Program (Spanish)

Increasingly, NGOs operate in a global environment. In this context, platforms like ICFO have a great opportunity to carry out their mission, enhance their growth and strengthen the confidence of donors at the international level. Some of the challenges to consolidate a powerful international network of NGO evaluators are: promoting the establishment of independent monitoring agencies in emerging and developing countries, facilitating information sharing and coordinating the work to standardize evaluation processes.

Welcome and Introduction

• Patricia de Roda, Executive Director, Fundación Lealtad
• ICFO: Who we are, goals and challenges. Rollin A. Van Broekhoven, President, ICFO

Panel: The donors point of view: Expectations of an International

Platfom of Charities Monitoring Agencies

What are international institutional donors’ information requirements? Do charities’ transparency and accountability

initiatives address their needs? Moderator: Pedro Guerrero, Chairman, Bankinter

• Félix Poza, CSR Director, Inditex
• Gonzalo Robles, Secretary-General for International Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Spain
• Pedro Ortún-Silvan, European Commission Director, General Directorate Entreprise and Industry, Directorate New Approach Industries, Tourism and CSR, European Commission
• Fernando Jiménez-Ontiveros, Operations Deputy Manager Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) Interamerican Development Bank (IDG) – Independent Monitoring of Global NGOs: the vision of the Multilateral Investment Fund

Case Study: NGO accountability initiatives in Latin America to engage donor trust in emerging countries

Three projects recently developed in Chile, Argentina and Mexico include the definition of common transparency standards and promote good practice through educational programs or analysis reporting. How can ICFO give support to local NGO accountability initiatives? Moderator: Javier Nadal, President, Spanish Association of Foundations

• Daniel Oyarzún, taskforce member representing Red de Voluntariado de Chile, Transparentemos, Chile
• Federico Centeno, Executive Director, HelpArgentina, Argentina – Promoción de la Transparencia en el Sector Social Argentino
• Lic. Enrique A. Hernández Botello, President of the Board, Iniciativas para promover la transparencia de las ONG y fomentar la confianza de los donantes en América Latina Confío-Construyendo Organizaciones Civiles Transparentes, A.C., México

Panel: NGOs accountability in a global context: changing challenges

How can ICFO coordinate different national monitoring agencies to work together to address the needs of monitored NGOs operating and raising funds internationally?Moderator: Adri Kemps, Secretary-General, ICFO

• Aitor Zabalgogeazkoa, Executive Director, Doctors Without Borders Spain
• Paloma Escudero, Executive Director, UNICEF Spain, Communications to inspire trust
• Gérard de la Martinière, Chairman, Comité de la Charte, France, NGO’s accountability in a global context: changing challenges

Closing Remarks

How is ICFO addressing the donor’s changing information requirements?

• Rollin A. Van Broekhoven, President, ICFO
• Salvador García-Atance, Founder and Chairman, Fundación Lealtad
• Donors
• NGOs’ representatives

Programm

We focus on global trends in the charity sector and the challenges involved for national monitoring organizations: New fundraising channels based on internet-technology, mobile phones and apps are coming up. At the same time, international NGOs develop fundraising activities in different local markets. More and more charities need to prove that they are transparent and accountable for what they do. What do donors, development agencies and NGOs in this context expect from national monitoring organizations?

Welcome – Trix Heberlein, President of the Board of Zewo Foundation, Switzerland

Presentations

• Engaging an Evolving Civil Society – Rollin van Broekhoven, President ICFO, USA
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• Funding the Future – John Low, Chief Executive, Charities Aid Foundation, UK
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• What about Donors? Fundraising Trends, Risks & Recommendations – Art Taylor, President and CEO, BBB Wise Giving Alliance, USA.
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• International Fundraising: Business Models and Challenges for Monitoring Agencies – Burkhard Wilke, Executive Director, Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen (DZI), Germany
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• How does an International Development Agency Enforde Accountability? – Ruerd Ruben, Director, Policy and Operations Evaluation Department / IOB – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands, Member of OECD/DAC Network on Development Evaluation
• Requirements of the Swiss Development Agency Towards NGOs – Frédéric Noirjean, Economic Advisor, Institutional Partnerships, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
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• What Role Can a National Monitoring Agency Play in Institutional Fundraising? – Patricia de Roda, General Manager, Fundación Lealtad, Spain

Panel Discussion: Challengens for Monitoring Charities – Moderator: John Pellowe, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC), Canada

• Adri Kemps, General Secretary, International Committee on Fundraising Organizations (ICFO)
• John Low, Chief Executive, Charities Aid Foundation ( CAF)
• Caroline Morel, Executive Director, Swissaid
• Ruerd Ruben, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands
• Konrad Specker, Head Institutional Partnerships, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
• Martina Ziegerer, Executive Director, Stiftung Zewo

Closing Remarks – Rollin van Broekhoven, President of ICFO

Welcome

• Rev. John Pellowe, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Coucil of Christian Charities, CCCC
• Rollin von Broekhoven, President ICFO

Morning

• Policy Priorities for the Charities Directorate: Fundraising Expenses Allocation – Foreign Activities – Advancement of Religion by Bryan McLean, Director, Policy, Planning and Legislation Division, Charities Directorate, Canada Revenue Agency
• Public Policy Options for private Generosity by Michael Van Peit, President Cardus Canada
• Compliance Division Overview and Major Compliance Issues by Danie Huppé-Cranford, Director of Compliance, Charities Directorate, Canada Revenue Agency

Afternoon: Transparency and Effectiveness. Where is the Donor’s Money going?

Session 1: Transparency – Moderator: Reinhard Uhrig, Action against Terrorism Unit (ATU) OSCE Secretariat, Austria

• NPO Regulation, Transparency and Fraud Prevention – International Developments, Challenges and Capacity Building by Radha Ivory, Resarch Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Basel, Switzerland
• The Global Mapping of NPO’s Transparency, Monitoring and Certification Tools by Michel Hammer, Executive Director, One World Trust, United Kingdom

Session 2: Effectiveness

• BBB’s Project on Charity Effectiveness by Bennett M. Weiner, Chief Operating Officer, BBB / Wise Giving Alliance, U.S.A.
• Brief Reports on Effectiveness Trends in other ICFO Countries
• Canada, Rev. John Pellowe, Chief Executive Officer, CCCC Canada
• Switzerland, Martina Ziegerer, Executive Director, Zewo, Switzerland
• Germany, Burkhard Wilke, Executive Director, DZI, Germany

Wrap-up and Closing Remarks – Rollin van Broekhoven, President ICFO

Working Conference

• Opening and Welcome – Adri Kemps Director CBF
• International taxation of philanthropy and the “Persche” case of the European Court of Justice –
• Ineke A. Koele, Benvalor Attorneys at Law, Tax Lawyers
• Donors perspective – Felix Cohen Member of General Council
• PlanLive and Transparency – Quirine van Heek Director of Finance and Administration Plan Nederland
• The Intosai Tsunamy Relief Evaluation – Egbert Jongsma Audit Manager at Netherlands Court of Audit, Appendices

Round table discussion: Mechanisms to strengthen donors’ trust

Moderator: Burkhard Wilke, Secretary General of ICFO

Public Part

• Welcome – Henk Koning, Chairman CBF, former President of Netherlands Court of Audit
• Engaging public trust and donor loyalty – Rollin van Broekhoven, President ICFO
• Registration of charities in Europe – Ricco Dun Chamber of Commerce NL, Board Member European
• Business Register for Not-for-Profit Law
• Oversight mechanisms of charities – Nilda Bullain, Director European Center for Not-for-Profit Law
• Fiscal aspects of international fundraising – Marnix van Rij – Partner Ernst & Young, Tax Advisors
• The INGO Accountability Charter – Gerd Leipold, Executive Director Greenpeace International

Panel discussion with questions & answers

Moderator: Adri Kemps, Director CBF

• Closing remarks – Burkhard Wilke, Secretary General ICFO

Welcome and Opening Speeches

• Ingrid Stahmer, Chairperson DZI
• Rollin van Broekhoven, President ICFO
• Niels Lund Chrestensen, Vice President DIHK
• Axel Nawrath, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Finance

Presentations

• Importance of Self Regulation and Independent Monitoring vs. State Regulation, Government, the third sector and monitoring agencies – Diana Aviv, President Independent Sector, Washington D.C., U.S.A
• Development of the Third Sector in the global Setting – Helmut Anheier, Centre for Social Investment University of Heidelberg, Germany
• Charities, Social Cohesion and Public Opinion – Valerio Melandri, Director of the Master in Fundraising, University of Bologna, Italy
• ICFO’s Mission and new Challenges in Charity Certification – Burkhard Wilke Secretary General ICFO
• Evaluation and Quality Measurement in NGOs. The case of humanitarian and development aid – Niels Dabelstein, Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark
• Self Regulation vs. Certification. Why Self Regulation is unlikely to win. – Andreas Ortmann CERGE-EI, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic

Round Table Discussion

Monitoring Charities in the 21st Century – Jos Zwartjes, Moderator

• Helmut Anheier
• Diana Aviv
• Andreas Ortmann
• Martina Ziegerer, Board Member ICFO

Wrap-up and Closing Remarks

• Rollin van Broekhoven, President ICFO
• Burkhard Wilke, Secretary General ICFO