Medair

ISO 9001:2008 quality certification worldwide signifies that Medair effectively delivers goods and services with a focus on beneficiary needs.

ZEWO certification, only available to state-approved Swiss organisations, testifies to the intended and effective use of private donations. ZEWO certification testifies to the integrity of Medair’s publications and, in particular, its fund appeals. ZEWO standards call for optimal accounting and operational transparency, confirmed by continuous independent monitoring.

ZEWO website

The RfB certification gives donors a high degree of certainty that resources received by the Dutch office of Medair are used for the purpose for which they were given.

ASAH is a federation of faith-based organisations dealing in international solidarity in fields such as humanitarian aid, international cooperation and development, fair-trade, and societal re-integration.

ASAH website

Medair’s EU-CORD membership gives it membership into CONCORD, the European confederation for relief and development.

CONCORD website

Medair France is a member of this coordinating body of French NGOs, whose aim is to promote their values to private and public institutions both in France and abroad.

Coordination SUD website

Medair is a member of the EU-CORD, an EU network of organisations in relief and development, formed in 1998 with the goal of serving the poor more effectively and improving the conditions of disadvantaged people in the world.

Medair is a member of HAP International, whose purpose is to achieve and promote the highest principles of accountability, through self-regulation by members linked by common respect for the rights and dignity of beneficiaries.

HAP International website

Medair UK is a member of the ImpACT Coalition, which promotes better understanding of how charities work and the benefits they bring to society.

ImpACT website

Medair is a member of People in Aid’s “Code of Good Practice in the management and support of aid personnel.” This code reflects the growing attention of aid groups on issues of health and safety, diversity, and equality, and is relevant for agencies engaged in development and advocacy as well as emergency response.

Medair is a member of VOICE, a network of NGOs throughout Europe that are active in the field of humanitarian aid, including emergency aid, rehabilitation, disaster preparedness and conflict prevention.

Medair is signatory to the "Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief."

The Sphere Project was launched in 1997 by a group of humanitarian NGOs and the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement.  Sphere produces a handbook, a broad process of collaboration and an expression of commitment to quality and accountability.

In 2007, Medair UK ranked #1 out of 195 UK charities of its kind for quality of reporting by this independent organisation that researches and ranks charities for transparency and quality of reporting.

Intelligent Giving website