IDEA's Organisational Policies


IDEA's work is guided by a series of Organisational Policies that have been approved by our National Council

Other Codes and Policies 

The Charities Governance Code

2020 was the first year that registered charities were expected to comply with the Charities Governance Code and IDEA has taken all relevant measures to ensure our full compliance since then. Prior to this IDEA was compliant with its predecessor the Governance Code for the Community, Voluntary and Charitable Sector in Ireland

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Code of Good Practice for Development Education in Ireland

In IDEA, we support the roll-out of the Code of Good Practice for Development Education to the sector in Ireland. We are not members of the Code and cannot sign up to it, but we use it's principles to mainstream quality throughout our programme of work and strengthen our practice. Our emphasis is on the organisational principles of the Code, and each team member focuses on the most relevant principle to their area of work. 

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Dóchas Guide to Ethical Communications

IDEA's work is guided by the Dóchas Guide to Ethical Communications. You can give us feedback on our use of images or messages by emailing us.

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Comhlámh Code of Good Practice

As a Supporter of the Comhlámh Code of Good Practice, IDEA supports good practice in international volunteering and is committed to a vision of international volunteers working in solidarity for a just, equitable and sustainable world. We advise you to only support International Volunteering with a signatory of Comhlámh's Code of Good Practice. Find out more about responsible international volunteering and the Sending Agencies that are implementing good practice.

Reports

Evaluation Reports


IDEA’s work is evaluated at regular intervals by external consultants. This evaluation is based on feedback gathered through focus groups and interviews. You can read the latest report below:

EU Projects

IDEA was the lead partner on the EU-funded Challenging the Crisis project and coordinated the activities across the 6 countries involved. You can read the full report below:

Annual Reports & Accounts

You can download and view our Reports & Accounts from the lists below