By Denise McCann from NICVA
Published on 02 Jun 2008
The Code of Good Governance for the voluntary and community sector will be officially launched on the 6 June 2008 at a special seminar in NICVA by the Developing Governance Group.
UNFORTUNATELY THE EVENT ON 6 JUNE IS FULLY BOOKED, BUT PLEASE KEEP CHECKING THE WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST NEWS AND INFORMATION.
A senior official from the Department for Social Development will officially launch the Code with Developing Governance Group members explaining how organisations can use the Code to enhance their governance.
There will also be the opportunity to hear the very latest update on the progress of the Charities Bill from Seamus Murray from the Department.
The Code is a key piece of work in developing standards of good governance in the voluntary and community sector. It sets out principles and practices of good governance in an organisation, regardless of size and, as such, organisations will be able to use the Code as a tool to develop good governance. The Code is not intended to be mandatory, but rather, sets out best practice to help and support management committees/boards of any size.
Developing Governance Group
The Developing Governance Group is made up of the following sector support organisations: Age Concern NI, Community Evaluation NI, Community Change, Help the Aged, NICVA, Early Years (formerly NIPPA), NI Sports Forum/Sport NI, North West Community Network, Rural Community Network, St John Ambulance, Supporting Communities NI, Volunteer Development Agency and Youthnet.
Unlike the National Occupational Standards for trustees and management committee members which was developed as a standard for individual trustees, the Code of Good Governance sets out the principles and practices of good governance in an organisation as a whole.
The Developing Governance Group consulted on the draft Code, which received a positive response from the voluntary and community sector, in Spring of last year. The Group has now secured funding from Lloyds TSB Foundation to publish the Code for distribution to the sector. This will include a pocket size booklet, a poster for committee/board rooms and the mapping of the online diycommitteeguide.org resource to the principles in the Code. This should help committees/boards to use the Code as a tool to develop and/or maintain good governance within their organisations.
For further details of the event and how to register, please check the event listing here.
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