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ACCREDITATION. National Disaster Risk Management Fund. SEQUENCE OF PRESENTATION. OBJECTIVES. Non-Government Organizations shall be accredited through assessment of their respective capacity as to whether they can implement projects before signing the project agreement and releasing the funds.
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ACCREDITATION National Disaster Risk Management Fund
OBJECTIVES • Non-Government Organizations shall be accredited through assessment of their respective capacity as to whether they can implement projects before signing the project agreement and releasing the funds. • Objective of the capacity assessment is to only engage with organizations that meet the minimum capacity requirements at least and to establish the need for development of a risk mitigation plan before releasing the funds to address the gaps. • Accreditation criteria will be applied to all nongovernment entities before receiving their proposals. • For public sector entities and statutory authorities who follow standard government rules, a tailored risk evaluation will be undertaken in tandem with their proposal evaluation
ASSESSMENT AREAS The broad areas to be assessed during the accreditation include the following: • Organizational Structure; • Regulatory & Legal regime • Financial Management & Internal Controls; • Procurement Management; • Environment & Social Safeguards; and • Gender
DOCUMENTATION List of Completed Projects in Last Three Years List of Donors Core Competences Institutional Strength Legal Registration, Manuals, Guidelines, Policies
ELIGIBILITY Registration Status: • Companies Ordinance 1984 or Companies Act 2017, • Societies Registration Act 1860, • Voluntary Social Welfare Organizations Ordinance 1961, • Economic Affairs Division, Government of Pakistan, • By means of treaty or other agreement that acts as a charter with Government of Pakistan.
ELIGIBILITY (Cont’d) Financial Management: • Registered with Taxation Department, • Last three (03) years audited financial statements, • Audit carried out by a CA Firm from State Bank of Pakistan’s Panel of Auditors under Category ‘A’ and having ‘Satisfactory’ rating under the Quality Control Review Programme managed by ICAP, • Commitment of availability of counterpart financing i.e. 30% for the proposed project.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE Whether the Organization have: • Organizational & reporting structures? • Defined roles & responsibilities of various departments? • Compliance with statuary requirements? • Defined vision statement, mission statement and statement of values? • legally registered with respective registration authority(ies)?
REGULATORY & LEGAL REGIMESGoverning or Advisory Board Whether the Organization have: • Governing and/or Advisory Board? • Clearly defined Terms of Reference (TORs) for Board(s)? • Distinguished roles & responsibilities of Board(s) and Executive/Management? • Document criteria for selecting, electing or replacing any Board Member? • Term limit for a person to complete/remain as Board Member? • Board Members are involved in strategic planningresource mobilization, developing & approving organizational policies, budget and annual financial statements
REGULATORY & LEGAL REGIMESFinancial Management & Internal Controls Whether the Organization have: • Accounting system(s) & implementation procedures? • Any accounting software(s)? • Approved financial manuals & their documentation? • Systems & frequencies for updating manuals & procedures? • Separate accounts for each programme & use of separate codes to assign transactions to a specific project/donor? • Policies for Internal Controls? • Systems & periodicity to review financial risks? • Procedure for handling possible instances of fraud or theft?
REGULATORY & LEGAL REGIMESFinancial Planning, Reporting & Documentation Whether the Organization have: • Master budget? • Mechanisms for Budget Review & Variance Analysis? • Income-generating activities or other sources of unrestricted funding? • A cash flow that allows it to meet its financial obligations? • Guidelines & procedures for documenting all types of financial transactions? • Systems for organizing secure & separate financial record? • Process for dissemination of financial reporting? • Systems for preparation & approval of financial statements?
REGULATORY & LEGAL REGIMESProcurement Management Whether the Organization have: • Policies, rules, regulations, procedures, guidelines that govern the procurement processes & responsibilities? • Systems & processes for achieving Value for Money through procurement management? • Institutional capacity for complying with Principles of Procurement? • Deployed mechanisms for extending equal opportunity to all the prospective bidders by extending fair competition? • Defined standard bidding documents and contract agreement templates covering legal framework? • Processes for transparent evaluations? • Appropriate policies for; (i) Dissemination of evaluation results, (ii) complaint redressal, (iii) avoiding Conflict of Interest, (iv) detection of fraud & corruption?
REGULATORY & LEGAL REGIMESEnvironment & Social Safeguard Whether the Organization have: • An approved Environment & Social Risk Management Policy? • An approved Environment & Social Management System (ESMS)? • ESMS is disseminated at all levels of staff and publically disclosed? Whether the organization is fully implementing ESMS for: • Project screening & categorization? • Assessment of Impacts? • Due diligence monitoring? • Implementation of Grievance Redressal Mechanism? • Capacity development of staff?
REGULATORY & LEGAL REGIMESGender & Inclusiveness Whether the Organization have: • Gender Policy & Strategy in place and implemented? • Gender inclusive governing & management structures? • Gender responsive and inclusion mainstreamed in organizational policies & standard operating procedures? • Institutional capacity to implement gender responsive and inclusive programmes?
RATING • Score ranging from 0-3 will be given, in following manner, to each question and that would determine the overall rating: • The minimum threshold to qualify for the accreditation ranges from an overall score of 2.01 to 3. • An organization once qualified for the accreditation will be further assessed for risk identification in weak areas and development of a risk mitigation plan before releasing the funds to address the gaps.
Risk Mitigation and Management LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRENCE MODERATE RISK Monitoring HIGH RISK Mitigation LOW RISK Documentation SUBSTANTIAL RISK Mitigation &/or Monitoring LIKELY UNLIKELY LOW HIGH IMPACT