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Welcome to News at HQAI! Here you can dive into a collection of stories from audited, strategic and financial partners, from auditors and people affected by crisis who share their experience of working with us. We appreciate the insight of others on our work as independent auditor in the humanitarian and development sector.
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Preliminary results Impact Study
Our work has a demonstrated positive impact on organisations's accountability.
Round Table 2022
CHS Certification as an enabler of localisation. Results from an interactive discussion among governmental and other donor representatives, auditors, NGO alliances, NGOs and other stakeholders.
It's pronounced...
Our auditors Jo and Johnny speak about what it means to put communities at the centre by collecting their direct feedback on the ground. Why? To ensure quality and accountability throughout the system.
News posts
CHS+ Pilot Project
March 2023
CHS+ Pilot Project - HQAI now has a proof of concept that CHS+ audits can meet key due diligence requirements of strategic donors as a result of the pilot in Bangladesh.
ICVA membership
March 2023
HQAI is proud to announce its brand-new membership to the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA) network, a global consortium of over 140 members active in humanitarian response across the world.
Impact on accountability
January 2023
Independent CHS quality assurance has a demonstrated positive impact on organisations' accountability.
HQAI Round Table 2022
December 2022
CHS certification as an enabler of localisation.
HQAI audits: The story of DRC
December 2022
"We are on a journey of continuous learning and improvement that has a baseline." The people from DRC discuss their path towards certification while highlighting its advantages. The larger narrative presents a positive picture towards certification and this interview, in particular, would help understand the relevance of CHS through an audited organisation's perspective. Indeed, CHS certification incentivises accountability!
Job opening - QA Manager
November 2022
Job opening at HQAI Secretariat - Senior QA Manager (100%) I Geneva
HQAI takes a stand
November 2022
What our job entails, how it works and the journey ahead.
Putting people at the centre
October 2022
When our auditor Andrew Nzimbi met Joost Mönks, HQAI's new Executive Director
Benefits of CHS Verification for Donor Due Diligence: less duplication, another step towards localisation
May 2022
During the 2022 Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) organised by OCHA, HQAI and CHSA held the session “Benefits of CHS Verification for Donor Due Diligence: less duplication, another step towards localisation”. The aim was to give the floor to representatives of key stakeholders in the aid sector -more specifically auditors, representatives of local NGOs and donors- to hear about already existing solutions to the challenges linked to donor due diligence alignment and localisation.