On the road to Istanbul: how can the World Humanitarian Summit make humanitarian response more effective?
HUMANITARIAN ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT
CHS Alliance
September 2015 :: 116 pages http://chsalliance.org/files/files/CHS-Alliance-HAR-2015.pdf
ISBN: 978-2-9701015-4-3

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Press Release
Launch of On the road to Istanbul – providing concrete solutions to issues of humanitarian effectiveness at the World Humanitarian Summit
01/09/2015
The Alliance’s first publication, On the road to Istanbul: how can the World Humanitarian Summit make humanitarian response more effective?, has been launched online.

Bringing together 13 leading humanitarian thinkers to discuss challenges to greater humanitarian effectiveness, this 2015 edition of the Humanitarian Accountability Report builds on the recommendations some of our members have made to the World Humanitarian Summit and offers concrete solutions to many of the issues raised during the global consultation for the WHS.

Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, the chief of the WHS secretariat, said: “We all want to ensure the World Humanitarian Summit is worth the climb. To do that, we need ambitious but actionable ideas such as those found in this timely report.” Written with the support of more than 30 peer reviewers, the report suggests that in order to improve effectiveness, the humanitarian sector should build upon and reinforce five key areas:
:: principled humanitarian response, which builds trust and facilitates access;
:: standards, which have shown to support appropriate, effective and timely aid;
:: national capacity, the strengthening of which is essential for effective and sustainable humanitarian response;
:: collective accountability, which requires inclusiveness, transparency and a common language;
:: good people management practices, which are paramount for effective aid.

The full report is free to download from the CHS Alliance website, and each chapter is also available individually. The report will be launched in Geneva, London, Washington, Nairobi, Bangkok, Bogota, Manchester, Lyon and Beirut. To engage on the conclusions of the report, for more information about the report, the launches and to download it in full, visit http://www.chsalliance.org/resources/publications/har.