§ Baroness Gardner of Parkesasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they support codes of practice and standards to regulate the activities of international humanitarian and development organisations such as 206WA the corporate sector's ISO 9000 or the standards for international fundraising organisations as promoted by the Accrediting Bureau for Fundraising Organisations (ABFO). [HL1194]
§ Baroness AmosThe Department for International Development supports many international and development organisations which are officially registered as charities with the Charity Commission for England and Wales or with the Inland Revenue for Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Some of these organisations work to standards, such as the corporate sector's ISO 9000 or the standards promoted by the Accrediting Bureau for Fundraising Organisations. While DFID does not generally specify such standards, we do seek to ensure that all the NGOs we support work to high standards.