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Developing guidelines for good governance for Southern African NGOs

The Charities Aid Foundation Southern Africa will be hosting a regional
one-day working conference on governance and accountability in the
non-profit sector on the 25th May 2004. Entitled: 'Governance and
Accountability: Developing Guidelines for Southern African NGOs,' the
conference is aimed at generating discussion on the need for Southern
African NGOs to apply principles of good governance and accountability in
their work, as well as to launch the process of developing a draft Code of
Good Governance for the non-profit sector.

It is hoped that participants representing major international and local
funders, non-profit organizations and governance experts will engage in
vigorous discussion on these very pertinent and timely issues.

We would welcome your involvement on the basis of your interest in effective
and accountable NGOs, and your active participation in the conference
debates. If you would like to bring to our attention the names of other
organisations that you feel could also make a valuable contribution, you are
very welcome to do so.

For more information about the working conference, contact Yvonne Morgan
[email protected] or tel: 2711 726 1148 (Johannesburg, South
Africa).