Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS)

The Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) is a standard for humanitarian response.

The CHS launched on 12 December 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[1] The CHS was developed by the CHS Alliance, the Sphere Project, and Groupe URD.

The CHS Alliance leads the development and maintenance of the CHS.^[2]

The CHS is available in Arabic, Bangla, Bahasa Indonesia, English, French, Nepali, Khmer, Korean, Spanish, Thai, Turkish and Urdu.

The foundation of the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability is the concern for the affected populations and ensuring high quality assistance for those affected.

The creation of the CHS was motivated by an inflation in humanitarian standards and guidelines and the desire to synthesize these guidelines in a more accessible form and standardise humanitarian action.

Verification

The CHS is a voluntary standard for use by humanitarian individuals and organisations.

Verification against the CHS is also available for organisations wishing to measure their performance against the standard. Independent verification and certification against the CHS is offered by an independent organisation, the Humanitarian Quality Assurance Initiative (HQAI).

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