Addressing accountability in NGO advocacy: Practice, principles and prospects of self-regulation

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2010-03

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Based on a world-wide survey of civil society self-regulatory initiatives, this paper examines how non-governmental organizations (NGO) have begun to address the accountability challenges they face when engaging in advocacy, and explains some of the strengths and weaknesses of existing self-regulation. The briefing identifies a set of initial good practice principles for advocacy organisations for each major dimension of accountability. Questions and concerns about whether an organisation indeed contributes to the public benefit have often been confused with the issue of how to assess and measure the impact of particular policy advocacy activities.

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Briefing paper number 125

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RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS, ETHICS, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT, NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS, ADVOCACY, EVALUATION METHODS, STANDARDS, PERCEPTION, PUBLIC OPINION, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, REGULATION, LOBBYING, TRANSPARENCY, GLOBAL

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/49891

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2010-2019 / Années 2010-2019
Accountability Principles for Research Organizations / Principes de responsabilité pour des organismes de recherche