The CHS Alliance is the first response to requests from humanitarian and development actors for quality and accountability initiatives and standards to harmonise organisational structures for the sake of their many users. Bringing together more than two decades of experience in quality, accountability and people management, the CHS Alliance is one of the largest and most influential networks in the humanitarian and development sector. Creating a truly global enterprise, it already has a membership of more than 150 organisations worldwide. With the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) on Quality and Accountability at the heart of its work, the Alliance intends to establish the CHS as a common reference framework for all actors who provide assistance to crisis-affected and vulnerable people. The CHS Alliance is formed by the 2015 merger of HAP International and People In Aid.