A monthly update of Credibility Alliance
CREDIBILITY ALLIANCE IMPROVING GOVERNANCE BUILDING TRUSTThis 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.
We Welcome Our Newly Joined Members To Credibility Alliance- A Network Of 450* Voluntary Organizations In India
Our New Members Ambuja Cement Foundation, MaharashtraCentre for Advanced Research and Development, Madhya Pradesh Kottayam Social Service Society, Kerala Lokarpans, Uttar Pradesh Mitraniketan, Kerala Sahyog Kushtha Yagna Trust, Gujarat Durgapur Bamunara Ramakrishna Sarada Ashrama, West Bengal Ashirwad Trust for Disabled, Gujarat Jay Bharati Shiksha Kendra, Madhya Pradesh Ramakrishna Vivekananda Charitable Trust, West Bengal Service and Education for welfare Action (SEWA), Manipur Swami Vivekanand Youth Movement, Karnataka The Centre for Mental Hygiene, Manipur The Indian Association For Promotion of Adoption & Child Welfare, Maharashtra * As on February 2007
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Dear members! Our monthly newsletter is the most effective medium for us to share our work with 450 member organizations within the Alliance and a lot more in the voluntary sector, both nationally and internationally. We are very much thrilled with the efforts being put in by our state representatives and committee members in various parts of India. We are delighted to share with the Alliance that our member organization UDAYAN CARE organized to meet with 42 voluntary organizations and share informations on Credibility Alliance Norms, membership and the progress in recent past. We express our sincere gratitude to Ms. Kiran Modi, Managing Trustee of Udayan Care for her efforts and we expect sharing of information from other organizations as well. January 2007: The Month in Review Second Norms Committee Meeting held at Credibility Alliance MumbaiContinuing with the discussion on reviewing Norms of Good Governance and incorporating suitable method of programme evaluation, core group of norms review committee had a meeting on 16th January’07. Evaluation process developed by IndianNGOs was also briefed by Mr. Sanjay Bapat and discussions were focused to develop high standard or evaluation indicators for the organizations. Ms. Alpa Vora was appointed as consultant for norms development by the Core Committee Members. West Bengal State Committee meeting held West Bengal state committee meeting was held on 15th January 2007. The meeting was chaired by Mrs. Deeti Mukherjee, State Secretary. Following member organizations participated in the meeting:- Divya Chaya Trust Bani Mandir Association for Social and Environmental Development Cini Asha Parnipurnata Halfway Home Pragati Sangha Of Dara Prantik Janavikash Samity Mandra Kanchan Gosthi Calcutta Urban Services Main points of discussion were Enrichment Series Workshops, Transparency Profile, role of media in spreading the norms and planning programmes for the year 2007. It was decided that a list of capacity building issues would be circulated to all the members for their feedback and approval and a series of workshops would be planned. Role of state chapters in screening of membership application was also the part of discussion and it was suggested that state chapter must provide their feedback/opinion to CA Secretariat on issues pertaining to the development of CA Norms or issues of common concerns. We appreciate the efforts being put in by state committee members to take the initiative of Credibility Alliance forward and make this Alliance stronger. |
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Delhi State committee meeting Delhi state chapter meet was held on 23rd January 2007 at Development Research and Action Group (DRAG). Active participants of the meeting were Dr. Gautam Vohra (Development Research & Action Group DRAG), Mr. Viraf .M. Mehta (Partners in Change), Ms. Sunita Roy (CHARKHA), Ms. Anjali Alexander (Mobile Creches), Ms. Antara (Udayan Care), and Mr. S.N.Srivastava of Credibility Alliance. The main points for discussion were :- 1. Accreditation for NGOs 2. Stat Committee’s Role and responsibility 3. Membership Application format and 4. Training need for NGOs A discussion was focused on reaching out to more rural voluntary organizations, enhancing the visibility of Credibility Alliance, process of accreditation of voluntary organization and training needs for NGOs. It was stressed in the meeting that there should be uniformity in process of accreditation throughout the country. Endorsement of CA Norms by corporates and funding agencies were also issues of concern and was discussed intensively. We thank Dr. Vohra and state committee members for their suggestions and hope that more and more members would be joining us to make a positive change for a well governed and trustworthy voluntary sector in India. Workshop on Good Governance in Civil Society Organizations Workshop was organized at CYSD Bhubaneshwar on “Good Governance in Civil Society Organizations” to promote the issue of transparency, accountability and legitimacy among voluntary organisations in Orissa. Mr. Jagadananda, Member Secretary, Centre for Youth and Social Development (CYSD) and also our Board member attended the workshop and discussed Norms of Good Governance developed by credibility Alliance. The workshop was conducted by Credibility Alliance and VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas) on January 29th and 30th 2007. Chief functionaries and senior level representatives of 43 voluntary organizations including Credibility Alliance members attended the workshop and discussed present norms of good governance and proposed plans to take steps to improve governing standards within their organizations. There was also a session on Budgeting and Financial Accountability by Mr. Manoj Folgar, Chartered Accountant and was highly appreciated by participant organizations. Transparency profile of GuideStar was also discussed in the workshop and a format was distributed to organizations so that their details can be put up on Credibility Alliance website.
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| 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. | ||
To know more about us please write at: Credibility Alliance 3rd Floor, West Khetwadi Municipal School, Lane# 5, Back Road Khetwadi, Mumbai -400004. Ph: 022-23894046/47 Visit us at: www.credall.org.in |