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CARE carried out a workshop with Senior Management Team for its accountability report
CARE International sees it as one of their Secretariat’s key responsibilities to pilot and model accountability approaches, including their engagement with Accountable Now, with the expectation that this will help promote good practice throughout the confederation....
CBM’s accountability report used as a key quality assurance tool
CBM follows best practice in disclosing and reporting on organisational, economic, environmental, social, governance and programme performance. It based the 2013 Accountability Report content on a materiality assessment. Through this method, all issues that could have an impact on the organisation were identified. Then, they were ranked based on their...
Transparency International’s board members are mutually and externally accountable
Transparency International (TI) Board members are subject to the TI Board Code of Conduct and the TI Conflict of Interest policy. As such candidates for Board election are required to compile a register of interests which is circulated to the electorate along their biography and election statement. As a matter...
CIVICUS: Accountability is a driver of quality
CIVICUS is acutely aware of the need for civil society to consistently practice and demonstrate accountability in all endeavours. While aware of the burden which reporting puts on small civil society organisations like themselves, the reporting framework nevertheless allows them to take stock of their performance against set indicators, using...
ARTICLE 19 benchmarks the salary structure of its staff members
In 2013, ARTICLE 19 initiated a review of its salaries, following indications that its pay spine and benefits package was falling short of market value and sector norms, especially in Brazil and other countries. On completion of this review steps were taken to address the significant salary shortfalls and recommendations...
ActionAid puts accountability at the core of everything they do
In the late 1990s ActionAid chose to be thoroughly accountable in the attitude and behaviour they expect from their staff and as a way of working which has huge transformational potential. As an organisation they have come a long way. In the continued fight against poverty and injustice and in...
Sightsavers builds strong and effective partnerships
In 2015, to accompany the Partnership Policy, a partnership framework was developed and rolled out. Designed to mirror and align with the project life-cycle, the framework outlines the three key stages that the majority of programme partnerships will progress through....
Sightsavers’ Council of Trustees are subject to key performance indicators
The Chair of the Council of Trustees is not an executive officer of Sightsavers. The most senior executive officer within Sightsavers is the Chief Executive, who reports to the Council. The roles of the Council and Strategic Management Team (SMT) are clearly defined and distinct from one another....
Oxfam breaks down its reporting to the organisational scale
Oxfam is a confederation of 17 organisations working together in more than 90 countries. All of Oxfam’s work is framed by their commitment to five broad rights-based aims: the right to a sustainable livelihood, the right to basic social services, the right to life and security, the right to be...
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