In a rapidly changing world, how can we make the CHS a more accessible, relevant and user-friendly tool to drive better quality and accountability?
The CHS revision process is designed to answer this question – based on extensive consultation with humanitarian and development actors, policy makers, donors, and crucially, people affected by crises.
Following analysis of the feedback received on the current Standard during the consultation phase in 2022, a revised CHS is being drafted and will be shared with aid actors and affected people and communities for validation.
The CHS custodians – CHS Alliance, Sphere and Groupe URD – in collaboration with regional partners, will undertake in-person regional and global workshops in six locations in 2023. These will build on consultations with communities, people affected by crisis and aid practitioners at country level through Country case studies (CCS).
The CHS Revision workshops will take place in the following regions:
- Middle East and North African Region: 16 May 2023, in Amman (Jordan)
- Europe: 7 June 2023, in Geneva (Switzerland)
- Central & South America: 11-12 July 2023, in Panama City (Panama)
- Western & Central Africa: 12 July 2023, in Dakar (Senegal)
- Southern & Eastern Africa: 7 September 2023, in Nairobi (Kenya)
- Asia Pacific: 28 September 2023, in Bangkok (Thailand)
Background and timeframe
The Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS) is a standard developed by the sector to improve the quality and accountability of aid. It sets out a series of commitments that humanitarian actors have made to people in crises. Since its launch in December 2014, the CHS has been used by hundreds of organisations to improve their work. To strengthen the Standardand ensure it remains relevant in a changing humanitarian landscape, the CHS revision was launched in May 2022.
Drawing on learning over the past seven years, as well as wide-ranging stakeholder engagement, the CHS custodians expect to finalise the revised Standard by the end of 2023.