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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p><b>Accountable Now</b> is a global platform, founded in 2008 by a group of independent non-profit organisations, which is intended to foster <a href="Accountability" title="Accountability">accountability</a> and <a href="Transparency_(behaviour)" class="mw-redirect" title="Transparency (behaviour)">transparency</a> of <a href="Non-governmental_organization" title="Non-governmental organization">civil society organisations</a> (CSOs), as well as stakeholder communication and performance.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It supports CSOs to be transparent, responsive to stakeholders and focused on delivering impact.

</p><p>Accountable Now was founded under the name International NGO Charter of Accountability by eleven leading CSOs, including development, humanitarian, environmental, rights-based and advocacy organisations. As Membership and global collaboration increase, CSOs collective voices are strengthened. Today, 29 Member Organisations are active in more than 150 countries and impact stakeholders all over the world.

</p><p>Legally registered as a Charity in Germany (under the name INGO International NGO Accountability Charter gUG.), Accountable Now's Secretariat is based in Berlin.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2></div>

<p>CSOs are more important than ever before in framing and influencing social, political and economic environments. On the national level they provide disaster relief and social service, promote self-help and self- governance in developing countries where they are operating. In addition they enhance a strong international <a href="Civil_society" title="Civil society">Civil Society</a> by creating informal but important normative regimes which are influencing international institutions in their decision-making. This greater involvement of CSOs also raises the question of how they justify their activities.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>CSOs have a particular interest in meeting standards on accountability and transparency in view of the responsibilities towards not only the cause which they are meant to serve, but also stakeholders of various types, including donors and sponsors (possibly comprising corporations and governments), intended program beneficiaries, staff and the general public.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Accountable Now is considered a contributing element to underscoring the <a href="Legitimacy_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Legitimacy (political)">legitimacy</a> of CSOs.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3></div>

<p>At the International Advocacy Non-Government Organisations (IANGO) Workshop hosted by Transparency International in June 2003, the importance of promoting accountability and legitimacy was discussed by its participants. As they recognised their growing involvement in international issues the need of promoting accountability was highlighted. The Hauser Center for Non-Profit Organisations at the Harvard University was asked for a research paper on the topic to provide a foundation for following discussions.

At the following annual meetings in 2004 and 2005 the participants analysed their own concepts of accountability, set up an initial draft and with the help of independent consultant specialists revised the draft until a final version was ready to launch.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adoption">Adoption</h3></div>

<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/webprofile-ngos/Files/22/INGO-Accountability-Charter_en.pdf">The INGO Accountability Charter</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200610234026/https://s3.amazonaws.com/webprofile-ngos/Files/22/INGO-Accountability-Charter_en.pdf">Archived</a> 2020-06-10 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, signed in June 2006 by eleven leading <a href="International_NGO" class="mw-redirect" title="International NGO">international NGOs</a> active in the area of <a href="Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a>, environment and social development, set the course for the establishment of Accountable Now (then known as the INGO Accountability Charter) and it has been referred to as "the first ever set of international and cross-sector guidelines for the NGO sector"<sup id="cite_ref-brainard-p175_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brainard-p175-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the "first global accountability charter for the non-profit sector".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding_Signatories">Founding Signatories</h3></div>

<p>The founding signatories were <a href="ActionAid" title="ActionAid">ActionAid International</a>, <a href="Amnesty_International" title="Amnesty International">Amnesty International</a>, <a href="CIVICUS" class="mw-redirect" title="CIVICUS">CIVICUS</a> World Alliance for Citizen Participation, <a href="Consumers_International" title="Consumers International">Consumers International</a>, <a href="Greenpeace_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenpeace International">Greenpeace International</a>, <a href="Oxfam_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxfam International">Oxfam International</a>, <a href="International_Save_the_Children_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="International Save the Children Alliance">International Save the Children Alliance</a>, <a href="Survival_International" title="Survival International">Survival International</a>, <a href="Terre_des_hommes" title="Terre des hommes">International Federation Terre des Hommes</a>, <a href="Transparency_International" title="Transparency International">Transparency International</a> and <a href="World_YWCA" class="mw-redirect" title="World YWCA">World YWCA</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Articles">Articles</h2></div>

<p>The charter is <i>based on ten core principles and aimed at enhancing respect for human rights, good governance, accountability and transparency, encouraging stakeholder communication, promoting inclusion and environmental responsibility, and improving organisational performance and effectiveness</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-brainard-p175_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brainard-p175-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It documents the commitment of <a href="International_NGO" class="mw-redirect" title="International NGO">international NGOs</a> to these aims.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2></div>

<p>In 2008, the signatory-NGOs decided to found an independent organisation of the same name <i>International NGO Accountability Charter Ltd</i> in order to organise the reporting and vetting process of the member organisations against the charter commitments and develop them further. Today, the organisation operates under the name <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.accountablenow.org">Accountable Now</a> and has 29 member organisations.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_codes_of_conduct">Related codes of conduct</h2></div>

<p>In 1997, the <a href="One_World_Trust" title="One World Trust">One World Trust</a> had created an <i>NGO Charter</i>, a <a href="Code_of_conduct" title="Code of conduct">code of conduct</a> comprising commitment to accountability and transparency.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li><a href="International_Aid_Transparency_Initiative" title="International Aid Transparency Initiative">International Aid Transparency Initiative</a></li>

<li><a href="Publish_What_You_Fund" title="Publish What You Fund">Publish What You Fund</a></li>

<li><a href="Transparency_International" title="Transparency International">Transparency International</a></li>

<li>Accountable Now</li></ul>

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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200610234026/https://s3.amazonaws.com/webprofile-ngos/Files/22/INGO-Accountability-Charter_en.pdf">"INGO Accountability Charter"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/webprofile-ngos/Files/22/INGO-Accountability-Charter_en.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 2020-06-10<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2018-07-04</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFBrownMoore2001" class="citation journal cs1">Brown, L. David; Moore, Mark H. (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.issuelab.org/permalink/resource/1405">"Accountability, Strategy, and International Nongovernmental Organizations"</a>. <i>Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly</i>. <b>30</b> (3): <span class="nowrap">569–</span>587. <a href="Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0899764001303012">10.1177/0899764001303012</a></span>. <a href="S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143155215">143155215</a>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See for example: Maria Francesch-Huidobro: <i>Governance, politics and the environment: a Singapore study</i>, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-981-230-831-3</bdi>, 2008, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QrCqBmdZY5UC&pg=PA60">p. 60</a></span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See also: Kumi Naidoo: <i>Global civic society: Rallying for real change</i>. In: Willie Cheng, Sharifah Mohamed: <i>The world that changes the world: How philanthropy, innovation and entrepreneurship are transforming the social ecosystem</i>, Lien Centre for Social Innovation, John Wiley & Sons, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-470-82715-4</bdi>, 2010, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=60gp9k1FHx0C&pg=PA331">p. 331</a></span>

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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFCrack2013" class="citation journal cs1">Crack, Angela (2013). "INGO Accountability Deficits: The Imperatives for Further Reform". <i>Globalizations</i>. <b>10</b> (2): <span class="nowrap">293–</span>308. <a href="Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013Glob...10..293C">2013Glob...10..293C</a>. <a href="Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F14747731.2013.786253">10.1080/14747731.2013.786253</a>. <a href="S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154826067">154826067</a>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFSchmitzRaggoBruno-Van_Vijfeijken2012" class="citation journal cs1">Schmitz, Hans Peter; Raggo, Paloma; Bruno-Van Vijfeijken, Tosca (2012). "Accountability of Transnational NGOs". <i>Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly</i>. <b>41</b> (6): <span class="nowrap">1175–</span>1194. <a href="Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0899764011431165">10.1177/0899764011431165</a>. <a href="S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144175145">144175145</a>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFKeatingThrandardottir2016" class="citation journal cs1">Keating, Vincent Charles; Thrandardottir, Erla (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/7971a024-924f-43f2-b704-7830a5e3bce0">"NGOs, trust and the accountability agenda"</a>. <i>The British Journal of Politics and International Relations</i>. <b>19</b>: <span class="nowrap">13–</span>151. <a href="Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1369148116682655">10.1177/1369148116682655</a>. <a href="S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:152150155">152150155</a>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Duncan Matthews: <i>Intellectual Property, Human Rights and Development: The Role of NGOs and Social Movements</i>, MPG Books Group, UK, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-1-84720-785-2</bdi>, 2011, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CxgHNQz5Oq8C&pg=PA229">p. 229</a></span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Explore Charter background on: <cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130513170305/http://www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org/about-the-charter/background-of-the-charter/">"Charter Background"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org/about-the-charter/background-of-the-charter/">the original</a> on 2013-05-13<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-11-23</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-brainard-p175-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-brainard-p175_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-brainard-p175_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lael Brainard, Derek Chollet (editors): <i>Global development 2.0: can philanthropists, the public, and the poor make poverty history?</i>, The Brookings Institution, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0-8157-1393-7</bdi>, 2008, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tgDGgLaDw8IC&pg=PA175">p. 175</a></span>

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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Andrew Stuart Thompson: <i>Laying the groundwork: Considerations for a charter for a proposed global civic society forum</i>. In: <a href="James_W._St._G._Walker" title="James W. St. G. Walker">James W. St. G. Walker</a>, Andrew S. Thompson: <i>Critical mass: the emergence of global civil society</i>, The Centre for International Governance Innovation and Wilfried Laurier University Press, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-1-55458-022-4</bdi>, 2008, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=I3Q0rFXjPQ4C&pg=PA214">p. 214</a></span>

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<li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170211155409/http://www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org/about-accountable-now/">"Who we are"</a>. <i>Accountable Now</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ingoaccountabilitycharter.org/about-accountable-now/">the original</a> on 2017-02-11<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2017-02-09</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oneworldtrust.org/csoproject/cso/initiatives/358/charte_des_ong_ngo_charter">Charte des ONG (NGO Charter)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110928052118/http://www.oneworldtrust.org/csoproject/cso/initiatives/358/charte_des_ong_ngo_charter">Archived</a> 2011-09-28 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, One World Trust, 1997</span>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.accountablenow.org/">Accountable Now</a></li></ul></div><div><div class="zim-footer">

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