Why join HAP?
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's quality assurance scheme is supported by all leading humanitarian donors including AusAID, Danida, DFID, IrishAid, Netherlands MFA, Norwegian MFA and SIDA.
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Benefits of HAP membership
HAP membership entitles agencies to priority access to all HAP services, including:
To see full details on HAP Services please visit the Services webpage or download the HAP Service List and Price Guide (in PDF).
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How much does it cost to join?
The 2010 fee for HAP membership is CHF 500 (Swiss Francs) for small agencies and CHF 2,000 for those with an average total annual expenditure greater than CHF 5 million.
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Obligations of HAP members
HAP membership means more than signing a document or requesting technical support. When an agency joins HAP, it also commits itself to:
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What does it take to get certified by HAP?
Achieving HAP certification is very quick, easy and inexpensive for agencies with a well established quality management system. It will take more effort for those with only rudimentary quality assurance practices in place. Click here to see the step-by-step route to Certification.
What implications might there be for the way you work? How is your agency doing at the moment with respect to accountability and quality management? Complete our self-assessment questionnaire to see how your agency measures up to the benchmarks of the HAP 2007 Standard in Humanitarian Accountability and Quality Management.
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Enrolment in the Certification Scheme
Enrolment in the certification scheme represents a commitment to take a step-by-step approach towards certification. Both member and non-member agencies of HAP can enrol in the certification scheme. Click here for on-line enrolment
The HAP team works closely with agencies enrolled in the certification scheme to develop a tailored plan and support them in their efforts to move towards certification. Some HAP Services are only available to these agencies.
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Are there any risks associated with not joining HAP?
HAP has a growing queue of members wishing to enrol in the certification scheme and applicants for the BSO investigators training courses. Smart agencies are realising that HAP certification strengthens the quality of their programmes and secures their reputation. It also demonstrates their due diligence in taking all reasonable measures to prevent fraud, corruption and sexual exploitation by staff of beneficiaries. Can your agency afford to ignore these risks? Don't leave it to chance. Join now!
If you have further questions about joining HAP, please write to the Secretariat
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