Governance Curriculum/Principles

Governing Principles to Guide the Initiative
The following list is not exhaustive and will be modified as further suggestions come in, but the following principles help to build a common vision of cooperative support for good governance:


 * Learning from each other by sharing information


 * Preservation of knowledge in readily accessible forms


 * Commitment to quality


 * Plain language


 * Balanced, even-handed treatment of different aspects of good governance


 * Focus on techniques that enhance sound public decision-making


 * Observance of relevant governance principles in Initiative design and implementation


 * Respecting and accommodating different views and cultural traditions


 * Objectivity and independence


 * Giving a fair hearing to voices normally not heard


 * Transparency in the way decisions are taken


 * Cost-effectiveness: optimising the return on resources invested in knowledge acquisition and dissemination


 * Accountability to users, partners and funding bodies through use of performance indicators, financial and monitoring systems and feedback mechanisms


 * Consensus style decision making


 * Free access to the information conveyed under this Initiative