A unique new benchmarking method (sammenligningsmetode, red.)that looks at the performance of humanitarian aid donors has put Sweden in the lead, according to IRINnews.
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Developed by DARA International, an evaluation agency based Spain, the Humanitarian Response Index (HRI) is the first of its kind to focus on the quality and quantity of humanitarian aid by individual members of the group of 23 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries.
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– Sweden responds predictably and swiftly to complex emergencies, said Augusto López-Claros, Project Director of the HRI.
Its funding tends to be more focused than that of others on forgotten emergencies and on those sectors that receive low-profile media coverage.
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Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands follow closely on the heels of Sweden.
The countries have been appraised against the Principles and Good Practices of Humanitarian Donorship, endorsed in Stockholm in 2003 and considered a code of conduct for donors.
The Stockholm Principles urge countries to save lives, alleviate suffering and maintain human dignity, besides stressing the need for transparency and accountability in dispensing aid.
The HRI study polled over 800 humanitarian actors in eight crisis-torn countries – Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, East Timor, Haiti, Lebanon, Niger, Pakistan and Sudan.
Kilde: www.irinnews.org
