global standard for cso accountability. ingo accountability charter our ambition: improve ngo...
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INGO Accountability Charter Our Ambition: improve NGO accountability and enabling environment
• Cross sector: members from development, environment, human rights etc.
• Global: our members are the international organisations of: Amnesty, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Plan, World Vision, Transparency International etc.
• Comprehensive: code covers governance, independence, financial security, inclusion, environmental sustainability, anti-corruption etc.
• Strict compliance: Annual reports – assessed by Independent Review Panel – results published on our website
Integration of economic, environmental and social goals (cross sector)
Same agenda for global South and North (global)
Focus on peace, democracy and inclusive societies (comprehensive)
Link global, national & local to make it concrete…
…Global Standard eight strong national CSO codes join forces
What‘s the link with the new SDG‘s ?
Challenging times for CSOs
National context is important – but also what unites us
Learning opportunities are huge
Collective CSO voice is stronger in public debates – including the SDG Implementation
Rationale for Global Civil Society Cooperation
Partners joining forces
Australian Council for International Development (ACFID)
Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC)
INGO Accountability Charter, Europe
InterAction (USA)
NGO Quality Assurance Certification Mechanism (QuAM), Uganda
Rendir Cuentas, Latin America
Viwango, Kenya
Voluntary Action Network India (VANI)
Our work in the coming 3 years
Mutual learning, community of practice, network of global NGO solidarity
Identify the overlap of existing codes and practices and devise a collectively agreed Global CSO Standard
Standard will be a global “reference standard” for Project Partners and many others to use
Project Partners keep their own code, but devise clear lines of inter-operability
What we want to achieve
Strengthen civil society organisations’
effectiveness by developing a globally
aligned, strong accountability
practiceImprove CSO accountability and practices
Reduce reporting / focus on what unites us
Contribute to enabling environment for CSOs