Vision and Mission
The vision of HAP International is of a humanitarian system championing the rights and the dignity of disaster survivors.
The mission of HAP International is to make humanitarian action accountable to its intended beneficiaries through self-regulation, compliance verification and quality assurance certification.
The objectives of HAP International are to:
- develop and maintain principles of accountability to beneficiaries through research, consultation, and collaboration
- support members and potential members of HAP International in adhering to the principles of accountability to beneficiaries by providing training and advice
- communicate, advocate, promote, and report on principles of accountability
- monitor and report on implementation of HAP International's principles of accountability to beneficiaries and to accredit its members accordingly
- assist members in finding solutions where concerns or complaints are raised about them
Current Membership
Full members as at July 2008* (alphabetical order)
*HAP Certified members in green
- Agence d'Aide à la Coopération Technique Et au Développement (ACTED)
- Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
- CAFOD
- CARE International
- Christian Aid
- Church World Service Pakistan/Afghanistan (CWS - P/A)
- COAST Trust
- Concern Worldwide
- Danish Church Aid (DanChurchAid)
- Danish Refugee Council (DRC)
- Medair
- Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP)
- MERCY Malaysia
- Muslim Aid
- Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
- Office Africain pour le Développement et la Coopération (OFADEC)
- Oxfam GB
- Save the Children UK
- Sungi Development Foundation
- Tearfund
- Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children (WCRWC)
- World Vision International (WVI)
For information on the rights and duties of Full Members, please click here.
Associate Members as at July 2008
- Danida
- Department for International Development (DFID)
- Mango
- Swedish SIDA
For information on the rights and duties of Associate Members, please click
here.
Beneficiary Reference Group - Tearfund Kenya
"To my mind the stand out success of the Lanka Tsunami program was "Accountability". It was obvious from the quantitative and qualitative evaluation data that the ops teams learned from, and worked hard to, include accountability standards into each implementation stage resulted in far greater community satisfaction and ownership with outputs. It was great to see happy stakeholders with realistic expectations being met rather than just people who woke up one day with a house, latrine or well (somewhat begrudgingly in some cases)."
Andrew Lanyon, Operations Director (Program Implementation) Lanka Tsunami Response Team, World Vision International