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Call for Expression of Interest  

CHS LOCALED is an exciting new initiative that aims to provide a comprehensive picture of aid effectiveness and drive improvements to close the gap in expectations between those providing assistance and those experiencing it. It takes a collective and localised approach, building on the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) as a common collective framework to meet communities’ expectations. 

Under this initiative, assessments of how organisations collectively meet their CHS commitments will be conducted alongside community perception assessments within specific humanitarian responses.

We are building a group of CHS peer assessors from the CHS Alliance membership to help providing a collective overview on aid actors’ efforts and challenges to meet their CHS commitments in countries. Please see the Terms of Reference below for more details.

If you have experience in CHS verification within your organisation and are willing to contribute to collective efforts for a more quality and accountable humanitarian action for people affected by crisis by joining at least one collective assessment in 2025 / 2026, please express your interest to join this first cohort of CHS peer assessors.

CHS Alliance will provide the methodology and materials, necessary financial resource (including travel and subsistence costs) and logistic (including assistance for visa, venue, etc.) for the training and country visits. The CHS peer assessor’s role is not remunerated by CHS Alliance. CHS peer assessors participating in this collective effort must obtain approval from their organisation to ensure that this role is recognised as part of their employment agreement.

How to apply

To apply, email a short response to localed@chsalliance.org by 19 December 2024, outlining your answers to these questions:

1. Why are you interested in joining the group of CHS peer assessors?
2. What assessment experience do you bring?
3. How could you bring back the learning to your organisation/country?
4. Can you commit to attend an in-person training session in March 2025 in Geneva and take part of at least one country visit (max. 10 days) in the next year?
5. Confirmation your organisation supports your application.

Applications from staff of national NGOs and the global south will be prioritised. You will be informed of the selection process in December 2024/ January 2025.

For more information, please contact Bonaventure Sokpoh at bsokpoh@chsalliance.org