DARA created the Human Response Index in the belief that it would complement other initiatives in a sector that needs increased capacity, quality and accountability, and new ways and means of measuring performance.
The main aims of the HRI are to contribute to ongoing efforts to improve the quality of humanitarian aid and ensure that aid is used to help those most in need and in the most effective way possible. Specifically, the HRI objectives are:
To measure and benchmark the quality and effectiveness of donor governments’ humanitarian assistance
To contribute to greater transparency and accountability in donors’ policies and practices towards crisis-affected populations
To reform selected donor countries’ humanitarian assistance framework to apply good practice
To support a better contextual understanding of the policy and operational barriers that affect effective implementation of good donor practice in order to improve humanitarian action quality and effectiveness
To promote informed public debate and decision-making on humanitarian issues
To identify sustainable, long-term solutions to help communities prevent and recover from protracted conflicts, disasters and crises.
