General Governance

This brochure is part of the NGO Leadership Development Series issued by the Kenya National Council of NGOs (www.ngocouncil.org).

By Marilyn Wyatt; Translated by the Trainers' Forum of AED's Support for Croatia's Non-Governmental Organizations Program (CroNGO)

This comprehensive guide (see Attachment below), developed with the Central and Eastern European Working Group on Nonprofit Governance, outlines the basic principles of good governance and offers practical tips for their implementation. An appendix to this Handbook with information specific to Croatian NGOs is also available; click on link below for access to the Appendix.

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This Croatian appendix to the Handbook on NGO Governance is based on the work of the Croatian Good Governance Working Group, initiated and supported by AED and its Support for Croatia’s Non-Governmental Organizations Program (CroNGO) during 2005 and 2006. The principles and recommendations on how to introduce governance in civil society organizations were developed on the basis of discussions and analyses of governance in Croatian NGOs. The booklet can help recognize difficulties that the organization is struggling with, and improve governance within the NGO.

By Aarti Madhusudan.

This study, commissioned by the Charities Aid Foundation (www.cafonline.org), addresses the feasibility of specialized services for Indian boards and offers background information on the Indian NGO sector.