Sustainability standard for green NGOs

Description and details of the specification

It is a standard specification. To accredit green civil society organizations, as well as to help civil society organizations to promote and adopt green practices. The standards of the standard include adopting and strengthening institutional governance, sustainable development applications, and climate action at the level of the organization’s internal and external environment. This standard comes as the first local specification to support green practices in organizations. Eligibility

In general, it is possible Depicting the basis for evaluating an organization's performance in light of the extent of its influence and social responsibilities, in addition to other matters such as its competitive advantage, its reputation, its ability to attract and retain members or users, maintaining employee morale and commitment, the viewpoint of beneficiaries, donors, sponsors and the financial community, in addition to its relationship with the private sector, government, media, suppliers, peers, and the community in which it operates. In it.

Whereas one The requirements of a green organization are to have effective policies that enhance the governance of the organization, so that all its activities are managed in accordance with controls, standards and procedures that achieve the highest level of administrative and environmental discipline. Therefore, these international standards for quality assurance and accreditation for green NGOs provide guidance on understanding and implementing the mechanisms of the basic principles of social and environmental responsibility of the organization, while recognizing this responsibility and involving owners. interest, and explaining ways to integrate responsible behavior into the organization

Note: This The standard is under construction and is approved by many international, regional and local bodies. .

Conditions

NGOs must meet the following conditions to obtain accreditation:

1- The organization must be registered and registered with the Ministry of Social Solidarity in accordance with the status adjustment system of the Private Work Organization Law No. 149 of 2019

2- The organization must pass the institutional evaluation stage and be classified (A) or (B) according to the institutional evaluation standards of the Misr El Kheir Foundation

3- The organization must have a certificate of institutional commitment for civil society organizations

Standard ٍSystem

The standard system for obtaining accreditation for green NGOs depends on several evaluation areas:

The first area: Sustainability of corporate governance

The second area: Sustainability of knowledge development management

The third area: Sustainability of community resource development

The fourth area: Sustainability of administrative systems and policies

The fifth area: Availability of a development strategy

Sixth area: Focus on development priorities for society

The seventh field: achieving development impact and effectiveness

Eighth field: supporting equality and non-discrimination

Ninth area: Strengthening partnership and participation for sustainable development and climate action

Domain Ten: Supporting climate action governance mechanisms within society

The eleventh field: Supporting the digital transformation of society and contributing to building a knowledge society

The twelfth domain: Caring for groups least able to adapt to climate change

Thirteenth area: Supporting the societal trend towards going green

Fourteenth area: Supporting community policies to rationalize the use of natural resources

Domain Fifteen: Working to preserve biological diversity

Accreditation Request

The organization shall attach an application to obtain accreditation as a green NGO (PDF file), provided that the application includes the following:
• Direct the request to: Gentlemen, NGO Development Sector, Misr El Kheir Foundation
• Order Date: The order includes a date on it
• Basic organization data: Organization name - Announcement number and date - Title
• Content of the application: The organization’s desire to obtain accreditation as a green NGO within the specification (Standard System for Quality Assurance and Accreditation for Green NGOs – Course No......)
• Organizational seal: The application shall be stamped with the association’s seal and signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors
• Attachments: The organization attaches an identification data form and this is indicated in the application (identification data form attached)

-Identification data form

An identification data form is created which the organization downloads, then prepares, and then attaches to the attached application

Download the identification data form