The Chair of the IASC Contact Group on
Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) is the IASC's representative in the GHD
Initiative.
» Background
on the Good Humanitarian Donorship Initiative
In June 2003, 15 donors met at the invitation of the
Swedish government to address Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD).
They had three objectives:
to agree the basic principles which should
govern GHD;
to identify good donor practice; and
to agree on a process for implementation and
follow-up.
A year later, 22 donors met at the invitation of the
Government of Canada, to reinforce the principles and agree future
directions. It is clear from this meeting that the GHD process has started
to be mainstreamed in some donor capitals.
The integration of good humanitarian donorship in
the work of the DAC has begun, and efforts to achieve greater coherence
and co-ordination are underway in Burundi and DRC.
GHD has also given impetus to domestic discussion of
humanitarian policy and the framework for improving the quality of
donorship.
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Initiative.
