QRCS to host technical working group concerned with development of IFRC trust, accountability standards system

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) will host the meeting of the technical working group concerned with the development of trust and accountability standards and certification system of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) during Feb. 5-7, 2024.
The three-day meeting's agenda focuses on how to improve the quality of humanitarian services and make the humanitarian sector more transparent, through better response to emergencies and complex humanitarian challenges. It will discuss the proposed standards and process of the new certification program with meeting's outcomes outlining the certification plan, helping to enhance movement-wide trust and accountability, and ensuring the best humanitarian services for affected communities.
IFRC is developing a new certification program based on trust and accountability, with valuable guidance from the working group formed for this purpose, which involves input from 15 national societies across the international humanitarian community. The program allows national societies to demonstrate their accountability and trustworthiness against agreed standards, while further developing themselves in such areas.
Ensuring trust and accountability is one of the seven transformations in the IFRC Strategy 2030, dedicated to addressing the key humanitarian and development challenges of the decade, as the international humanitarian network is committed to maintaining its foothold in all communities and countries, especially the isolated and marginalized ones and actively engaging stakeholders in decision-making processes about relevant programs in addition to adopting a transparent and regular disclosure practice that explains progress and challenges, learning from, and listening to, as well as feedback that can strengthen humanitarian efforts.
QRCS has been actively hosting such important development meetings that pave the way for a better environment to reshape the humanitarian sector. As an active member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, QRCS's work is inspired by the seven fundamental principles, seeking to achieve its humanitarian mission and vision under the umbrella of the movement, and in cooperation with the sister national societies. (QNA)