News and updates from BCSDN and the region
On 30 October 2019, the Macedonian Center for International Cooperation (MCIC) in its premises organized a workshop about important aspects of CSO transparency and accountability.…
Read more →Civil society has an important role to play in helping to deliver and ensure government accountability for the SDGs. The Handbook supposed to enable civil society to pursue accountability for the SDGs in an informed, efficient and effective manner that will, in turn, lead to greater accountability and positive action by governments in implementing the
Read more →BCSDN celebrated the Global Accountability Week form the 1st till the 4th of October together with our counterparts on the national level and with our partners on the global civil society scene. The Global Accountability Week seeks to gather CSOs around the world to promote how we are accountable to our constituencies but also aims
Read more →Accountability is much more than procedures – registration, compliance and financial management. It is also about justice and equality; centering communities at the heart of organizations’ work; values-based decision-making; responsible leadership and much more. It is about everything from paying for child care and ensuring shared parental leave; to supporting learning opportunities for our partners;
Read more →CSOs are expected to be accountable for the use of resources received on behalf of others. Accountability may be upwards to donors or governments, downwards to beneficiaries, sideways to allies, or internal. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) information are routinely used to provide information for upwards accountability. M&E may also be used to support other forms
Read more →On 26 October 2019, the #People2People event “Strengthening accountability, transparency, and sustainability of civil society organizations – Code of Standards for CSOs” happened in Tirana, Albania. The event was organized by Partners Albania for Change and Development and the National Resource Centre for Civil Society. Guest speakers from organizations in the Western Balkans region, as
Read more →Counterpart International’s Inclusive Social Accountability (ISA) developmental framework integrates elements of social inclusion and community accountability into one comprehensive approach. Born out of more than 50 years of experience working hand-in-hand with local communities, leaders, and partners, Counterpart’s ISA framework takes proven industry tools and weaves in meaningful inclusivity at every step of the process.
Read more →The document sets forth a model ethical funding policy for a non-governmental organisations that provides: a process for the NGO to follow when determining whether to accept a donation of funds or other resources and criteria to assess potential or perceived ethical concerns associated with the acceptance of donations from prospective funders. The Ethical Funding
Read more →In an attempt to better understand the importance of accountability mechanisms in the work of their pilot partners, Resilient Roots will be presenting four case studies in the following period. The aim of this first case study is to provide a general overview and provide examples of the different primary constituent accountability mechanisms that have
Read more →Nonprofits take many different shapes and forms, but all have a variety of stakeholders—that is, individuals and entities with a stake in their work, either because it can benefit them or because it can harm them. Nonprofits formally have no shareholders—that is, no one is supposed to be personally enriched by the organization’s work. But
Read more →Through the experiences of the more than 400 direct-service nonprofits and nearly 100 funders across the country participating in our Listen4Good initiative, Fund for Shared Insight is demonstrating feedback’s positive, lasting benefits. When done right, feedback can provide actionable data on how to improve programs and at the same time catalyze or spark other organizational
Read more →In the Accountable Now annual workshop 2019, the CSOs and the donors are going to strive to: identify how different kind of private institutional donors and grantees are currently working together; establish a neutral and safe space to become equal actors in the development sphere, foster mutual understanding of each actor’s barriers and drivers, learn
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