By Susan Davis, Executive Director, Improve International

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.  -W. Edwards Deming

For an organization called Improve International, we spend a lot of time talking about failure and what’s not working. So this blog focuses some of the great organizations and information focused on what does work (also known as “best practices”), and how to direct funds towards what works.  This is not a comprehensive list; please do share any other resources you have.

Resources on best practices in WASH

• WASH Sustainability Charter

Organizations working on good practice in international development

• NIDOS
• Bond Effectiveness Programme
• Ethical Volunteering
• Global Accountability Project (One World Trust)
• INGO Accountability Charter
• Sphere – Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
• World Association of NGOs Code of Ethics & Conduct
• PMI International Development Community of Practice
• Center for Effective Global Action

Organizations working on good practices in philanthropy

• NPC
• The Bridgespan Group
• Charities Evaluation Services
• Center for High Impact Philanthropy
• Center for Effective Philanthropy

Resources on best practices in international development

• Introduction to effectiveness and good practice in international development
• More Codes of Good Practice for International Development
• The NIDOS Effectiveness Tool
• Good Practice Resources – North-South Partnership
• Good Practice Resources – Monitoring & Evaluation
• Good Practice Resources – Governance
• NIDOS’s work on good practice to date
• NIDOS training programme and events on good practice
• The Bridgespan Group Global Development Publications & Tools
• About Performance Improvement
• Practical Guidance for International Philanthropy
• Good Practice in International Development
• Good Practice in Partnerships for International Development
• High Impact Philanthropy principles