HAP News
25 July : Does improved humanitarian programme quality management cost more?
Read about World Vision's experience of implementing the HAP Standard in Sri Lanka
25 June : DanChurchAid achieves HAP Certification
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25 June : "To complain or not to complain? - Still the question"
Why do disaster survivors who have experienced sexual exploitation and abuse at the hands of peace-keepers and aid worker not complain? Click here to download HAP's new and highly disturbing report prepared by independent researcher Kirsti Lattu.
25 June : Tearfund UK achieves HAP Certification
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10 June : Quality and accountability within the context of Cyclone Nargis
Despite challenges faced after Nargis, HAP members are using different approaches to improve the quality and accountability of their response progr... More
9 June : IRIN: Beneficiary feedback: "thanks but no thanks"?
DAKAR, 9 June 2008 (IRIN) - 'Participation', 'rights-based' and 'consultative' are all terms associated with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) ... More
6 June : Can a certificate make aid agencies better listeners?
Read Ruth Gidley's coverage of HAP's London launch of the Guide to the HAP Standard. The full story is reproduced below or available by following t... More
5 June : Jemilah Mahmood says the crisis in Myanmar is "Worse than the tsunami"
HAP member interviewed on the critical issues facing agencies in Myanmar. Jemilah Mahmood, (of MERCY Malaysia) an obstetrician and member of the UN... More
27 May : GRI Conference on Sustainability and Transparency
On May 8th HAP-International presented “Accountability and the HAP Standard” as part in the GRI Global Conference on Sustainability and... More
26 May : New membership application forms now available online
Full or Assocate membership? Click here to go to HAP's membership application download page
24 May : An aid-worker's diary from Muslim Aid
Amjad Mohamed-Saleem, from HAP member Muslim Aid, has provided a blog for Reuters AlertNet in which he discusses the challenges and experiences of ... More
16 May : Can humanitarians be accountable in Myanmar?
Have your say on the HAP facebook discussion board
30 April : The HAP Standard can change humanitarians from deliverers to engagers
The HAP Standard proposes a change in the very definition of humanitarian professionals: from deliverers to engagers. Yet for the Standard to have ... More
18 April : Membership news: welcome to Church World Service - Pakistan/Afghanistan
Click here to read more about HAP's 22nd member
17 March : Humanitarian agencies conduct accountability self-assessments to strengthen their response to Cyclone Sidr
Three months after Cyclone Sidr hit Southern Bangladesh, the HAP Field Team has been providing direct and indirect support to HAP member agencies and local partners in conducting self-assessments of accountability and quality management in their humanitarian response. Please click here for the full story.
13 March : HAP's guide to humanitarian accountability published by Oxfam.
It's been years in the making! Now, at long last the Guide to the HAP Standard in Humanitarian Accountability and Quality Management is available.
9 March : HAP says that accountability to refugees will foster a culture of protection
The 2008 UNHCR/NGO retreat on refugee protection considered the issue of accountability for protection delivery. The HAP Director argued that agencies that improve their accountability to refugees will automatically foster a "culture of protection" that will benefit all parties. Click here to download Nicholas Stockton's presentation
28 February : Complaints Response Mechanism Training in Malawi
In Lilongwe, Malawi, HAP collaborated with DanChurchAid to run a 2 day Complaints Response Mechanism workshop at DanChurchAid's office during the first week of February 2008. DanChurchAid invited local and international partners, such as Evangelical Lutheran Development Services (ELDS), Church Action in Relief and Development (CARD), Action by Churches Together (ACT) Malawi Forum, and Christian Aid to participate not only in the workshop, but also to join together the day after the workshop to help design in detail a pilot complaints response mechanism. ELDS will consult with beneficiary communities about the mechanism before setting it up in collaboration with DanChurchAid in the near future.
25 January : HAP welcomes three new members
Click here for more details about our newest members: Sungi Development Foundation, COAST Trust and Muslim Aid.
14 December : HAP Pakistan / Sphere Joint Seminar
On October 30th, 2007, HAP and Sphere held a joint seminar “From earthquake to floods: have humanitarian interventions become more accountable and of better standard?" The report of the seminar includes the proceedings of the day and the recommendations gathered from staff of I/NGOs, the panel of disaster survivors and the audience.
20 November : MERCY Malaysia achieves HAP Certification!
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13 November : HAP in Bangladesh
During a New Emergencies teleconference on 4 September 2007, member agencies identified the South Asia floods as a priority emergency. HAP's roving... More
31 July : HAP in the news!
Read the Economist's article on HAP's certification scheme.
22 January : UK DfID Response to Parliamentary Inquiry
Read the DFID reply to the UK Parliamentary Inquiry into Natural Disaster Response along with their pledged consultation with HAP to improve accoun... More
