Humanitarian Accountability Partnership
HAP International runs the leading global quality assurance scheme for humanitarian agencies.
Established in 2003, HAP International is the humanitarian sector's first international self-regulatory body. Members of HAP are committed to meeting the highest standards of accountability and quality management. In addition, HAP certifies those members that comply with the HAP Standard in Humanitarian Accountability and Quality Management, providing assurance to disaster survivors, staff, volunteers, host authorities and donors that the agency will deliver the best humanitarian service possible in each situation.
18 March : Aid groups in Haiti face "a lot of pressure to spend quickly and visibly"
(Alertnet, 17 March 2010) Moved by the devastation caused by Haiti's earthquake, donor governments and the public have responde... More
17 March : Six-month deployment of HAP team to Haiti
Following the work of an initial Quality and Accountability Support Team, a HAP team will be deployed to Haiti for 6 months. Th... More
12 March : The March Issue of the HAP Newsletter is now available
The latest edition of the HAP Newsletter is now available!
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8 March : International Women's Day
In any disaster-affected population, it is safe to say that approximately 50 percent will be women and girls. In such circumsta... More
5 March : Register online to attend the 8th HAP General Assembly
HAP is pleased to announce that the 8th HAP General Assembly and 17th Board meeting will be hosted at the Maison Internationale... More
4 March : Two new agencies join HAP as Full Members
HAP is delighted to announce that Act for Peace based in Australia and the Saibaan Development Organisation of Pakistan have be... More
The latest resource to be added to this website is 2010 Full Members Application form in the Full Members section on 19 March 2010.
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A HAP benchmark workshop held with Merlin national staff in Laputta, Myanmar in March 2009
"Accountability is not rocket science. Have community expectations been understood, were they built into the design and implementation process, did we deliver on them, were they provided opportunity for input into the projects and did we avoid doing harm in the process? Simple, but hard to get the ops teams to consistently do this without the frameworks and the people. The inclusion of a Humanitarian Accountability Team and the HAP framework in our program made this more than possible. I would never go into another emergency response without an Humanitarian Accountability Team. The value added to this program was tremendous."
Andrew Lanyon, Operations Director (Program Implementation) Lanka Tsunami Response Team, World Vision International
