Background

Commitments and certifications

DanChurchAid is CHS certified and is signatory to a number of international commitments and global standards in order to ensure quality and accountability in all our work.

Charter 4 Change
Charter for Change

A commitment to ensure better funding for and more equal partnership with local and national humanitarian actors.

Core Humanitarian Standard
The Core Humanitarian Standards

A certification mechanism that aims at improving the quality and effectiveness of the assistance they provide.

The Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct

Ten principles that guide the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in disaster relief.

Sphere
SPHERE

Practical guidance and standards to improve the quality of humanitarian assistance and the accountability of humanitarian actors.

The Grand Bargain
The Grand Bargain

An agreement between some of the largest donors and humanitarian organisations who have committed to get more means into the hands of people in need and to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the humanitarian action.

UN Global Compact
UN Global Compact

A call to companies to align strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and take actions that advance societal goals.

ACT Alliance policies

Apart from these international commitments and certifications, DCA’s work is guided by a number of DCA and/or ACT Alliance policies. These policies are refered to in the relevant sections of this website.

See the policies of the ACT Alliance at actalliance.org