ACT documents

The important documents for the ACT alliance are often compiled into the "ACT Manual." The latest versions of these documents, which are on the ACT alliance's governance, policies, guidelines and procedures, are provided below.

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Manuel en français I Manual en español

Alerting about an emergency

• Policy & Format for Alerts (applicable now) Word I 48,5 KB

Preparing an appeal

• Preliminary Appeal Criteria/Parameters & Format (effective July 1, 2008) Word I 57,5 KB
• Emergency (appeal) application form Word I 79 KB 
  (with instructions on how to complete it)
• Guide to preparing budgets for emergency (appeal) applications Word I 94 KB
  • App.: Budget forms for emergency (appeal) applications
    • in US dollars only Excel I 90 KB
    • using local currency and US dollars Excel I 114 KB

Revisions and extensions

• Guidelines for extensions and revisions of appeals Word I 36KB
• Budget preparation guide for revisions of appeals Word I 34 KB

Rapid Response Funds (RRF) requests

• Revised RRF Policy & Format (effective July 1, 2008) Word I 66 KB

Reporting

• Reporting guidelines Word I 96 KB
• Step-by-step guide to writing reports Word I 72 KB
  • App: Budget forms for reporting
    • in US dollars only Excel I 85 KB
    • using local currency and US dollars Excel I 108 KB

Evaluations

• Evaluation of Appeal Programs
  • Mechanism Word I 58KB
  • Guidelines Word I 60KB

ACT policies

• Definition of emergency Word I 59KB
• Procurement policy Word I 47KB
• Code of Conduct on Sexual Exploitation, Abuse of Power and Corruption for Staff Members of the ACT International Alliance Word I 51KB

  • Annex I (Issues recommended included in ACT member staff policies and contracts) Word I 35 KB
  • Annex II (Reference material) Word I 32 KB
• Policy for ACT statements on political issues Word I 55 KB
• Policy Paper on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Word I 54 KB
• Policy on HIV in Humanitarian Emergency Assistance Programmes Word I 134 KB
• ACT International Rapid Support Team (RST) Word I 159 KB

Policies developed by others and adopted by ACT

• Principles of the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief Word I 32 KB
• Mental Health in Emergencies; World Health Organization PDF I 75 KB
• SCHR Position Paper on Humanitarian-Military Relations in the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance Word I 41 KB 
• The Humanitarian Charter PDF I 140 KB
• Principles of partnership PDF I 44 KB
• Sphere Standards in Disaster Response ( Full handbook on Sphere Standards available on the Sphere Web site or order a hard copy from Oxfam Publishing.)

• Guiding principles on material aid Word I 46 KB
• ACT National Forums Consolidated Guidelines (to be used for joint ACT Development and ACT International Forums) PDF I 611,6 KB
• ACT International Policy & Guidelines for National and Regional Forums, Rev. April 2007 (to be used for ACT International Forums) Word I 139 KB
• Gender Policy Principles Word I 85,5 KB
• Principles of ACT Safety and Security (PASS) Word I 44,5 KB
  • ACT Security Handbook (Final Draft June 2008 - for members only) Word I 825 KB
• ACT FIFO (First In First Out) Principle Guideline Word I 63 KB
• Guidelines for Compliance & Complaints Mechanism - CoC on SE&A Word I 214 KB

• ACT vision, mission and value statement Word I 43 KB
• ACT statutes Word I 62 KB
• ACT mission statement and bylaws Word I 95 KB
• ACT governance chart Word I 36 KB
• ACT Coordinating Office organigram Word I 34 KB
• ACT Policy on Membership & Procedure for Applications Word I 49 KB
• ACT membership registration form Excel I 69 KB
• ACT membership Disciplinary Policy (for members) Word I 47,5 KB
• ACT Cooperation Agreement (for members) Word I 99 KB
• ACT Emergency Committee roster Word I 48 KB

• Communications policy Word I 85 KB
• Guidelines for communication in emergencies Word I 45 KB
• Media and visibility guidelines Word I 39 KB
• Guidelines for producing situation reports in major emergencies Word I 38 KB
• Guidelines on use of the ACT logo PDF I 268 KB
  
• ACT logos

• ACT conflict resolution mechanism - terms of reference Word I 46 KB