Accountability Articles on accountability and evaluation in Forced Migration review (2000)
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By what Authority? The Legitimacy and Accountability of Non-governmental Organisations Democratic governments are accountable to voters - to whom are NGOs accountable? Can NGOs have legitimacy without democracy? Hugo Slim's lucid article provides crystal-clear insight into NGOs' sources of legitimacy and methods of accountability. He identifies four main elements of a basic NGO accountability framework that each NGO should respect. This 15 p. article is a must for all those interested in NGO management. It can also be downloaded as Word-document at http://www.ichrp.org/ac/excerpts/44.doc
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International NGO Accountability Charter The first international, cross-sectoral code of conduct is an important initiative by 11 of the world's leading international NGOs to set standards of accountability. Published in June 2006, the Accountability Charter outlines their "commitment to excellence, transparency and accountability". To this purpose, the six-page Charter defines nine key principles. The initiators invite all other international NGOs to sing-up to the Accountability Charter.
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NGO Accountability Initiatives Very good commented list of main NGO accountability initiatives and codes of conduct by One World Trust. You will find what you need if you wish to get a rapid overview on the subject and plenty of ideas for a code of conduct for your own NGO.
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Quality and Accountability Initiatives: Questions and Answers All ALNAP reviews of humanitarian action suggest that "poor human resource practices, a lack of lesson learning, weak accountability to intended beneficiaries and patchy applications of technical standards are still all too common in humanitarian action". The goal of the concerted initiatives by ALNAP, People in Aid, The Sphere Project and the Humanitarian and Accountability Partnership - International, is to improve the situation. This 9-page document from October 2006, written as Questions and Answers, gives the reader an overview of the work in progress.
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