Alliance news – issue 2
November 2006		   A monthly update of Credibility Alliance
CREDIBILITY ALLIANCE IMPROVING GOVERNANCE BUILDING TRUST
This newsletter intends to be the voice of the sector and
we want our members to use this as an organ of communication with their stakeholder as well as Alliance.
Do send us information of programs/ events at your end and we can share it with other members of the Alliance.
Views….
What I liked most was the fact that there was an intense discussion on issues concerning NGO sector and also on Credibility Alliance and how to make the Alliance strong and effective.
I felt that the AGM was admirably chaired and I personally believe that the objective for which the Credibility Alliance has been setup would help greatly in bringing about improvement in the governance of NGOs and assist in strengthening partnership between NGO's and Corporate sector.
--- Sushanta Kumar Sen
Deputy Director General
Confederation of Indian Industries
Participating in General Assembly at New Delhi, and being the first representative member of the state of Himachal Pradesh we found Shastra society honored. It is proud to be associated with the Credibility Alliance.
Shastra will encourage and motivate other existing NGO’s in the state of Himachal Pradesh to join hands together, to improve the professional as well as ethical standards of common work. This will further entail to better governance and greater level of transparency in professional life. We invite NGO’s in the national affair in our newly implemented state office for strengthening of Credibility Alliance.
--- Mother Wangmo
Himachal Pradesh representative
The system of open discussion and inviting comments from everyone present in the House for the amendments of rules and regulations is an extreme manifestation of transparency and was truly up to the spirit of the Credibility Alliance.
--- Mr. Deep Mukherjee
West Bengal representative
 
Regional Updates
 
Achievements in Eastern Region
• A ‘Task Force’ consisting of 6 NGO’s, State Planning & Coordination Department of Orissa State Govt. and Credibility Alliance has been formed to strengthen Civic Engagement for Government – NGO partnership. Credibility Alliance will advise the Task Force on matters of Norms of Good Governance, Accountability and Transparency.

• As part of “enrichment series” On August 26, 2006, the West Bengal committee organized a one day workshop for NGOs and funding agencies on ‘Global Reporting Initiative’ conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd

• In February 2006, Calcutta Urban Service (Member Organization) arranged one independent office on Bondel Road, Kolkata for operating the activities of West Bengal state as well as for the Regional Coordinator (East) to conduct the activities of the other states in East Region. Donations were received for office setup.
--- Mr. Deep Mukherjee
West Bengal representative
 
Towards A More Responsible and Responsive Voluntary Sector....
Promoting public disclosure and good governance

The Credibility Alliance has gone a long way since it was founded in November 2003. Much water has flown and attending the Second Annual General Meeting with active members was a pleasure to see the interest generated in the sector.

We hope that in the years to come accountability in the sector will become a movement and it will help us to do more for the people we work with in different parts of the country. We hope that the entire sector will adopt the norms of the Credibility Alliance in future.
--- Mr. Mathew Cherian
Chief Executive – HelpAge India
Second Annual General Meeting of the Alliance

As thought, Second Annual General Meeting of the Alliance was a grand success having participation from 19 member states, eminent personalities from corporate and non-government sector, Deputy Director General of Confederation of Indian Industries Mr. S.Sen, Director of GiveIndia Mr. Venkat Krishnan N. and special invitees from S.M. Sehgal Foundation.

We wish to express our deepest gratitude to our state representatives, our board members, our supporting agency The Ford Foundation and our well-wishers for their participation in the second annual general meeting on 28th October’06.

As felt by all present, state presentations were very meaningful and it would contribute to set up a mechanism for certification of organization and further enhancing the credibility of voluntary sector.
Key points discussed in the AGM
• Increasing the membership base by promoting bulk membership
• Benefits of becoming a member of the Alliance
• Screening of membership application by state committee
• Capacity building of voluntary organization
• Accreditation of organizations
• Fundraising/resource mobilization at central and state level
• Communication with member organizations and unveiling of e-newsletter
• Amendments of rules and regulations
• Selection of new Governing Board members
• Transparency profile and agreement with GuideStar international

List of state representatives

Name

State

Organization

Ms. Mansi Anand

Gujarat

Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan

Ms. Monika Gupta

Rajasthan

Seva mandir

Mr. M.N. Kondhalkar

Maharashtra

Action For Agricultural Renewal in Maharashtra AFARM

Mr.Narsing Rao

Andhra Pradesh

SAHARA

Mr. G.Placid

Kerala

Sahayi-Centre for Collective Learning and Action

Dr. gautam Vohra

Delhi

Development Research & Action Group (DRAG)

Ms. Kiran Modi

Delhi

Udayan Care

Mr. Surinder Saini

Punjab

Jalandhar Welfare Society

Mr. Jay.Sehgal

Haryana

S.M . Sehgal Foundation

Mr. Saryunandan

Uttaranchal

Gramin Utthan Samity
Mother wangmo

Himachal Pradesh

Society for Health & Social Transformation Rehabilitation, Aid

Mr. Deep Mookherjee

West Bengal

Association for Social and Environmental Development

Ms. Radha Arya

Bihar

Lok Chetna Vikas Kendra

Mr. Ritu Raj

Bihar

Narayani Seva Sansthan

Mr. Satish Girija

Jharkhand

Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra

Dr. Jalaluddin Khan

Orissa

Institute for Communication and Development Action (ICDA)

Mr.Ashok Patnaik

Orissa

Karrtabya

Dr. Chandrashekhar Vyas

Uttar Pradesh

Sahbhagi Shikshan Kendra

Dr. Roli Singh

Uttar Pradesh

Dr. Shambhunath Singh Research Foundation

Mr. jamini das

Assam

Gyan Vigyan Samiti Assam

Mr. Kattadimiei

Manipur

Action for Welfare and Awakening in Rural Environment

Mr. Shymal sarker

Tripura

Voluntary Health Association Of Tripura

Mr. Ricky Renthlie

Meghalaya

Bethany Society
Our Present Governing Board Members

Name of member

Board Position

Affiliated organization

Mr. B. N. Makhija

Chairperson

Society For Service To Voluntary Agencies

Ms. Neelima Khetan

Vice Chairperson

Seva Mandir

Mr. Mathew Cherian

Treasurer

HelpAge India

Mr. George C Varughese

Member

Development Alternatives

Ms. Armaity Desai

Member

Former Chairperson, UGC

Ms. Sheelu Francis

Member

Women’s Collective

Mr. Babu Mathew

Member

Action Aid India

Mr. K. N. Gupta

Member

Thakur, Vaidyanath, Iyer & Co.

Mr. S. Sen

Member

Confederation of Indian Industry

Mr. Jagadananda

Member

Centre for Youth and Social Development

Ms. Kriti Vasundharaa

Secretary ex-officio

Credibility Alliance
Questions / comments/ contributions?  communication@credall.org.in
Credibility Alliance is a registered organization under Societies Registration Act (XXI) of 1860.  As an independent, voluntary (not for profit) organization, we aim at building trust among the stakeholders of an organization such as staff, the Board, donors, volunteers, the general public and the media. We do this by advocating norms for public disclosure and good governance that will help organizations become more transparent and accountable to their stakeholders. The draft of our norms was published in 2003 in English and later translated into six other languages – Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam. More than 15000 copies of this booklet have been distributed.
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