Quality, Accountability and Learning Framework
The DEC takes its responsibility for public accountability seriously given its mandate to manage cost effective national appeals in times of major tragedy overseas (read the Mandate). This mandate includes a commitment to reporting back clearly to donors and to encouraging improvements in the Member Agencies' humanitarian response.
Accountability Framework
The DEC wants to contribute to driving up the quality of humanitarian responses and the extent of humanitarian agencies accountability without duplicating the investment in accountability and learning made by its Member Agencies. The DEC Accountability Framework is designed to support this effort.
An Introduction to the DEC Accountability Framework July 2008
The DEC has agreed six priorities to focus on:
- We run well managed appeals
- Efficient and effective fundraising
- Timely and appropriate allocation
- Review of performance
- Accountability to stakeholders
- We use funds as stated ensuring sound financial management at agency and partner levels
- We achieve intended programme objectives and maximise the potential for programmes to achieve objectives and outcomes which respond to a demonstrated need
- We are committed to agreed humanitarian principles, standards and behaviours. Fulfilling the principles embodied in the Red Cross Code of Conduct, Sphere, People-in-Aid
- We are accountable to beneficiaries. Taking account of, giving an account to and being held to account by disaster survivors
- We learn from our experience, improving performance based on lessons learnt
Quality Disaster Responses – 2008-09 Update
