For representatives of CHS Alliance member organisations.
Member
organisations
National and local
actors
People took part
in 2025
Hours together,
online
About the Assembly
Where members take stock and plan ahead
Members will review their shared commitments to the Core Humanitarian Standard, debate the learnings from this year’s Humanitarian Accountability Report, learn from one another and set priorities together. The session is interactive, so come ready to contribute.
This year’s Assembly is online, so members can join from wherever they work.
Before the meeting
Read before the meeting
The General Assembly pack will be posted here on 26 October, so you can read it before the Assembly.
Survey open now
Share your view
Nine questions on the accountability dilemmas facing the whole sector, from this year’s Humanitarian Accountability Report. Your answers feed into the debate at the Assembly.
The nine dilemmas draw on the Humanitarian Accountability Report 2026.
Agenda
Two hours, online
All times are Geneva time (CET, UTC+1).
5 Nov
Thursday
Online
12:50
13:00
Zoom opens
Join early to settle in, and tell us in the chat where you are joining from.
13:00
13:10
Welcome and opening
The Chair of the Board welcomes members, followed by an opening and a quick poll on who is in the room.
13:10
13:25
Learning from this year’s HAR
We debate the learnings from the Humanitarian Accountability Report 2026, starting with the survey results on its nine accountability dilemmas. Share your view before the day.
13:25
13:45
The year at the Alliance
Highlights from the Chair, a finance overview from the Treasurer and the work plan from the Executive Director. Send your questions to the Q&A at any time.
13:45
14:15
Deep dive sessions, round 1: Stronger organisations
The four sessions are introduced and you choose one. From 13:50, two sessions run side by side, each opened by a Board member.
VERIFICATION: How can every organisation find its place and be recognised for its progress?
Hosted by Catherine Skehan and Ugochi Cynthia Abazie Abang.
COUNTRY COOPERATIVES: Why should country contexts lead?
Hosted by Ghida Anani and Mansoor Ahmed.
14:15
14:45
Deep dive sessions, round 2: Changing the system together
Five minutes to switch rooms and choose again. From 14:20, two more sessions run side by side.
DUE DILIGENCE PASSPORTING: How can the CHS reduce duplication?
Hosted by Brian Beckett and Lina Alhaj.
PSEAH: How can we protect people better, together?
Hosted by Palwashay Arbab and Lubna Alkanawati.
14:45
15:00
Back together and close
A headline from each session, then what is coming up and how you can get involved, a group photo and the close.
Lola Gostelow
Chair of the Board, CHS Alliance
Welcome and close
Peter Kidi Utong
Independent Board Member (Lived Experience), CHS Alliance
Opening
Nancy Etté
Treasurer, CHS Alliance
Finance overview
Tanya Wood
Executive Director, CHS Alliance
Work plan and what’s next
Session hosts
Every deep dive is led by two Board members. They frame the question, draw out your views and take your room’s headline back to the full Assembly.
Round 1 · 13:50–14:15
Verification
How can every organisation find its place and be recognised for its progress?
Catherine Skehan
Head of Evaluation, Learning and Accountability, Action Against Hunger
Ugochi Cynthia Abazie Abang
Full Member Representative, LM International
Round 1 · 13:50–14:15
Country Cooperatives
Why should country contexts lead?
Ghida Anani
Founder and Director, ABAAD Resource Centre for Gender Equality
Mansoor Ahmed
Full Member Representative, FRDP
Round 2 · 14:20–14:45
Due diligence passporting
How can the CHS reduce duplication?
Brian Beckett
Director of Programme Quality and Accountability, British Red Cross
Lina Alhaj
Full Member Representative, War Child Alliance
Round 2 · 14:20–14:45
PSEAH
How can we protect people better, together?
Palwashay Arbab
Head of Communications, Community World Service Asia
Lubna Alkanawati
Independent Board Member (Lived Experience)
Questions
Common questions
Answers for members getting ready for 5 November. For anything else, write to ga@chsalliance.org.
Who can attend?
How do I register?
What should I read before the day?
How do the deep dive sessions work?
Can I send a question in advance?
Can I join by phone?
Will the Assembly be recorded?