Our Mission
CWS-P/A as an ecumenical organization will struggle for a community based on social justice, regardless of class, religion, gender and culture; by assisting marginalized communities to achieve economic prosperity and improve human and social capital through participatory endeavor, which liberates people and enhances their capacities to take control over their lives.
Our Vision
Our vision is for a community that is interdependent, equal, peaceful, rational, just and fair.
Purpose of this Humanitarian Accountability Framework
The development of Humanitarian Accountability Framework is understood as an important step towards identifying our existing strengths and weaknesses and developing our future plan to serve our intended beneficiaries and stakeholders in an accountable manner.
What does accountability mean for CWS-P/A
CWS-P/A considers accountability as a means for responsible and judicious use of power to utilize funds and materialize plans to provide goods and services to intended beneficiaries and other stakeholders.
Who are our primary stakeholders for accountability
CWS-P/A as an organization considers the intended beneficiaries and their representatives as primary stakeholders while utilizing its authority to influence them to achieve our collective goal to alleviate human suffering and improve physical and social environment. We consider our beneficiaries, partner, donor agencies and other Government and Non Government agencies as important stakeholders as well and endeavor to collaborate, support and coordinate to ensure effective and optimum utilization of our resources. Our commitment to accountability guides us to develop and maintain effective use of mass communication media for advocacy, lobbying and information purposes and thus the Media becomes another stakeholder in this process.
Our core commitments
Partnership
We believe in sovereignty of and equity with our partners.
Employees/partners
Ownership of our mission is based on mutual trust, honesty, and professionalism
and transparency.
Process
Our process is based on an understanding of roles and responsibilities, which
include accountability, ethnic impartiality and effective participation.
Improvement
Creativity and innovation is the hallmark of all our efforts.
Relationship between our core commitments and our beneficiaries
The commitments mentioned above are cornerstones of our organizational culture. This culture promotes and demands unbiased, vigilant, responsible and judicious, relationship between CWS-P/A and its beneficiaries. This culture also inculcates openness transparency in our planning and implementation processes and thus the beneficiaries can expect that they can influence us positively for their collective development and our mutual benefit.
Affiliations and interests
ACT Alliance, PISA, HAP International, Duryog Nirvan, Pak Humanitarian Forum, Sphere, Indus Network, South Asia Partnership-Pakistan
Commitment to external standards
ACT Code of Conduct
ISO 2001 Management Standard
Sphere Standards
US-AID Management Standards
RCRC Code of Conduct
HAP 2007 Standard in Humanitarian Accountability and Quality Management
CWS-P/A joined HAP International out of its commitment to the values of quality and accountability while serving the humanity. Our core commitments have driven us to build our capacities and maintain these capacities through continued collaboration with HAP International at national and global levels. We are committed to HAP Standard because of our core organizational commitments and our commitment to HAP International as its full member to adhere to the Seven Principles of Accountability as developed by HAP International.
Implementation and improvement plan
CWS-P/A is committed to its own policies i.e. internal commitments and external principles and standards relevant to its mandate and professional excellence by allocating human and financial resources at project and program levels. CWS-P/A had developed an annual Accountability Workplan in 2009 and currently is implementing that plan at organizational level for continuous improvement to deliver against our commitments. The plan had been developed through organization wide consultation and currently it has been supported by dedicated team and resources to make it effective and implementable. This plan aims to build the capacity of CWS-P/A and its partners through training, complaints management, HAP Certification and compliance monitoring activities. All these activities have been supported by fundraising and committed human resource to keep ‘accountability to our beneficiaries’ at the top of our priority list.
