In recent years the humanitarian community has initiated a series of inter-agency initiatives in order to improve accountability and quality performance in humanitarian action. The most known to date initiatives are the Active Learning Network forAccountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP), Humanitarian Accountability Partnership (HAP), People In Aid and the Sphere Project.

In 2003 representatives of ALNAP, HAP, People In Aid and the Sphere Project began meeting together on a regular basis with the aim to to share common issues and harmonize each other activities where possible. Since 2006 this group of four has been joined by
-Coordination SUD (Solidarité, Urgence, Développement),
-Groupe URD (Urgence Réhabilitation Développement) and;
- Emergency Capacity Building Project (ECB).

To read more about the Initiatives and their work, visit the organizations' websites, located to the right on this page.