Basic information
- Type: Certification scheme
- Year established: 2003
- Status: Active
- Thematic area: Development
- Summary: Foreign Aid Ratings provide third party certification and ratings to a variety of organisations including NGOs. The rating seeks to reflect the social impact, financial health, and organisational integrity of participating organisations. The certification considers five broad criteria: financial efficiency and health, accountability, social impacts, institutional development and non-violence. The organisations' certification and rating is determined following three stages: fundamental analysis, impact analysis and reference analysis.
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Contact details
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Areas addressed
- Principles or standards: Standards-based
- Communications / advocacy / fundraising:
- General commitment to transparency
- Governance and Management:
- General commitment to good governance
- Auditing
- Board structure
- Financial reporting
- Beneficiary / client / supporter participation:
- General commitment to beneficiary participation
- In all project cycle stages
- Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Commitment to integrate learning in future
- Dissemination of evaluations
- Cross-cutting thematic areas:
- Gender equality
- Human rights
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Participation
- Reasons for participation
- Certificate / seal of approval
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Compliance
- Evidence base: Desk & Field/site
- Description of monitoring mechanism: Foreign Aid certifications must be renewed annually.
- Has sanctioning mechanism: No
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Downloads
Copy of Initiative
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