Julie Bishop address to Council 2010
Compliance
Monitoring of Annual Reports
Code signatories are required to submit their annual reports to the Code of Conduct Committee each year for scrutiny and assessment against the minimum reporting standards.
Resources for Annual Report compliance:
- Annual report lodgement form (pdf)
- Financial Reporting Requirements (ppt)
- Common compliance issues (pdf)
Compliance Self Assessment (CSA)
A Compliance Self Assessment is also completed annually. The CSA will assist applicant organisations to identify areas of compliance deficiency, and will assist the Code Management Team to provide individualised support to applicant organisations.
Resources for completing the Compliance Self Assessment:
- Compliance Self Assessment (CSA) (writable pdf)
- Compliance Self-Assessment Made Easy (ppt)
- Compliance Self Assessment Q&A
Informal Checking
Agencies websites and promotional material is also checked informally. During Humanitarian Crises, appeals pages of websites may be checked for Code Compliance.
Resources to prepare for informal checking:
Policy Development
The revised Code requires policies on Child Protection, Gender Equity and separation of aid and development and non-aid and development activies. To aid policy development in these and other areas please see the resources below.
- Guidelines for the development of a child protection policy (pdf)
- Guidance on Financial Reserves Policy (pdf)
- Complaints Policy Template (pdf)
- Environmental impact reporting
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