CSO Accountability and governance

- from the case of KCOC

Faye LeeKorea NGO Council for Overseas Cooperation

Who we are…Who we are…

• National platform of international de-velopment and humanitarian assistance NGOs based in Korea

• 86 member organizations

NGO Capac-ity Building

Advocacy,Public Educa-

tion

Network Co-ordination

NGO Volun-teer Corps

What we do…What we do…

Capacity Building – learning programs

Project Management

Humanitarian As-sistance

Policy/Advocacy

On-field Training

Accountability Initiatives

*Guidance on reporting & audit

* NGO Code of Conduct

* Sphere Standards* IFRC/NGO Code of Conduct

Organizational Self-Assessment tool de-

velopment

Strengthening Collaboration Network

Active participa-tion in Interna-tional Network

Public-CivicHumanitarian Co-

ordination

Dispatching NGO Coordina-

tors

Local Network Building

How we promote our accountability…How we promote our accountability…

Korean NGO Networks in developing countriesKorean NGO Networks in developing countries

Cambo-dia

NepalHaiti

Kenya

Mongolia

Tanzania

Challenges & OpportunitiesChallenges Opportunities

CSOs -in-ternal fac-tor

Securing resources Priority issues Leveraging capacity

Increased awareness on CSO accountability Exposure to international NGO network through BCSF & HLF4

External Funding priority on ser-vice delivery Donors imposing their own measurement on NGOs Lack of understanding the very nature of NGOs Risk of abusing CSO ac-countability

Korean government’s en-dorsement of Istanbul Princi-ples Increased recognition on the role of NGOs in interna-tional development

Challenges and opportunitiesChallenges and opportunities

Develop-ment Effec-

tiveness

Accountabil-ity

Enabling Environ-

ment

Capacity Building

CSO NetworkMutual learning & sharing

Para 22, (b) Encourage CSOs to implement practices that strengthen their accountability and their contribution to devel-opment effectiveness, guided by the Istanbul Principles and the International Framework for CSO Development Effectiveness

* Translation & Publication of the framework & tools* Familiarize the concept & defini-tion of the terms used in the framework

Diffusion

•Workshops & Trainings•Bench-mark

Capacity Building

* Application of the I.Ps and frame-work at the level of organization and programs* Develop Self-Assessment tool

Internaliz-ing

.

Open Space for learning and sharing

among global CSOs

Seeking strategic alignment with

Istanbul Principles

Seeking strategic alignment with

Istanbul Principles

Country

Region

Global

Community of Istanbul Prin-ciples

- Accountability- Capacity Building

- Advocacy