Development
The Standard development process started in 2005, with the establishment of a reference group, comprised of representatives of disaster-affected people, NGOs, various humanitarian quality and accountability initiatives, United Nations agencies, government donors, host authorities and other interested individuals. The development of the Standard was guided by the International Organisation’s Directives on Rules for the Structure and Drafting of International Standards and consisted of several stages:
- A broad consultation with key stakeholders, including disaster-affected communities and staff from over 96 organisations, took place between July 2005 and December 2006. The Reference Group provided feedback on each standard draft and regional consultations were held in Bangladesh, Kenya, and the UK.
- The Standard was field-tested in three countries using three different agencies: World Vision International in Sri Lanka, OFADEC in Senegal and the Danish Refugee Council in Somalia
- The Editorial Steering Committee met and finalised the draft Standard in December 2006 and, with a few more changes, the Standard was finally adopted by the HAP Board in January 2007.
Documents related to the development of the HAP 2007 Standard, including draft versions of the Standard, findings from field trials and feedback from the consultations are presented below. For more information, contact Sheryl Haw (shaw@hapinternational.org) who managed the HAP 2007 Standard development process.
Planning:
Project Updates:
As of January 2006, March 2006 and August 2006
Regional Workshops
Field Testing
December 2006 Field Assessment Report with Appendix A: HAP Standard Version 3, July 2006; Appendix B: HAP Standard Version 5, Dec 2006; and Appendix C (Quantitative data from the June-July feedback, the quantitative data and collated comments from the August-October 2006 feedback round)
Reference Group
Editorial Steering Committee
December 2006, Editorial Steering Committee Meeting Report
HAP staff meeting with earthquake disaster survivors in the village of Spayzandi in Baluchistan- Pakistan 2008
"The best thing of all is that the office of Tearfund is here. In some projects which have been coming to interview people and maybe give them some help, people normally don't know where to meet the staff, they only see them once when the project leaders come, conduct something, and then they go but with Tearfund the office is just near and people can contact then there and the feedback is normally very easy to receive - that's the best part of it."
Anna-Maria Aliaro lives in Korr, North Kenya, where Tearfund ran a programme from June 2006 to October 2007 in response to the drought.
