Our Vision
To provide an effective safe and professional risk management and safeguarding working space for joint learning, reflection and sharing of experiences that is accountable, sustainable and accessible.
Our Mission
To support organizations and their partners in the aid sector to strengthen risk management and safeguarding policies and practices against fraud, corruption and safeguarding incidents through sector wide collaboration, cooperation and knowledge exchange.
Overall Goal
To increase the safety of NGO staff members, program beneficiaries and improve the overall impact, accountability and effectiveness of NGO programming and their partners.
Our Values
Integrity – We maintain a high ethical standard; we are accountable, honest, God fearing and act in good faith. Result Oriented – We have clear goals and aim at improving continuously. Growth – We embrace new challenges and seek opportunity to learn, develop and shape experiences.
Strategic Objectives
Objective 1: To strengthen the technical capacity of NGOs and their Implementing Partners (IP) to improve organizational culture, value and ethics regarding internal risk management by establishing effective internal control mechanisms including predictive controls, preventative controls, detective controls, monitoring controls and responding to controls breaches.
Objective 2: To reinforce the capacity to improve the safeguarding practices of NGOs and their partners to reduce the risks of sexual exploitation, harassment and all forms of abuse in NGO programming based on wider sectoral consultations.
Objective 3: To establish an advocacy strategy that will support leverage lessons learned and knowledge of the IRMG to benefit the wider civil society sector in Uganda to improve on managing wrongful conduct, including safeguarding practices and the prevention of Internal Risks, including through the Communities of Practices (CoP) and the Online Resource Hub.
Objective 4: To improve the capacity of NGOs and their partners to implement safe, confidential and effective complaints handling, reporting and feedback, case management and investigations mechanisms through tailor-made trainings and technical support to a pool of investigators, co-investigators and investigations managers.
Action Areas
Action Area 1: Improving cost effectiveness of member organizations through geographical coverage and enhanced quality of risk management and safeguarding systems and practices.
Action Area 2: Strengthening well researched and documented information on the provision of risk management and safeguarding services.
Action Area 3: Diversifying and adequately mobilizing resources for supporting the shared activities of IRMG member organizations.
Thematic Areas
- Risk Management (Governance, Controls, Compliance, Capacity Building)
- Safeguarding (SEAH + All Forms of Abuse)
- Advocacy + Community of Practice (CoP)
- Risk/Safeguarding Case Management & Investigations