CSO Accountability in Focus Reports
Innovative and responsive. These are two words to describe our Member’s approaches to accountability. With years-worth of reports under our sleeves, we have been able to see the evolution and change taking place in civil society organisations: accountability is being mainstreamed and new approaches are being put into practice.
In our CSO Accountability in Focus report series, we take a deeper look into key areas where the civil society sector is advancing accountability to give a snapshot look at how our Members are embedding Dynamic Accountability principles across their organisation.
Continue reading below to view and download our 2022 and 2020 report series.
2022 Accountability in Focus Reports:
Background:
These short reports provide an overview of how our members – International Civil Society Organisations – have been advancing their accountability practices. Each report presents a snapshot of our Members’ efforts over the past year (drawn from the 15 full accountability reports produced by our Members in 2021) in the areas of:
- Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
- Lasting Positive Change and Sustainable Results
- Empowered, Effective Staff and Volunteers
- Advocating for Fundamental Change
These reports aim to give readers an insight into what it means to fully embed accountability practices that aim to meet these four issues.
Our methodology:
Each report provides an overview of strengths, challenges, and recommendations for further improvement.
To assess members´ practices, we used all 15 full reports that were submitted in 2021.
Each one of these Accountability in Focus reports shows an average score achieved by members to show how well they performed at fulfilling the particular accountability commitment addressed in the reports.
Scores were drawn from the scores that our Independent Review Panel assigns to our members when reviewing their reports. Scores are awarded question by question, which allows us to assess commitments individually.
Our members can achieve a score of up to 4:
- A score of 1: No policies, procedures, or other documents are provided to explain the member’s approach.
- A score of 2: There are policies/procedures explaining the member’s approach, but there is no evidence shared to show how these work in practice.
- A score of 3: In addition to policies/procedures explaining the member’s approach, systematic evidence has been provided to show how these work in practice.
- A score of 4: There is evidence that the commitment has been fully embedded into the organisation’s practice.
View and download the second 2022 report below.
2020 Accountability in Focus Reports:
Background:
These short reports provide an overview of how our members – International Civil Society Organisations – have been advancing their accountability practices. Each report presents a snapshot of our members’ efforts throughout the previous year in the areas of:
- Partnerships
- Environmental Practices
- Complaint Mechanisms
- Stakeholder engagement
These reports aim to give readers an insight into what it means to fully embed accountability practices that aim to meet these four issues.
Our methodology:
Each report provides an overview of strengths, challenges, and recommendations for further improvement.
To assess members´ practices, we used all 10 full reports that were submitted in 2019. However, when it comes to complaints mechanisms, we not only used information from our reports but we also looked at every members’ mechanism through their websites.
Each one of these Accountability in Focus reports shows an average score achieved by members to show how well they performed at fulfilling the particular accountability commitment addressed in the reports.
Scores were drawn from the scores that our Independent Review Panel assigns to our members when reviewing their reports. Scores are awarded question by question, which allows us to assess commitments individually.
Our members can achieve a score of up to 4:
- A score of 1: No policies, procedures, or other documents are provided to explain the member’s approach.
- A score of 2: There are policies/procedures explaining the member’s approach, but there is no evidence shared to show how these work in practice.
- A score of 3: In addition to policies/procedures explaining the member’s approach, systematic evidence has been provided to show how these work in practice.
- A score of 4: There is evidence that the commitment has been fully embedded into the organisation’s practice.
