ACT Manual
The ACT Manual contains ACT International policies, guidelines, procedures and tools for members. All policies are approved by the ACT International governing bodies to assist members in their response to emergencies.
ACT Response Mechanisms
Emergency Response Alert
Policy & Format - Alert (Ver. May 2008)132-PolicyFormatAlertMay08.doc - 46kB
Preparing an Appeal Proposal - Medium/Large Emergencies
- Policy & Format - Preliminary Appeal (Ver. May 2008)8075-PolicyFormatPreliminaryAppealMay08.doc - 68kB
- Guidelines & Format - (Full) Appeal Proposal (Ver. Sept 2003)139-emappform.doc - 79kB
- Guidelines - Appeal Budget Preparation (Ver. Nov 2004)7925-budgetprepguideforappeals.doc - 94kB
Format - Appeal Proposal Budget in USD only (Ver. May 2000)7926-budgetformUSDonly.xls - 90kB- Format - Appeal Proposal Budget in local currency & USD
(Ver. May 2000)7927-budgetformatlocalcurrencyandUSD.xls - 114kB - Policy & Guidelines - Applying the International Coordination Fee (Ver. Jan 2009)8063-ProcAppFeeApplJan09.doc - 74kB
- Policy - Revolving Fund for Prefinancing Appeals (Ver. Mar 2008)8076-PolicyRevolvingFundprefinancingappealsMar08.doc - 26kB
Revising Appeals & Requesting No-Cost Extensions
- Policy & Guidelines - Appeal Revisions & Extensions
(Ver. Aug 2003)133-guideforextandrevofappeals.doc - 36kB - Guidelines - Appeal Budget Revision (Ver. Aug 2003)7928-budgetguiderevappeals.doc - 34kB
Requesting Rapid Response Funding (RRF) - Small Emergencies
- Policy & Format - RRF Requests (Ver. Aug 2008)137-ACTRRFPolicyformatAug08.doc - 86kB
Reporting on Appeals & RRFs
- Policy & Guidelines - Appeal & RRF Reporting (Ver. Aug 2005)141-reportingguidelines.doc - 96kB
- Step by Step Guidelines - Preparing Reports (Ver. Oct 2005)142-stepbystepguideforreports.doc - 72kB
- Format - Financial Reporting in USD only (Ver. May 2000)7929-budgetformUSDonly.xls - 90kB
- Format - Financial Reporting in Local Currency & USD
(Ver. May 2000)7930-budgetformatlocalcurrencyandUSD.xls - 114kB - Guidelines - First-In-First-Out FIFO Principle
for Recording Appeal Income and Expenditure (Ver. Oct 2008)7938-FIFOPrincipleGdline.doc - 63kB
External Evaluation of Appeals
- Guidelines - Evaluation Mechanism - Pending Review (Ver. April 2001)143-evalmechanism.doc - 58kB
- Guidelines for Evaluators -External Evaluations Pending Review (Ver. April 2001)144-evalguide.doc - 60kB
Requesting Rapid Support Team Assistance
Guidelines and Procedures Manual (Ver. Nov 2009)8116-RSTManual.pdf - 3MB- ACT Rapid Support Team Request Form (Ver. Nov 2009)8117-Annex7ACTRSTRequestForm.doc - 96kB
- Policy & Procedures - Rapid Support Team RST (Ver. Aug 2008 7933-RRRSTFinalAug08.doc - 159kB
Emergency Assessment
- Checklists & Reporting Template - Rapid and Detailed Assessments (Ver. Mar 2009)8077-ACTemergencyasschklistMar09Rev.doc - 356kB
Cross-Cutting & Operational Issues
Developed by ACT
- Code of Conduct - Sexual Exploitation, Abuse of Power and Corruption (SEAP&C) (Ver. Dec 2002)
For staff of ACT members and the ACT CO.
147-CodeConductSexualExloitation.doc - 51kB - Code of Conduct - SEAP&C Annex 1 (Ver. Dec 2002)
Issues for staff policies and contracts
148-CoCSexualExploitationAnnexI.doc - 35kB - Code of Conduct - SEAP&C Annex 2 (Ver. Dec 2002)
List of reference materials
149-CoCSexualExploitationAnnexII.doc - 32kB - Guidelines - CoC Compliance & Complaints Mechanisms for SEAP&C (Ver. Dec 2008)
Supporting document for implementing the code of conduct.
7939-CCMechFinalDec08.doc - 215kB - Policy & Guidelines - Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)
(Ver. June 2006)7931-PolicyPaperonGMOsJune06.doc - 54kB - Policy & Guidelines - HIV & Emergency Assistance (Ver. April 2008)7932-FinalHIVPolicyadoptedEmComApril08.doc - 135kB
- Policy & Guidelines - Material Aid Donations (Ver. Mar 2000)155-materialaid.doc - 46kB
- Policy & Guidelines - Gender (Ver. Apr 2008)7935-GenderPolPrinciplesAppr21Apr08.doc - 86kB
- Policy - Principles of ACT Safety and Security (PASS)
(Ver. June 2008)7936-ACTPASSFinalJune08.doc - 44kB - Guidelines & Tools - ACT Security Handbook (Ver. June 2008)7937-ACTSecurHandbookfinal17JuneRevised.doc - 835kB
- Policy - Anti-Fraud and Corruption Policy (April 2009)8082-ACTAntiFraudCorruptionPolicyapprExComApril2009.doc - 101kB
- Guiding Principles - Climate Change for the ACT International Alliance (Aug 2009) 8087-ACTClimateChangeGuidingPrinciples19Aug2009forACTIntlwebsite.doc - 246kB
- Guiding Principles - Climate Change Quiz (Sept 2009) 8088-Climatechangequiz.doc - 77kB
Guiding Principles - ACT Climate Change Presentation for Country Dissemination (Sept 2009)8089-ACTClimateChangeGuidingPrinciplesPresentationforcountrydisseminationforACTwebsite.ppt - 4MB- Tackling Climate Change - Communities Making a Difference (Dec 2009)
For a high resolution pdf please contact Marian Casey, mac[at]act-intl.org
8128-TacklingClimateChange111209.pdf - 5MB - Definition of Emergency (Ver. Mar 1998)145-emergencydef.doc - 59kB
Developed by others and adopted by ACT
- SPHERE Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
More information available on the SPHERE web site or order a hard copy from Oxfam Publishing.
8032-SphereHandbookfull.pdf - 2MB - Principles of the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief151-CodeofConductRedCross.doc - 32kB
- Mental health in emergencies; world health organization
Note: the "IASC Guidelines on Mental Health & Ps. Support in Em. Settings" are available from the ACT C.O. in English, French, Spanish and Arabic upon request.
152-mentalhealthinemerWHO.pdf - 74kB - SCHR position paper on humanitarian-military relations in the provision of humanitarian assistance153-SCHRPositionPaperonHumanitarianMilitaryRelationsJanuary2010.pdf - 551kB
- Policy - SPHERE Humanitarian Charter & Standards154-SphereHumCharterandStandards.pdf - 139kB
- Principles of Partnership - Global Humanitarian Platform (July 2007)7934-principlesofpartnership.pdf - 43kB
Governance, Structure and Membership
- ACT vision, mission and value statement158-visionmissionvaluestatemnt.doc - 43kB
- ACT statutes160-Statutes.doc - 61kB
- ACT mission statement and bylaws161-missionstatebylaws.doc - 91kB
- ACT governance chart159-Governancechart.doc - 40kB
- ACT Emergency Committee roster 162-emcomroster.doc - 48kB
- ACT coordinating office organigram163-ACTCOORGANIGRAMJanuary09.pdf - 238kB
- ACT Policy on Membership & Procedure for Applications164-PolicyonMembandProcforAppl.doc - 49kB
- Form - membership registration165-membershipregform.xls - 69kB
- ACT Cooperation Agreement (for members)167-cooperationagrmnt.doc - 99kB
- Terms of Reference - Conflict Resolution Mechanism
(Approved Mar 2004 - pending review)Related to the resolution of conflicts within the alliance.
7940-conflictresmechansim.doc - 48kB - ACT membership Disciplinary Policy (for members)166-MembDisciplinaryPolicy.doc - 48kB
Communications
- Policy - Communications (Ver. June 1998)168-communicationspolicy.doc - 85kB
- Guidelines - Communication in Emergencies (Ver. Feb 2008)169-comminemergencies.doc - 48kB
- Guidelines - Media and Visibility (Ver. 2000)170-Mediaandvisguide.doc - 39kB
- Guidelines - Producing Emergency Situation Reports (Ver. Feb 2001)171-sitrepguidelines.doc - 42kB
- Policy - ACT Statements on Political Issues (Ver. Sept 2004)150-stateonpoliticalissues.doc - 58kB
ACT Logo
- Co-Branding Guidelines8134-CoBrandingBookEng080110.pdf - 2MB
- ACT Alliance Logo Package8136-ACTalliancelogo.zip - 6MB
ACT National and Regional Forums
- Policy & Guidelines - Consolidated National Forums
ACT Intl. & ACT Devpt (Ver. Feb 2008)156-ACTNationalForumsConsolidatedGuidelinesFinal.pdf - 612kB - Policy & Guidelines - National & Regional Forums (Ver. April 2007)157-PolicyGdlinesACTForumsappr9May2007.doc - 140kB
