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Enhancing Transparency and Accountability of the Non-Profit Sector
Greater Aid transparency: crucial for aid effectiveness
This paper discusses how transparency in aid and aid budgets can positively affect aid effectiveness. It explores how some current initiatives can support better budgets and accountability in aid dependent countries.
Website: www.odi.org.uk
Unchartered territory: land, conflict and humanitarian action
This policiy paper from the Oversease Development Institute argues that the humanitarian community lacks an understanding of land issues central to many conflicts and post-conflict settings. It makes a series of key recommendations which seek to facilitate a more comprehensive and effective humanitarian response.
Website: http://www.odi.org.uk
Capacity Building and Islamic NGOs: Insights from Malawi
This paper points out the vital contribution Islamic NGOs bring to humanitarian work and advocates for greater inclusion of Islamic organisations in humanitarian discourse. It tackles interfaith relationships, proselytisation issues, and the importance or organisational development of Muslim NGOs.
Website: www.intrac.org
Children in emergencies: Improving quality of response through capacity building
This note is presented by Children in Emergencies specialists at World Vision International Asia Tsunami Response Team. It discusses the increasing need for an improved response to children in emergencies and how World Vision has reacted to this through capacity building training to create a global register of
skilled staff available for deployment to emergency situations worldwide. The successful impact this has had on practice is detailed. Implications for future capacity building practice, including increasing linkages between development and relief activities, and recommendations for other practitioners are also highlighted.Website: www.intrac.org
Capacity Building at the grassroots: Piloting organisational development of community-based organisations in South Africa
Although the research is specific to South Africa, this paper presents observations on the role of organisational development in capacity building which has a wider appeal for community-based and grassroots organisations.
Website: www.intrac.org
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.
