ICAC launches best practice guidelines for NGOs
2010-12-9
The ICAC has produced a set of best practice guidelines for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to enhance internal governance and strengthen their capability in managing corruption risks.
Launching the guidelines at a workshop yesterday (December 8), Director of Corruption Prevention Mrs Jean Au Yeung Lui Miu-kwan noted that NGOs played a very important role in providing a wide range of essential social services to the community.
“With a majority of NGOs being funded with government subventions and public donations, they also serve as trustees of public resources and are expected by the community to operate under a sound governance system with sufficient accountability and transpar ency,” she said.
The Best Practice Checklist on the Governance and Internal Control in Non-Governmental Orgnisations provides NGOs with practical guidelines for major functions including internal control, financial management, internal and external audits, procurement and staff administration.
Also addressing the workshop, Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee Member and Family Planning Association of Hong Kong Executive Director Dr Susan Fan highlighted the importance for NGOs to have a sound governance system, effective internal controls a nd staff integrity.
Other keynote speakers were Hong Kong Council of Social Services (HKCSS) Chief Executive Ms Christine Fang, Po Leung Kuk Chairman Mr Quincy K.Y. Lui and Hong Kong Society for the Aged Chairman Dr Kim K.W. Mak, who shared their insights on how NGOs’ governance could be strengthened to accommodate rising public expectations and other challenges.
Also sharing experience at the workshop were Chuk Lam Ming Tong Chief Executive Mr Chan Kei Fung, Hong Kong St. John Ambulance Chief Executive Officer Ms Susan Chow and Fu Hong Society Executive Director Ms Leung Siu Kum.
Over 100 board members and senior executives from leading NGOs attended yesterday’s workshop.
Copies of the checklist will be distributed to some 200 subvented NGOs through the Social Welfare Department, Department of Health and HKCSS. An online version is available on ICAC’s corporate website ( www.icac.org.hk ).
Launching the guidelines at a workshop yesterday (December 8), Director of Corruption Prevention Mrs Jean Au Yeung Lui Miu-kwan noted that NGOs played a very important role in providing a wide range of essential social services to the community.
“With a majority of NGOs being funded with government subventions and public donations, they also serve as trustees of public resources and are expected by the community to operate under a sound governance system with sufficient accountability and transpar ency,” she said.
The Best Practice Checklist on the Governance and Internal Control in Non-Governmental Orgnisations provides NGOs with practical guidelines for major functions including internal control, financial management, internal and external audits, procurement and staff administration.
Also addressing the workshop, Corruption Prevention Advisory Committee Member and Family Planning Association of Hong Kong Executive Director Dr Susan Fan highlighted the importance for NGOs to have a sound governance system, effective internal controls a nd staff integrity.
Other keynote speakers were Hong Kong Council of Social Services (HKCSS) Chief Executive Ms Christine Fang, Po Leung Kuk Chairman Mr Quincy K.Y. Lui and Hong Kong Society for the Aged Chairman Dr Kim K.W. Mak, who shared their insights on how NGOs’ governance could be strengthened to accommodate rising public expectations and other challenges.
Also sharing experience at the workshop were Chuk Lam Ming Tong Chief Executive Mr Chan Kei Fung, Hong Kong St. John Ambulance Chief Executive Officer Ms Susan Chow and Fu Hong Society Executive Director Ms Leung Siu Kum.
Over 100 board members and senior executives from leading NGOs attended yesterday’s workshop.
Copies of the checklist will be distributed to some 200 subvented NGOs through the Social Welfare Department, Department of Health and HKCSS. An online version is available on ICAC’s corporate website ( www.icac.org.hk ).