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
The promising results are out: Measuring CHS commitments leads to stronger accountability and improved quality.
Annual Report 2023 Out
Our 2023 annual report is now available. Discover more about HQAI’s work, partners, and lessons learned.
News posts
UK Strategy on PSEAH endorses the CHS and HQAI
September 2020
The UK Strategy on PSEAH firmly endorses the CHS as a standard and HQAI as the body delivering verification against the CHS and improving capacity for local NGOs.
New CHS Verification Scheme launched
June 2020
Learn more about the recently launched CHS verification scheme.
Does the humanitarian sector need an Ombudsman?
September 2018
Initiatives to strengthen quality and accountability have been launched and mechanisms have been institutionalised. The state of play today.
A valuable innovation
2017
Kate Halff shares her view on HQAI's potential in the humanitarian and development sector.
Auditor training 2020
July 2020
Read more about what it takes - and what it means - to join our team of auditors.
HQAI strategy is out!
December 2019
HQAI's 2020-2023 roadmap to enhance quality and accountability in the sector.
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.
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.
HQAI is accredited
December 2018
HQAI received accreditation against ISO/IEC 17065:2012 in 2018. Accreditation is the “certification of the certifying body”.
Our annual report 2019!
April 2020
A lot has changed over the last weeks but some (small) things still remain the same: April is the month of publication of our annual report.
Will ECHO accept HQAI as a suitable audit organisation for FPAs?
April 2020
ECHO invites statutory ex-ante auditors to take into account the results of HQAI audits. We have strong arguments to go one step further.