Organisational standards

All functions of an organisation have a role to play in safeguarding. Therefore, organisations often find it useful to develop standards for individual business or functional areas. These organisational standards define how safeguarding commitments will be met across the different business areas and functions, such as, human resources, programmes and partnerships. Organisational standards tend to align with international standards set by the aid and development sector. They are adapted to suit the organisation, its structure and how it operates.

Having organisational safeguarding standards in place demonstrates to donors that the organisation is actively managing SEAH and can be used for planning, implementation, monitoring and review. It can also show that an organisation is safeguarding in business areas where sectoral standards are not in place or are not explicit, such as child sponsorship.