Code of Practice

All members of the EVPA are committed to upholding the highest standards of practice in conducting their affairs with their donors, the charities they work with, Governmental authorities and the community at large. This behaviour is founded on transparency, responsiveness, honesty and fairness.

In pursuing their individual objectives, members will:

• Comply with all legal requirements in their respective countries.
• Practise and promote ethical behaviour.
• Maintain accounts in accordance with the standards and practices in their respective countries and be transparent with respect to income, expenditure and assets.
• Run their own organisations in accordance with accepted governance standards to promote efficiency and sustainability, ensuring that their own management and resources are sufficient to meet their stated objectives.
• Ensure appropriate internal control of resources, carry out internal evaluation of effectiveness of their programmes.
• No member shall malign, defame or unfairly criticise any other member in any dealings.
• No member will take advantage of its position in EVPA or abuse any information addressed to EVPA.
• Unethical conduct will be deemed to include any evasive device intended to conceal non-compliance with the Code of Practice.
• In addition members who have grant making activities should disclose information regarding their policies and procedures for making grant decisions, including their requirements for active interaction with the charity.