Adriana Krnacova

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• Adriana Krnacova
• krnacova_at_transparency.cz
• www.transparency.cz

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Basic Principles

• Transparency
• Accountability
• Trustworthiness
• Good governance

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Transparency

• Relevant and detailed information about
  structure, operations and main goals/mission of
  the organisation
• Code of Conduct - enforcable
• Available information about backgrounds (CV) of
  board members,executive officers

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Transparency

• Provide open and transparent information about
  programs, decision making process including
  ratios of decisions in case of a donor
  organisation
• list of decision makers, criteria,
  justification
• Provide annual audited financial reports
  (obligatory for foundations)
• Provide annual reports signed by the accountant
  and executive director

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Trustworthiness

• Ensure, the information about the institution are
  in compliance with reality
• Ensure, the operations are in compliance with the
  mission in the statute
• Ensure, the funds are used in accordance with the
  purpose they were provided for
• Ensure, that not more than 25 of the funds are
  used for office operations and overhead

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Trustworthiness

• Open and transparent decision making process in
  case of donor institutions
• Open and transparent program operations
• Tight collaboration with the donor/sponsor
  organization in project designing part of the
  game principle

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Trustworthiness

• Participatory role of stakeholders
• (advisory board)
• Open evaluation process report about successes
  as well as failures

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Good governance

• Clear governance structure
• A well designed statute helps to avoid
  malfunctions
• The processes of nominating board members have to
  be clear and transparent
• The board is a decision making body and is
  responsible for policy , vision and expenses

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Good governance

• Rights and duties for board members have to be
  set up
• Internal rules are framing the scope of
  obligations and rights of employees, volunteers
  and executive officers
• Internal rules include
• Media relation
• Human resources employment policy
• Business relationships
• Donors relations
• Training and education
• Internal control and audit
• Accounting standards and financial report
  standards
• Compliance policy