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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HQAI Strategy 2024 - 2029 is Out!
HQAI's new strategy to enhance accountability and quality in the humanitarian and development ecosystem.
Intermediary Impact Study Report
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Annual Report 2023 Out
Our 2023 annual report is now available. Discover more about HQAI’s work, partners, and lessons learned.
News posts
Désirée Walter's interview by International Geneva
September 2023
International Geneva interviewed Désirée Walter, our Executive Director, about our work.
Robust, reliable, covering significant aspects of donor requirements
June 2023
Supervisor auditor Marie Grasmuck answers important question about the CHS+ pilot project in this interview.
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.
