The Global Standard – a self regulation tool for CSO Accountability
The Global Standard – a selfregulation tool for CSO
Accountability
Katja Guerten, @CSOStandard
POP Hotel, Jakarta, 14 July 2017
RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD
Collective
action
problems
Economic and
political power
Distribution and
nature of poverty
and inequality
Demographics
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Technological
Revolutions
Development
sector
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CHANGES IN CIVIL SOCIETY
• Rapid growth in CSOs
• Relevance, effectiveness and legitimacy in
question
• Declining public trust
• Proliferation of accountability standards
• Donor focus on innovation and impact
• Repressive laws, regulations and practices
25 July 2017
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BUT CHALLENGES ARE OPPORTUNITIES
We can:
•Address trust deficit
•Get our own house in order
•Improve accountability and transparency
•Do this in innovative ways, learn and improve
•Learn, adapt, improve, evolve
CSO accountability self-regulation as a tool for selfempowerment, learning and improvement and to
defend civic space
25 July 2017
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A STRONG NETWORK
Built by these nine organisations from around the
world, jointly with a network of 1,500 CSOs globally
25 July 2017
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ABOUT THE GLOBAL STANDARD
Aim: To strengthen CSO effectiveness
•Enhance existing and new accountability standards
•Reduce transaction costs
•Contribute to a more enabling CSO environment
25 July 2017
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The Global Standard for CSO Accountability
•Builds on the Istanbul Principles and the rich
experience across the CSO sector
•Usable across the sectors (development, humanitarian,
environment, human rights, advocacy,…)
•Deliberately aspirational and forms a powerful
collective narrative for CSOs worldwide
•Framed in simple language
•Provides a global reference of shared values and goals
that can be contextualized and complements existing
standards.
25 July 2017
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WHAT’S NEW ABOUT THAT?
• Standard for CSO Accountability Initiatives:
Has multiple end users, but currently mainly
targets organisations that manage or drive the
alignment in existing or new standards and the
capacity to ensure implementation
• Dynamic Understanding of Accountability:
Sets feedback, participation and interaction with
key from stakeholders at the heart of
accountability
25 July 2017
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STEPS OF A CLOSED FEEDBACK LOOP
•Preparatory Step: Buy-In
•1. Design your feedback process
•2. Collect constituent’s feedback
•3. Analyse the feedback received
•4. Dialogue and Sense-Making
•5. Course Correct
Your results:
satisfaction, ownership, better
impacts, sustainability, trust
For more information, visit www.feedbacklabs.org
25 July 2017
G L OBAL ST AN D AR D F O R C SO AC C O UN T ABILIT Y
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HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Join
Join a CSO
accountability
initiative that has
aligned its code
25 July 2017
Align
Revise and
benchmark your
accountability code
to align it with the
Global Standard
G L OBAL ST AN D AR D F O R C SO AC C O UN T ABILIT Y
Promote
Add your voice,
discuss CSO
accountability, and
challenge our
practices
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Contact us for more information and
feedback!
www.csostandard.org
feedback@csostandard.org
@CSOStandard
Thank you!
Accountability
Katja Guerten, @CSOStandard
POP Hotel, Jakarta, 14 July 2017
RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD
Collective
action
problems
Economic and
political power
Distribution and
nature of poverty
and inequality
Demographics
25 July 2017
Technological
Revolutions
Development
sector
G L OBAL ST AN D AR D F O R C SO AC C O UN T ABILIT Y
2
CHANGES IN CIVIL SOCIETY
• Rapid growth in CSOs
• Relevance, effectiveness and legitimacy in
question
• Declining public trust
• Proliferation of accountability standards
• Donor focus on innovation and impact
• Repressive laws, regulations and practices
25 July 2017
G L OBAL ST AN D AR D F O R C SO AC C O UN T ABILIT Y
3
BUT CHALLENGES ARE OPPORTUNITIES
We can:
•Address trust deficit
•Get our own house in order
•Improve accountability and transparency
•Do this in innovative ways, learn and improve
•Learn, adapt, improve, evolve
CSO accountability self-regulation as a tool for selfempowerment, learning and improvement and to
defend civic space
25 July 2017
G L OBAL ST AN D AR D F O R C SO AC C O UN T ABILIT Y
4
A STRONG NETWORK
Built by these nine organisations from around the
world, jointly with a network of 1,500 CSOs globally
25 July 2017
G L OBAL ST AN D AR D F O R C SO AC C O UN T ABILIT Y
5
ABOUT THE GLOBAL STANDARD
Aim: To strengthen CSO effectiveness
•Enhance existing and new accountability standards
•Reduce transaction costs
•Contribute to a more enabling CSO environment
25 July 2017
G L OBAL ST AN D AR D F O R C SO AC C O UN T ABILIT Y
6
25 July 2017
G L OBAL ST AN D AR D F O R C SO AC C O UN T ABILIT Y
7
The Global Standard for CSO Accountability
•Builds on the Istanbul Principles and the rich
experience across the CSO sector
•Usable across the sectors (development, humanitarian,
environment, human rights, advocacy,…)
•Deliberately aspirational and forms a powerful
collective narrative for CSOs worldwide
•Framed in simple language
•Provides a global reference of shared values and goals
that can be contextualized and complements existing
standards.
25 July 2017
G L OBAL ST AN D AR D F O R C SO AC C O UN T ABILIT Y
8
WHAT’S NEW ABOUT THAT?
• Standard for CSO Accountability Initiatives:
Has multiple end users, but currently mainly
targets organisations that manage or drive the
alignment in existing or new standards and the
capacity to ensure implementation
• Dynamic Understanding of Accountability:
Sets feedback, participation and interaction with
key from stakeholders at the heart of
accountability
25 July 2017
G L OBAL ST AN D AR D F O R C SO AC C O UN T ABILIT Y
9
STEPS OF A CLOSED FEEDBACK LOOP
•Preparatory Step: Buy-In
•1. Design your feedback process
•2. Collect constituent’s feedback
•3. Analyse the feedback received
•4. Dialogue and Sense-Making
•5. Course Correct
Your results:
satisfaction, ownership, better
impacts, sustainability, trust
For more information, visit www.feedbacklabs.org
25 July 2017
G L OBAL ST AN D AR D F O R C SO AC C O UN T ABILIT Y
10
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Join
Join a CSO
accountability
initiative that has
aligned its code
25 July 2017
Align
Revise and
benchmark your
accountability code
to align it with the
Global Standard
G L OBAL ST AN D AR D F O R C SO AC C O UN T ABILIT Y
Promote
Add your voice,
discuss CSO
accountability, and
challenge our
practices
11
Contact us for more information and
feedback!
www.csostandard.org
feedback@csostandard.org
@CSOStandard
Thank you!