Professionalising the Sector: A Proposed Certification Model for Humanitarian Organisations: Draft for Discussion

How can certification of humanitarian organisations contribute to greater effectiveness and accountability in humanitarian actions? Over the past year, the Certification Review Project, sponsored by the SCHR, has been researching and consulting with stakeholders on what a successful, sustainable certification model might look like and how to achieve it. This draft proposal describes the main elements of a potential certification model for humanitarian organisations and some of the key assumptions and critical requirements to implementing it. The project team is seeking feedback and inputs on this draft model up to the end of October; the model will then be revised and updated by end of November 2013, at which stage, the project will move to a field-testing and piloting phase.