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Global Hand Standards introductory page You can also view this page in German. Diese Seite ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar.

Source Material

The Global Hand standards were extracted from among the following documents. We also list here some other humanitarian principles and standards documents which guided and informed the first draft of the Global Hand standards.

Global Hand Principles

Global Hand, and its parent NGO, Crossroads Foundation, aims to ensure that aid given is good aid. You can find a range of standards, specific to sectors of the disaster and development spectrum, in our Standards, Guidelines and Toolkits section. A high level summary of Global Hand's standards...

3.6 Programme

Global Hand recommends InterAction's PVO Standards, summarised here, where applicable to these issues.

3.1 Financial Auditing

Global Hand and its members endorse the InterAction network's GIK-specific Standards (the AERDO GIK Standards). Global Hand is seeking, however, to apply the embedded principles in a broader, international context, as the AERDO GIK Standards were written specifically for US based non-profit GIK...

2.1 Freight: Supply Chain Management

Global Hand recommends The Sphere Project's Minimum Standards (Sphere), where applicable to logistics and transportation.

Reference material

As part of our ongoing research into the area of standards, Global Hand has put together a listing of standards, codes and guidelines relevant to public-private partnerships. This listing can be accessed via * the further information link below (PDF format) * a "searchable online...

Cultural

When goods sent are culturally inappropriate, it is possible to deepen the pain of those already struggling against hardship. Sensitivity is critical.