Quality & Accountability Initiatives
The humanitarian community has initiated a number of inter-agency initiatives to improve accountability, quality and performance in humanitarian responses. The four most widely known initiatives are ALNAP (Active Learning Network for Accountability and performance in Humanitarian Action), People In Aid, Sphere Project and HAP International. A move towards greater coherence started in 2006 with the creation of the Quality and Accountability Initiatives Complementarities Group, which included HAP, People In Aid, Sphere, ALNAP, Groupe URD, Coordination Sud, Emergency Capacity Building (ECB) Project. Over the years, the group has grown with Communicating with Disaster Affected Communities (CDAC), Listening Project, and Disasters Emergency Committee joining.
Further the three organisations HAP International, People In Aid and The Sphere Project have started the Joint Standards Initiative. The JSI is a collaboration building on the strengths of each initiative. In mid-2011, the three initiatives made a joint commitment to promote convergence of their respective standards. Greater coherence should strengthen aid workers’ ability to put these standards into practice around the world. The ultimate aim, of course, is to improve the quality of humanitarian action for affected communities.
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