Membership

Whether your organisation is a community based agency, a major international NGO or a United Nations specialised agency, membership of HAP places your organisation on the fast-track to HAP certification, and recognition as being compliant with the foremost global standard for assuring the quality of humanitarian action.

The HAP Standard in Humanitarian Accountability and Quality Management is the most widely recognised humanitarian programme management norm for achieving the best possible humanitarian outcomes for all stakeholders. Rooted in extensive research and consultation, the HAP Standard sets six affordable, realistic and results-critical benchmarks for ensuring that it is the needs of disaster survivors that drive humanitarian action.

HAP International membership

Our membership comprises of both Full members and Associate members.

Membership Fees

Most new and existing members will now pay substantially lower annual membership fees as the HAP Secretariat continues to streamline its services. From 2009, the standard full member annual fee is now CHF 2,000 , with a discounted rate of CHF 500 per annum for agencies with an annual expenditure of less than CHF 5 million. See details in the membership forms.

Full membership

An organisation is eligible to be made a full member if:

(a) it is an organisation whose core activities, or whose members core activities, include operational relief and humanitarian assistance activities

(b) it is legally registered or recognised as a not for profit organisation in the country where it has its Headquarters

Full members are:

Entitled to attend and speak at HAP General Assembly meetings
Entitled to vote at HAP General Assembly meetings
Eligible for election to the HAP Board
Entitled to nominate persons to stand for election to the Board
Able to participate in committees and working groups of HAP
Able to lodge proposals

Follow the link to our Full membership Application form

Associate membership

An organisation which does not meet eligibility criteria (a) and (b) listed above but whose activities and management practices are consistent with and supportive of the vision, purposes and objectives of HAP, and which is legally registered and meets the requirements for financial accountability in the country where it has its headquarters, may become an associate member.

The Associate Membership fee for 2009 is CHF 200. Fees are payable in Swiss Francs. You will receive an invoice and payment instructions shortly after membership has been confirmed.

Associate members are:

Entitled to attend HAP General Assembly meetings and speak
Able to participate in committees and working groups if invited to do so
Entitled to lodge proposals
Entitled to nominate persons to stand for election to the HAP Board
NOT entitled to vote at HAP General Assembly meetings
NOT eligible for election to the HAP Board

Follow the link to our Associate membership Application form

If, after reading through our website, you have any further questions on HAP membership please feel free to contact Barb Wigley.