QAS learning event brochure
Community World Service Asia (CWSA) is pleased to announce the upcoming QAS in Action: Putting Principles into Practice regional workshop, taking place from December 4–7, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand.
This 4-day learning event is designed for humanitarian professionals who are leading or supporting Quality, Accountability, and Safeguarding (QAS) efforts in their organisations and communities. It offers a dynamic and interactive space to strengthen leadership, share good practices, and co-create practical tools for smarter, safer, and more accountable aid.
Why attend?
- Deepen your understanding of QAS principles in real-world settings
- Learn mentoring techniques to multiply good practice
- Connect with a global network of QAS champions
- Gain access to contextualised tools from the QAS in Action – A Smart Guide for Aid Actors
Registration Deadline: September 30, 2025
Fee: USD 700 (local/national organisations) | USD 1150 (international agencies)
Event dates: 4-7 December, 2025
We encourage early registration as places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Lead Facilitator:
Sylvie Robert is an independent consultant and trainer with over 30 years of global experience across the humanitarian-development-peace nexus. She specialises in Accountability to Affected Populations, quality assurance in complex settings, and safeguarding (including PSEAH). Sylvie has worked with NGOs, UN agencies, and the Red Cross Movement in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and beyond, co-creating context- specific tools, strategies, and learning events. A certified trainer and workplace misconduct investigator, she is known for her practical, people-centered, and ethical approach to humanitarian action. She is the author of the QAS in Action – A Smart Guide for Aid Actors.
Co-facilitator:
Rizwan Iqbal is a seasoned humanitarian professional with 14+ years of global experience in promoting Quality and Accountability (Q&A) standards. He is a certified trainer in Sphere, CHS, MERS, and Complaints Mechanisms, having facilitated workshops across 33 countries. Rizwan has supported academic integration of humanitarian standards and advised numerous INGOs on quality programming. He has led Q&A responses in major crises, including post-earthquake Nepal and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Currently, he serves as the Global Quality and Accountability Coordinator at ACT Alliance, supporting 135 members across 120 countries.
Co-facilitator:
Tooba Siddiqi leads regional initiatives on Quality, Accountability, and Safeguarding (QAS) at Community World Service Asia. She has designed and facilitated over 30 QAS trainings across Asia-Pacific, supporting organisations to apply the CHS, Sphere Standards, and AAP commitments in practical, locally relevant ways. As the Q&A Hub Lead with ADRRN and Co-Chair of the ACT Alliance Q&A Reference Group, Tooba plays a key role in strengthening collective accountability, mentoring networks, and advancing community-led, principled humanitarian action across the region.
