Self-assessment tool for the Global Standard for CSO Accountability

This self-assessment tool allows organisation to self-evaluate their organisations against the Global Standard for CSO Accountability. The tool is an electronic spreadsheet which explores each of the 12 Commitments of the Global Standard and their sub-points, allowing organisations to provide evidence for their progress in respect to the commitment, score their capacity, and identify areas of improvement. The tool then allows organisations to summarise their progress in relation to all 12 Commitments and assess the way forward.

The self-assessment tool was developed in March of 2018 by the Instituto de Comunicación y Desarrollo (ICD) of Uruguay. The recent version was published in November of 2018, and was improved with the contributions made by Federation RACI (Argentina), ONG por la Transparencia (Colombia) and the Asociación Nacional de Centros and Grupo Propuesta Ciudadana (Peru).

The self-assessment tool can be found here.

Rendir APP: A self-assessment application to improve CSOs’ accountability

Rendir App is an easy and quick tool for organizations to self-assess themselves in relation to the 12 commitments of the Global Accountability Standard.

The app helps CSOs identify their current strengths and it provides recommendations that the organizations can implement to improve the areas identified as weakest.

It is co- created by ICD (Uruguay) and Transparencia por Colombia – ONGxT Network.

Begin the self-assessment here.

Public Social Accountability Process in Colombia

Generally, Social Accountability is a process of constructive engagement between citizens and government to check the conduct and performance of public officials, politicians, and service providers as they use public resources to deliver services, improve community welfare, and protect people’s rights.

In the specific context of Colombia, Public Social Accountability is the public process of understanding the impact and progress of the “Value Offer” of NGOs in Colombia. It is a voluntary, independent, and transparent process. The process also let’s NGOs build trust, credibility and public opinion about the contributions, achievement, and impacts of the civil society sector.