Disaster risk reduction begins at home--in our schools, places of work and worship, and through our local communities. It is here where we will either save lives -- or lose them -- depending on the steps we take today to reduce our vulnerability to tomorrow's hazards.
Margareta Wahlström
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs
OCHA
Working with Quality and Accountability Initiatives
What is it?
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Why is it useful?
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ECB has made concerted efforts at an early stage to work with other quality and accountability initiatives. These bilateral efforts have strengthened relationships, provided mutual guidance and critique, and led to joint work.
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Improving the quality and accountability of humanitarian action is a task that cannot be accomplished by any one initiative.
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Critical findings of the Rwanda joint evaluation in 1994 led to the creation of ALNAP and Sphere in 1997 and the Humanitarian Ombudsman Project in 1998. This evaluation challenged humanitarian actors to do better quality emergency response work. Most ECB agencies are also involved in other quality and accountability initiatives, including People in Aid, Coordination SUD-Synergie Qualite, Quality Compass, and the Humanitarian Accountability Partnership. All ECB agencies conduct Sphere trainings.
More and more, agencies recognize the need to build professional communities that promote good practice and critique. Collaborative work ensures faster progress to becoming more accountable.
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