What is the difference between HAP, ALNAP, the Sphere Project and other similar initiatives?
HAP is a formal partnership of member agencies with a shared obligation to comply with the HAP Accountability Principles and a common commitment to compliance monitoring and accreditation. The Secretariat of HAP is registered in Switzerland as an independent association, governed by a legally constituted Board and General Assembly. Sphere is an inter-agency humanitarian standards development initiative hosted by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. ALNAP is an inter-agency learning initiative hosted by the ODI, mainly concerned with promoting good practices of evaluation. HAP meets regularly with Sphere, ALNAP, People in Aid, Coordination Sud, the ECB Project and Groupe URD. Minutes of these meetings and a jointly authored FAQ about these “quality and accountability initiatives” can be found on the websites of all these agencies.
