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Sightsavers monitors performance via their SIM card system
Globally, all programmes are monitored using the Strategy Implementation Monitoring (SIM) card and the programme portal. All individual projects within Sightsavers contribute to their global strategic objectives. Their M&E approach roots the organisation in evidence based decision making, allowing them to identify gaps and learn and adapt in response to...
SOS Children’s Villages involves senior leadership in their accountability reporting process
The compilation and development of SOS Children’s Villages Accountability Report has been conducted following a clearly defined process, which is reviewed and refined after each process cycle. The process is based on broad involvement throughout the General Secretariat (GSC) with respective experts providing input. As in past years, the Management...
Amnesty International engages with stakeholders in 79% of all its projects
A wide range of relationships are being managed across the movement, with the people whose rights AI seeks to advance – human rights defenders, affected rights-holders, and members of local partner organisations. The manner of engagement varies depending on the context and scale of the work, and takes place through...
Amnesty puts accountability high on their internal agenda
Amnesty International’s report submission to Accountable Now is based on analysis and inputs from International Secretariat staff and from their national entity reporting mechanisms (Standard Action Reports and Core Standards). One Senior Director is responsible for each key accountability area of improvement, as identified in the 2014 feedback from the...
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...
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....
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...
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...
Transparency International boosts its performance and impact
In 2014 Transparency International (TI) developed a movement-wide approach to monitoring impact. The approach aims to build a more robust body of evidence regarding what works in the fight against corruption, why and how it works. The Impact Monitoring Approach (IMA) is designed to be broad and flexible enough to...
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...
Accountability Lab’s Strategy Development Process
Good Practice Library Accountability Lab’s Strategy Development Process What Makes This Practice Exemplary? Accountability Lab‘s 2023-2026 Strategy is the result of a year-long strategy development process which involved seven core steps: management review of the previous strategy; an external review; a strategic retreat with the frontline team; feedback and ideas...
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