Principles to Guide Solutions
Charity and Security Network Principles to Guide New Policies
The following ten principles should guide the U.S. government's approach to fixing national security rules and policies that create problems for legitimate charities, development programs, grantmakers, peacebuilding efforts, human rights advocacy and faith-based organizations:
Principles of International Charity
In March 2005 the Treasury Guidelines Working Group , a broadly representative group of U.S. nonprofits and grantmakers, released the Principles of International Charity (Principles) as an alternative to the Department of the Tresaury's the Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities. (The group has called the Guidelines ill-advised and potentially harmful, and called for their withdrawal.)
US, EU Grantmaker Groups Publish Accountability Principles for International Philanthropy
The Council on Foundations (COF) and the European Foundation Center have published Principles of Accountability for International Philanthropy, the result of a two-year consultative process of grantmakers and stakeholders from four continents. The COF press release announcing the document says:
