Relations between national authorities and humanitarian organisations: an aspect of quality which is too often forgotten

07/04/2015

Any reflection about the quality of humanitarian aid is likely to remain sterile if its scope is limited to humanitarian actors alone. It obviously needs to take into account beneficiary communities who are the most concerned by quality. It also has to consider the role of state bodies to the extent that they have responsibilities vis-à-vis the population. Though in recent years there has been progress in terms of quality, and particularly accountability to crisis-affected people, this article argues that there is still need for reflection about relations between humanitarian actors and states.