Strengthening humanitarian response through the application of a common standard: The Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability

Author(s)
Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP)
Publication language
English
Pages
14
Date published
01 May 2015
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Accountability and Participation, Accountability to affected populations (AAP), Development & humanitarian aid, System-wide performance, Global Forum

This paper was used as a source for synthesised recommendations used in the Briefing Papers for the Global Forum on Improving Humanitarian Action, taking place in New York on 4/5 June 2015.

The Briefing Papers are intended to provide a general background to the key obstacles that inhibit good, effective humanitarian action, and the recommendations that have been put forward around the WHS process to address these obstacles.