EXAMPLES OF GOOD CSO ACCOUNTABILITY PRACTICE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The deadline for submissions is Monday 23 October 2017. Please email your submission to .
If using this form for your submissions, please ensure to fill in information in Section A and respond to all questions. If you are using your organisation’s format for your submissions, please include a copy of this form, with responses to Section Aonly, while making sure your submission does satisfy the questions in Section B. In both cases, the submissions should beno more than 2000 words in length when providing information covered in Section B.
Also please note that by providing a submission you give the Global Standard permission to recreate the submission in whole or in part on their in their Guidance Materials on the website.

SECTION A

ORGANISATION DETAILS
Organisation Name
Project Name from which example is taken
Location of Project: Country and Place
Contact Name and Email Address
CONNECTION TO 12 COMMITMENTS
Which of the 12 Global Standard Commitments does your example most closely relate to?
The commitments are listed below:
For full information on the Commitments and Key Actions, please refer to the full text on the 12 Commitments here.
  1. Justice and equality
/ 7. Advocating for fundamental change
  1. Women’s rights and gender equality
/ 8. Open organisations
  1. Healthy Planet
/ 9. Empowered and effective staff & volunteers
  1. Lasting positive change
/ 10. Well-handles resources
  1. People-driven work
/ 11. Responsive decision-making
  1. Strong partnerships
/ 12. Responsible leadership
Your example relates to Commitment…
Please indicate the link between your example and the related Commitment/s of the Global Standard.

SECTION B

YOUR SUBMISSION
Your submission should as clearly and concisely as possible illustrate why your example is an effective and possibly innovative example of good CSO accountability practice.
We are particularly interested in examples that relate to one of the Global Standards 12 commitments or their associated Key Actions, to provide guidance to someone seeking to implement that particular Commitment and Key Action. Pleaserefer to the particular Commitment that directly relates to your example in the Global Standard and the Guidance Materialsto get an idea of its appropriateness before submitting.
GUIDING QUESTIONS: EXAMPLE OF GOOD CSO ACCOUNTABILITY PRACTICE
To help you to develop your submission, please respond
to the following guiding questions as concisely as possible.
Give a short description of the project from where this example emanates. Please include information on the project’s background, context, objectives and timeframe.
What approach and actions have you taken to be more accountable to the people affected by your work in this project?
How has this approach and actions impacted on the project processes and results? How do you know this? What would you consider to be the key factors for success?
What lessons have you learned from your approach to accountability in this project What potential risks can you identify to using this approach to achieving accountability?
How could your success in using these approaches to accountability in this example be replicated by others?
The Global Standard calls for a dynamic approach to accountability, continuously using stakeholder feedback to improve performance and build trusted relationships. Please indicate if and how you have used a dynamic approach in your submission.

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