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News

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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LOCAL New Project

DRC, in collaboration with HQAI, ICVA, and SPONG, announces the launch of the project named LOCAL: LOwering CompliAnce burdens for Local and national associations.

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Intermediary Impact Study Report

The promising results are out: Measuring CHS commitments leads to stronger accountability and improved quality.

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Stronger CHS Out

The Core Humanitarian Standard has been refreshed! This globally recognised standard sets the bar for how aid organisations should work with people and communities. Discover the changes.

News posts

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A valuable innovation

2017

Kate Halff shares her view on HQAI's potential in the humanitarian and development sector.

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Getting off the banana skin

April 2018

Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Executive Director of Coast Trust shares his experience of becoming certified!

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Jo Thomson's experience as an auditor

April 2019

An auditor's testimonial.

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Johnny O'Regan's experience as an auditor

April 2019

An auditor's testimonial.

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Birgit Spiewok's experience as an auditor

October 2019

An auditor's testimonial.

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Claire Goudsmit's experience as an auditor

August 2018

An auditor's testimonial.

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Auditor training 2020

July 2020

Read more about what it takes - and what it means - to join our team of auditors.

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Localisation

September 2020

What is HQAI's potential to support the localisation agenda?

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HQAI strategy is out!

December 2019

HQAI's 2020-2023 roadmap to enhance quality and accountability in the sector.

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We are here for good reasons

December 2019

We are proud to publish a document that explains how we got from the JEEAR to here.

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Harmonising donor assessments & CHS Verification

February 2020

The CHS Alliance and HQAI held an interactive discussion at HNPW on how CHS verification can cover a substantial amount of donor due diligence.

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Certification was a unique learning experience

October 2019

Nalan Üker talks about IBC's experience, challenges and benefits of their certification journey!