Civil Society plays an increasingly important role in international human and social welfare. The most important prerequisite for the development of the NGO sector is a steady level of trust and engagement from society. This public trust and engagement is based the organization’s level of accountability.
Charity Star is an independent nonprofit organization working to establish an international standard for NGO accountability. We believe in an open society where access to information is key in building trust and engagement.
Our work includes research and advocacy within the field of NGO governance.

Charity Star have during the last couple of months met with NGO and NGO stakeholder representatives in an effort to clarify the journey of donations, from fundraising to feedback. From Stockholm to Cusco we get a multifaceted perspective on international development cooperation in 2012.
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“The Trust Report – the role of trust in civil society and how it affects public charity engagement” is now completed and available for download.
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Charity Star is currently working on “The Trust Report” on overcoming the greatest barrier to charity engagement.
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The paper gives a collective overview of the trends of development in the field of impact assessment. We compare differences in measurement approaches and talk to the organizations who develop the measurement frameworks. We also look at the challanges and opportunities of impact measurement to better understand how it will evolve in the future.
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Charity Star will soon release its white paper report on charity impact measurement. The report entitled “Return on Donations” is an overview of the international trends of development in the field of impact measurement.
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