Governance at a Glance: Basic Guidelines on Governance for HIV and AIDS Service Organisations in Botswana

From Capable Partners (CAP) and FHI 360, this publication is part of a Capacity Building Series documenting the experiences of the Capable Partners Botswana programme in organisational development and building the technical capacity of local civil society organisations in HIV prevention from 2008-2011. Family Health International 360, Project Concern International (PCI), and the Botswana Network of AIDS Service Organisations (BONASO) collaborated to create this resource document addressing issues of governance that civil society organisations (CSOs) face in their day-to-day operations.

This document has been developed to help CSOs in Botswana to better understand and appreciate the importance of good governance and enable CSOs to put good governance practices in place. The main objective of the guideline is to provide concise but comprehensive information on governance issues to support effective management of CSOs in Botswana. It also provides countryspecific case examples of good governance practices.

Accompanying this guideline is a CD-ROM with governance resources that provide practical how-to advice on various issues of good governance. In addition, several annexes have been included to provide resources for further information and tools on governance including a governance checklist, a summary of select resources found in the resource CD, definitions of the various types of CSOs in Botswana and minimum requirements, the BOCONGO (Botswana Council of Non-Governmental Organisations) Code of Conduct, a sample constitution and by-laws, sample board policy, guidance on board of directors recruitment, and a sample board of directors meeting agenda - all of which organisations can adapt and use. This guideline also includes a glossary of key governance terms for easy reference.

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