Comparing HAP International, People In Aid and the Sphere Project
Last revised March 2013
People In Aid
http://www.peopleinaid.org/about/default.aspx
HAP
http://www.hapinternational.org/about.aspx
Sphere
http://www.sphereproject.org/about
7 + regional consultants (0.5 FTE)
14
Date of birth and origin
Post-Rwanda, 1995. Code launched in 1997.
Legal status
Charity registered in England and Wales. Co. ltd by
guarantee. Foreign entity in Australia. Registered in USA as
People In Aid USA.
2012-13 income approx: $1.03m
http://www.peopleinaid.org/pool/files/Finance/People%2
0In%20Aid%20final%20unsigned%20accounts%202012.pdf
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NGOs and aidworkers, particularly managers
Post-Rwanda, Humanitarian Ombudsman Project created, which
developed into Humanitarian Accountability Project in 2001. The
Humanitarian Accountability Partnership was founded in 2003.
Non-government organisation registered with the Chancellerie d’Etat
of the Republic & Canton of Geneva since March 2003
6 staff (3@100%; 2@70%; 1@60%) + interns + consultants as
needed
Post-Rwanda, 1995. First Handbook (trial edition) published in
1998.
Best url for a quick
introduction
FTE
2012 budget
url for latest audited
accounts
Number of members
Main audience/customer
Regional presence of any
sort
Nairobi, USA.
Number on Board; % of
‘members’ on Board
How you define your
standard
15; 66%
The Code of Good Practice is an internationally recognized
management tool that helps humanitarian aid and
development agencies enhance the quality of their human
resources management. The Code provides a
comprehensive and sector specific framework relevant to
organizations of any shape or size. See note 1 below
USD $2.4M
http://www.hapinternational.org/pool/files/hap-secretariat-report2010.pdf, pages 51-55.
c 87, NGOs and several donors
People affected by disaster & conflict. NGOs, UN bodies, networks
and aid workers at all levels.
Deployments in new & escalating emergencies, including Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, Dadaab (northern Kenya), Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, and,
currently, Horn of Africa.
12; 66%
USD $2M
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The HAP Standard seeks to measure:
 Accountability and quality commitments made by an aid agency
and as specified in their accountability framework;
 Quality Management System – the processes used by the aid
agency to achieve the commitments made;
 Quality of Service – as defined by disaster survivors, affected
communities, partners, aid practitioners and other specified
stakeholders.
The Sphere Handbook, Humanitarian Charter and Minimum
Standards in Humanitarian Response, is one of the most widely
known and internationally recognized sets of common principles
and universal minimum standards for the delivery of quality
humanitarian response in an accountable manner.
In order to achieve certification, an agency will demonstrate that it
meets the six benchmarks and thirty-nine requirements in the 2010
HAP Standard. These cover the three areas mentioned above, with
specific attention to continual improvement.
% expenditure on standard
development and
certification
Less than 10%
Roughly 15% including staff time (final figures for the 2011 financial
year not yet available).
Scope
Advocacy on good practice; capacity strengthening;
thought leadership; facilitating learning; certification.
30%
Baseline analyses and certification against the HAP Standard; training;
advocacy; field support in emergencies; complaints handling.
80%: Earlier focus on humanitarian agencies has been broadened,
especially to those with a dual humanitarian/development mandate.
2010 HAP Standard applicable for both.
http://www.hapinternational.org/pool/files/hap-evaluation-2009final-report.pdf
Next evaluation due 2012.
% of focus specific to
humanitarian sector
Evidence of impact;
evaluations of the
organisation.
http://www.peopleinaid.org/annualreport (2013)
http://www.peopleinaid.org/impact (2011) and members’
survey results here:
http://www.peopleinaid.org/about/how.aspx
Not a legal entity; “hosted” by the International Council of
Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) in Geneva.
1
Not a membership organization
International and national humanitarian actors, including UN
bodies, Governments, individual humanitarian practitioners
Presence on the ground through Sphere-competent humanitarian
practitioners; country and thematic focal points; regional partners
(Sphere India; CWS-P/A and many others).
18 Board members
The Humanitarian Charter sets out the legal and moral ground for
the technical minimum standards, which are based on sectoral
best practice and updated regularly through a sector-wide
consultative process.
Because it is not owned by any one organization, the Sphere
Handbook enjoys broad acceptance by the humanitarian sector as
a whole.
Handbook periodically revised (no set timeframe). Specific
program and budget developed to submit to donors. 2011
Handbook revision process (2009-2011) had an expenditure of CHF
1.5m (see above)
Development and dissemination of common principles and
universal minimum standards in humanitarian response.
100%
Last Sphere evaluation in 2004; next one planned at end of current
strategic plan (2015)