NGO Benchmarking Certification

Basic information

Type: Certification scheme
Status: Active
Thematic area: Development
Summary: The purpose of the NGO Benchmarking Certification Audit is to provide an independent assessment of NGO's compliance level with internationally accepted best practices. It includes 101 objectively verifiable indicators regrouped into different perspectives: Dimensions of best practices, Contributor's expectations, Management components and Continuous improvement.
Key features are: 1. Each criteria refers to a specific risk that needs to be identified and addressed by the NGO; 2. Compliance is measured through a rating system which enables to provide an overall score as well as scores for each Dimension of best practices and thus to identify corrective / preventive actions. Rating also enables to compare various entities as well as measure progress over time

Host organisation: Societe Generale de Surveillance
Acronym: SGS
Website: www.ngobenchmarking.sgs.com
Email: ngo.benchmarking@sgs.com
Phone: +41 22 739 91 11
Address: SGS SA
1 place des Alpes
P.O. Box 2152
1211 Geneva 1
Switzerland Corporate

Principles or standards: Standards-based
Communications / advocacy / fundraising:
- General commitment to transparency
- Ethical communications
- Fundraising standards
Governance and Management:
- General commitment to good governance
- Auditing
- Board structure
- Financial reporting
Human resources:
- Staff relations
- Volunteer relations

Reasons for participation
- Certificate / seal of approval
Further information: To benchmark against a consolidation of international best practices and identify areas for improvement, Requested by private grantors, Recognition through SGS Certificate