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Launch of the Code of Good Governance

The Code of Good Governance for the voluntary and community sector was launched on the 6 June 2008 at a special seminar in NICVA by the Developing Governance Group. 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.

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 in Spring of last year which received a positive response from the voluntary and community sector. The Developing Governance 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. More information is available at http://www.communityni.org/index.cfm/section/news/key/080508_Code_of_Governance

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/ Sports NI, North West Community Network, Rural Community Network, St John Ambulance, Supporting Communities NI, Volunteer Development Agency and Youthnet.

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