Paper: "NGO Accreditation & Certification: The Way Forward?", By Catherine Shea & Sandra Sitar

The International Center for Not- for-Profit Law (ICNL) has produced for USAID this report summarizing the major findings of its research into accreditation andcertification programs.

The project considered:

• existing efforts to develop organizational accreditation/ certification programs throughout the development, business and non-profit communities, and the evidence to date regarding their usefulness in enhancing the credibility, transparency and accountability of the rated  organizations;
• the benefits, whether tangible or intangible, financial or non-financial, that have accrued to rated organizations, and attendant costs, as a result of their participation in a certification program;
• the feasibility and utility of donor support for a common accreditation/ certification process for not-for-profit organizations in the international development field, and the role donors should play in the development, promotion and institutionalization of such a system.

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