Humanitarian Quality Assurance Initiative (HQAI) 2024
Following an internal evaluation of three related organisations (HQAI, CHS Alliance, Sphere) it was decided to discontinue the support to HQAI and CHS Alliance and that a last phasing out support to HQAI would be provided for 2024 to enable it to work on its renewed business proposition in line with its upcoming 2024–2029 strategic plan and ensuring its financial continuity.
Paese/Regione | Tema | Periodo | Budget |
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Mondo |
Assistenza umanitaria & RRC
Efficacia umanitaria
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01.01.2024
- 31.12.2024 |
CHF 200’000
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- Provide professional and tailored quality assurance services that have a positive impact on the quality, accountability, efficiency and equity of aid in the humanitarian and development sector
- Develop its new 4-year strategy with a focus on accountability and transparency, recognition for the added value of CHS verification, diversity in quality assurance services and advancing the localization agenda
- Capitalise on the work undertaken since 2015 to broaden the set of clients, number of local auditors and donor support base to ensure its financial sustainability and relevance
- Donors for due diligence passporting, ensuring quality humanitarian partners and accountability
- Humanitarian organization for improved capacities and quality delivery, confidence and visibility towards donors and accountability
- Increased accountability and transparency in the sector
- Widespread recognition of the added value of CHS verification and greater diversity in the provision of quality assurance services
- Advancing the localisation agenda and more equitable partnerships
- Greater efficiency in the sector's due diligence processes
- Greater (self-)sustainability of HQAI
- Secure and increase external funding (1 more donor), increase own revenues to 50% and increase number of partner organisations to 70
- Adaptation of HQAI audit to the new CHS
- Increase the ration of L/NNGO audited partners to 35%
- Have 5 newly trained local auditors/audit facilitators
- 1 additional funder to accept CHS audits and 2 new donors looking at reducing DD duplication
- Other international or foreign NGO North
- Humanitarian Quality Assurance Initiative (HQAI)
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Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Sotto-Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE Relief co-ordination; protection and support services
Temi trasversali Il progetto sostiene anche miglioramenti nell'organizzazione partner
Tipo di aiuto Contributo al progetto e al programma
Numero del progetto 7F08550
Contesto | Humanitarian Quality Assurance Initiative (HQAI), with the support of Switzerland since its inception, presents humanitarian organizations a measurable tool and audit process to track their progress against the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS). The uptake of this tool and audit process has not been as wide and rapid as initially envisaged. Currently 48% of HQAI’s budget is covered by audit work, which gives it a solid but insufficient financial basis to operate without donor support. HQAI has to prove wider relevance for the humanitarian sector for it to become a viable enterprise and show it can spur the humanitarian sector on to better delivery. On the other hand, donors have to see the value of CHS and HQAI as strategic interventions that help deliver effective humanitarian support. Switzerland supports the overall goals of CHS and HQAI. But with reduced financial means at its disposal, it sees greater urgency in adopting a contextually tailored approach to standards. Switzerland itself does not include HQAI audits as an acceptable standard to replace its own due diligence process. At this stage support for CHS based audits does therefore not provide direct benefit for Switzerland’s operations. |
Obiettivi |
To support HQAI in a phase out period of one year to allow it to: |
Gruppi target |
Humanitarian practitioners and stakeholders. In particular: |
Effetti a medio termine |
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Risultati |
Risultati principali attesi: Risultati fasi precedenti: HQAI has a unique expertise in bridging the world of auditing with the humanitarian and development sector. It has adapted traditional management system auditing to the aid sector. HQAI audits help audited partners to improve processes and accountability. The sector has demonstrated interest in HQAI audits and services. The number of audit/s and audited partners has increased and audits are more accessible to small national NGOs. But interest by humanitarian organisations and recognition of these audits by funders is below HQAI projections. This has hampered HQAI’s ability to innovate and adapt, become financially self-sustainable and support more localized auditing. In the coming year(s) HQAI has to show how CHS auditing has significant value add for the sector and translate this into greater donor support for due diligence passporting. |
Direzione/Ufficio responsabile |
DSC |
Partner del progetto |
Partner contrattuale ONG internazionale o straniera |
Coordinamento con altri progetti e attori | HQAI is complementary to the CHS Alliance. HQAI was established to carry out independent verification and certification against the CHS. SDC is ending support to both by the end of 2024. |
Budget | Fase in corso Budget Svizzera CHF 200’000 Budget svizzero attualmente già speso CHF 200’000 Progetto totale dalla prima fase Budget Svizzera CHF 1’650’000 |
Fasi del progetto | Fase 6 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024 (Fase in corso) Fase 4 01.01.2020 - 31.03.2021 (Completed) Fase 3 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2019 (Completed) |