Building a Culture of Accountability in Bolivia

To see UNITAS’ joint effort to improve the culture of CSO transparency, please click here and for a summary of the CSO Transparency Week 2018 in Bolivia here.

The self-regulation mechanisms are: the Code of Ethics and the Information System for Transparency and Accountability as a tool for the flow of information between and from the members, which translates into a Collective Report. This contains: Information on the network (levels of government, regulatory framework, articulation axes, strategic objectives and institutional policies), information of the members (legal and institutional context, government bodies, areas and areas of action, lines of action, actors and groups recipients, alliances and agreements, coordination spaces, financial information, tax aspects and labour regulations, staff) and management programs and projects and their results linked to the Istanbul Principles, strategic allies, spaces for public debate and opinion of financial audit.

NGO Good Governance and Professional Practices in Cambodia

The NGO Good Governance and Professional Practices (NGO-GPP), under the Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC), is a certification system to measure institutional governance and management for associations and NGOs in Cambodia. These standards have been developed since 2005 through widely consultations with CSOs, development partners, and government.

To view the 3rd edition of the Code of Voluntary Certification System, please view here (English) o here (Khmer).

Strengthening Accountability and Governance within CSOs in Nepal

The Workforce Diversity and Internal Control System in NGOs Survey Report 2017 aims to expose the situation of inclusiveness and internal control practices in NGOs in Nepal. The survey analysed the workforce diversity and internal control systems within NGOs, and improved the institutional governance and management of NGOs, including revising code of conduct policies.

Findings include the diversity within:

  1. General membership
  2. Executive boards
  3. Staff
  4. Other positions