEA Regional Working Group conducted a regional survey in April 2026. This report presents the findings, the risks the region faces if these gaps are not addressed.

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