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Development Programme : UNDP ranks in top 10 for transparency

10/02/2012 | 02:59am US/Eastern

01 October 2012

Washington - A leading international aid transparency organization said the UN Development Programme (UNDP) "performed well" in its transparency efforts and said the agency should be congratulated.
Publish What You Fund ranked UNDP in the top 10 among 72 organizations in its 2012 Aid Transparency Index, noting that the UN's lead development agency is an original International Aid Transparency Index (IATI) signatory. "It should be congratulated for beginning publication to the IATI Registry in November 2011," the organization said.
UNDP is scheduled to provide an updated set of transparency data by the end of 2012 and move to automated reporting in 2013.

The Index, produced annually, ranks 72 aid organizations across 43 different indicators. Organizations include traditional multilateral and bilateral donors as well as private foundations and climate finance and development finance institutions.

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One specific objective of the project ‘Strengthening the capacity of Romanian companies to develop social partnerships – Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)’ is the elaboration of a second guidebook, ‘Implementing Social Responsibility. Guidebook on Instruments and Techniques’. This second guidebook provides companies with a practical approach leading to better management of social responsibility activities through the use of customized instruments and techniques.

In Romania small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) represent 99.7% of the active enterprises in the country and provide 2/3 of the number of jobs. However, when referring to social responsibility (SR), most of the information and business tools are aimed at corporations rather than SMEs.
The guidebook details specific instruments that contribute to identifying and engaging all relevant stakeholders, as well as improving reporting and the SR activities developed by companies. The instruments presented are divided into national and global, in order to create a methodological structure that is easy to follow and facilitate implementation. Codes of conduct, certification and labeling, as well as reporting instruments and standards provide closer insight on how companies can best select the instruments and adapt them to their specific needs.

The guide is based on the four step-model presented in the first guidebook, ‘Socially Responsible Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): Guide on Integrating Social Responsibility into Core Business’, developed within the project. The model enables a structured integration of social responsibility into the business plan of the company and encourages the strengthening of relations with stakeholders ultimately to the benefit of communities where companies develop their activities.
The main gain for organisations and companies using this second guidebook besides providing the instruments and techniques, is the emphasis on engaging stakeholders that can support companies to improve their social responsibility activities. Thus, the effort to maintain and increase the well-being of the community is easier to achieve.

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George Soros's surrogate certifies UNDP as one of top-10 most transparent Aid agencies in the world (no disclosure on special relationship between Soros and UNDP? )

Development Programme : UNDP ranks in top 10 for transparency

UNDP Romania: - Implementing Social Responsibility. Guidebook on instruments and techniques