As resources channeled through the non-profit sector increase, NGOs are under greater pressure to demonstrate that they are using their resources in an efficient, accountable and transparent manner, and can be held accountable for their effectiveness, organizational reliability and legitimacy.

Given the specificity of NGO mandates and operations, this can include a wide variety of stakeholders with different agendas, making the issue of NGO accountability extremely complex and challenging: Internal stakeholders (staff, board, supporters, subsidiaries, local partners, volunteers, members); Donors and external partners (governmental and non-governmental); etc…

CARE is held accountable for the independence and reliability of their organizational structures, with criteria such as the role and composition of the board, financial and management structures, human resource management policies and practices, etc.