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Guidelines for Laws affecting Civic Organisations
Checklist for CSO Laws
A basic checklist of provisions that should be included in CSO laws. This document is a quick and useful guide to help ensure your organisation is meeting legal requirements.
Website: www.icnl.org
Palestinian Code of conduct
International NGO Accountability Charter
A accountability charter drafted by a number of independent International NGOs with the common aim and purpose of being open and accountable.
Organisational Governance
Progressio clarifies the importance of Organisational Governance in its manual by saying: “It is only through a system of strong organisational governance that beneficiaries can be assured that an organisation established on their behalf is indeed serving their best interests.” The chapter defines the role of the governing body in the effective management of NGOs.
Website: http://www.ciir.org
Developing a Code of Conduct for NGOs
Code of Conduct for Arab Civil Society
NGO Regulation Network
The NGO Regulation Network is an invaluable source of information on a wide variety of issues concerning the setup and regulation of NGOs. Managed by the International Programme of the Charity Commission for England and Wales , it acts as a gateway to to information and development around the world, and contributes to the development of healthy, accountable and independent NGO sectors worldwide by working with civil society and government bodies in different regions of the world.
Website: http://ngoregnet.org/default.asp
Religion and Humanitarianism: Floating Boundaries in a Globalizing World
This report on a recent conference co-sponsored by The Humanitarian Forum, the University of Minnesota, the University of Toronto, the International Council of Voluntary Agencies, and the Center on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding (CCDP) at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, looks at the issues for faith based organisations in the humanitarian field, and stresses the importance of discussing this relationship in an increasingly globalised world.
Capacity Building: Key to North-South NGO Partnerships?
The purpose of this paper is to describe lessons learned from CHF's approach to capacity development in the context of changing ideas about aid effectiveness. The paper examines attributes of effective capacity development with reference to the themes of alignment, managing by results, and mutual accountability as described in the Paris Declaration. It suggests that the volume and quality of north-south capacity development provide two indicators of aid effectiveness that are useful in terms of supplementing the Paris Declaration and enlisting civil society in it.
Website: www.chf-partners.ca
The CHF Capacity Building Approach
The CHF Capacity Building Approach articulates and describes CHF’s philosophy
and approach to capacity building. It is based on 45 years of development experience and lessons learned from designing and implementing hundreds of
projects with developing country partners throughout the world. Specifically, these
guidelines have been developed to guide CHF program managers and technical staff in designing, implementing and monitoring capacity building programming in their projects; to describe CHF’s capacity building approach and methodology to current and prospective partners; and to explain the rationale for our capacity building activities and approaches to donors and other development stakeholders.Website: www.chf-partners.ca
Capacity Development: A UNDP Primer
This primer addresses the basic elements of the UNDP approach to capacity development. It provides a simple, cogent and accessible illustration of the UNDP Capacity Development Approach for the benefit of development practitioners
both within and beyond the UN development system – a real-world guide to real-world applications to strengthen and contribute to national capacities for development.Code of Good Practice for NGOs Responding to HIV/AIDS
Reporting to Funders
One in a series of briefs for civil society organizations, written from a funder’s perspective, and intended to stimulate inquiry, rather than provide rigid instructions.
This brief has tips for maintaining and strengthening your relationship with funders
following a grant award.Website: www.worldbank.org/civilsocietyfund
