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COVID-19 and the CHS – latest advice
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| As the world responds to COVID-19, it is vital that we keep the views, rights and dignity of people at the forefront of our work. Thanks to our members, we now have even more resources, advice and tools to help guide you through these unprecedented times, keeping people at the heart of your work. Please keep sending in your suggestions. We particularly welcome resources on adapting complaint mechanisms, so we make sure that we hear from affected people and can try to address their concerns. |
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Meet your commitments
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Checks and balances: ZOA’s certified commitment to crisis-hit communities
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| As the first ever Dutch NGO to achieve certification against the CHS, we couldn’t wait to hear ZOA’s learnings from the HQAI audit process. ZOA’s Quality Manager, Gerard Hooiveld shares his insights: “Trust alone is not enough in today’s world. More is required...” |
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Find out what is needed
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About Verification
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Join us – learn more about progressing CHS verification
We need to hear your views. Verification is the drive for change we want to see in the sector; applying, learning and improving our work towards achieving the commitments we make to people affected by crisis. We cannot thank CHS Alliance members enough for their efforts towards this.
However, this requires a verification process that works for the sector. CHS Alliance has been working on updating the current Verification Scheme. We are pleased to invite our members to join us to discuss the new Scheme, as well as our work with donors on their recognition of verification efforts on either 17 June at 10.00 or 18 June at 16.00 CEST.
Experts – we need you for our new CHS Verification Advisory Panel
We need expert advice! To keep our CHS Verification Scheme fit for purpose, the new scheme introduces an expert panel to oversee and guide the future of verification. We are seeking candidates for this panel. If you know anyone with excellent experience of quality assurance schemes, standard-setting or accountability frameworks, please share this link with them before 30 July, or get in touch with us if you have any questions.
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360?degree accountability in Ethiopia
SOS Sahel felt that their local capacity was being undermined, ignored or overwhelmed due the strict grant compliance requirements of many international donors. In response, they decided to increase their capacity to make sure they were not overlooked by funders. A key part of this institutional building was joining CHS Alliance, and using the CHS to transform the way they operated.
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LEARNING
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Join us – Global CHS Exchange 2020: The future of accountable aid
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Some of you had the opportunity to join our CHS Exchange learning events in London, Amman or Bangkok. Now we have a chance for even more of you to join in, as we hold our first global and virtual CHS Exchange focusing on the future of accountable aid, 15 - 17 September 2020.
This will be an opportunity to reflect on five years of the CHS as we launch the 2020 Humanitarian Accountability Report. |
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Humanitarian Human Resources (HHR) conference goes virtual
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided to take HHR2020 completely online. This year’s conference will take place 27 - 30 October 2020. HHR2020 will help participants strengthen their organisation’s resilience through managing uncertainty, focusing on learning from COVID-19 and looking forward to how we redesign the future of aid work.
HHR2020 is now seeking Steering Group members, the deadline to apply is 9 June. |
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Accountability to Affected People
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Quality and accountability training for the Syria response now online
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Developed for the Syria response, a new Quality and Accountability training package is available, created by OCHA Turkey, IOM Turkey, CHS Alliance and Sphere, with the support of Sida. Following a Programme Cycle Management approach as well as the IASC Humanitarian Programme Cycle used for inter-agency purposes, it introduces a number of cross-cutting themes: participation, inclusion, complaints and feedback mechanisms, protection from GBV and SEA, and Do No Harm.
The package includes a trainer's guide, training modules, resources for printing as well as a powerpoint presentation. An Arabic version is coming soon. |
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Download it now
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Complaints in the time of COVID
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During the COVID-19 crises, effective complaint mechanisms are more important than ever, with a perceived increase rather than a decrease in inappropriate behavior or gaps in programming and implementation, leading to complaints. We’re therefore pleased to announce that CHS Alliance and the Institute of Social Studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam are partnering to research how COVID-19 has affected complaint, feedback, and response mechanisms. We ask you to fill in our survey before 5 June to contribute your thoughts. On 13 May 2020 Community World Service Asia and Act Church of Sweden facilitated a webinar on how these mechanisms can be conducted remotely in the context of COVID-19. We are working to bring our members findings from these pieces, as well as the guidance and good practice uncovered.
Stay tuned via the: |
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AAP Community of Practice
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PROTECTION AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE AND HARASSMENT
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‘Saying No to Sexual Misconduct’ learning package launched
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This month, our PSEAH Community of Practice (CoP) and ICVA held a joint session on the recently launched ‘Saying No to Sexual Misconduct’ Interagency Training on Protection from sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. This has been developed with contribution from UNICEF, OCHA, the Norwegian Refugee Council, ICVA and CHS Alliance.
Representatives from WFP and UNHCR gave 64 participants an overview of how this new engaging training package aims to equip partner organisations with awareness and skills to define, detect and respond to sexual misconduct. Take a look and share widely. |
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Get involved with the PSEAH CoP
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Improving the CHS for PSEAH
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| The CHS Alliance is unwavering in our commitment to protect people from sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment (PSEAH).
Since the CHS was launched, it is clear there are still considerable gaps in how the sector approaches PSEAH. As a result, the Alliance is reviewing and refreshing the CHS PSEA Index, its associated verification guidance, and the PSEA Implementation Quick Reference Handbook. We are pleased to be working with Jo Thomson and Belinda Lucas of Learning4 Development and Lucy Heaven Taylor of Global Child Protection Services on this update.
As part of the project, we are seeking members’ reflections and input into these important documents, if you’re part of our PSEAH CoP, look out for this survey coming soon and share your views. |
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PEople Management
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Non-disclosure agreements – CHS Alliance Guidance Note
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| Non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs, are not new and have been included in employment contracts for decades to prevent an employee divulging certain information to third parties. They are also used in settlement agreements to mutually agree to resolve the dispute and to not take the case to tribunal in exchange of the financial arrangement. Since late 2018, the scandals brought by #MeToo movement have revealed other controversial uses of NDAs, namely those used to silence whistle-blowers or victims of other kinds of wrongdoing. |
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Get the guidance
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Helping your people cope with COVID
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| In the past month we’re excited to have launched a new podcast as part of our Cultivating Caring and Compassionate Aid Organisations Initiative. The Embodying Change podcast looks at how aid and development organisations can support their staff and promote their well-being more effectively. The first four episodes look at the practical sides of aid worker well-being in the context of COVID-19. |
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Listen up
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EVENTS
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Making our training work for you
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| We are reviewing our CHS training offer to make it as relevant and impactful as possible. We would be grateful if you could fill in this short questionnaire to help us understand your CHS-related training needs, and how we can improve our training offer. We want to hear from you whether you trained with us before or not. The survey will take about 5 minutes. |
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SEA INVESTIGATIONS
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This four-day workshop demonstrates how to conduct fair, thorough and confidential investigations into complaints of staff misconduct, with a particular focus on allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse of affected populations.
- 13-16 October 2020, Geneva - Register here
- 17-20 November 2020, London - Register here
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INVESTIGATIONS FOLLOW UP WORKSHOP
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This three-day workshop aims to strengthen and hone participants’ skills in planning and conducting fair, thorough and confidential investigations into complaints of staff misconduct, with a focus on allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse of affected populations.
- 2-4 December 2020, London - Register here
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