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Article from Oxfam International: http://www.oxfam.org/en/about/accountability/index.htm
Published: 24 May 2007

Accountability

 
Image: Man speaking out. In all our actions Oxfam’s goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives.
In all our actions Oxfam’s goal is to enable people to exercise their rights and manage their own lives.
Practicing what we preach
Oxfam International believes that citizens have a right to hold governments and institutions accountable, to respect their rights and do what they say they will do.

We also believe that non-government organizations should be accountable to the people they serve, to partner organizations, and to the people from whom they receive support: donors, campaigners, governments and foundations.

To that end Oxfam publishes its internal governance rules and policies, its compliance with required standards, voluntary codes of conduct and the results of its work through evaluations.

Governance principles

Constitution (pdf 80kb)

Code of Conduct (pdf 73kb)

Rules of procedure (pdf 99kb)

Board Accountability Policies

Strategic objectives

Oxfam International Strategic Plan, "Demanding Justice" 2007-2012

Adherence to standards

INGO Accountability Charter (pdf 61kb) – International Non-Governmental Organizations Commitment to Accountability – This charter outlines our common commitment to excellence, transparency and accountability. The launch of the Charter represents a starting point of an ongoing process to establish and implement a system that not only sets common standards of conduct for INGOs but also creates mechanisms to report, monitor and evaluate compliance as well as provide redress.

How we are doing

Promises to keep – Report on the evaluation of the implementation of "Towards Global Equity," Oxfam International’s Strategic Plan, 2001 – 2006

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