Policies & Reports
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
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. As such we are not members of the Code and cannot sign up to it. We use the Code of Good Practice for Development Education internally in IDEA in terms of mainstreaming quality throughout our programme of work and strengthening our practice. Our focus has a particular emphasis on the organisational principles, and each team member focuses on the most relevant principle to their area of work.
Dóchas Guide to Ethical Communications
IDEA's work is guided by the Dóchas Guide to Ethical Communications. We were also signatories to its predecessor the Dóchas Code of Conduct on Images and Messages.
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
