Common use of ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT Clause in Contracts

ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT. An ACT member organisation endorsement of the Code and its Appendix means that the ACT Voting Member supports ALL principles, even if the organisation is not involved in all areas of sectoral work. The representative of the ACT Voting Member Organisation, whose signature appears below, has read, understood and is in agreement with the content of this Code of Good Practice and its Appendix. The ACT Voting Member Organisation also accepts the consequences of non-adherence to any of the above provisions under this Code and of non-adherence to its Appendix below. Full name of ACT Voting Member Organisation: Name of Signatory: Position: Signature: Date: Place: 14 For details of the policy and supporting complaints and investigation guidelines please refer to xxxx://xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/documents/act-alliance-complaints-handling-policy/ Appendix to Code of Good Practice ACT ALLIANCE NON-PROSELYTISM STATEMENT The Cambridge Dictionary defines proselytism as: “to try to persuade someone to change their religious or political beliefs or way of living to your own”. It is this understanding of proselytism that forms the basis for this ACT Alliance Non-Proselytism Statement. ACT Alliance members are bound together by core values expressed in the Alliance Founding Document. Through these core values the ACT Alliance and its members affirm that  All persons are created in the image of God  God is known through Xxxxx Xxxxxx and revealed through the Holy Spirit and Scriptures  God stands beside the poor and oppressed  The Church is called to manifest God’s gracious love for all people and work towards a reconciled human community as one body of Xxxxxx  The earth and all it contains are God’s gifts and are to be protected and shared in good stewardship ACT Alliance’s humanitarian, development and advocacy engagement is a witness to God’s unconditional love for the world. ACT Alliance affirms its overall rights-based approach where poor and marginalised communities are at the centre. ACT Alliance affirms the freedom of religion or belief as expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and freedom of religion as a human right as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights including its affirmation of everyone’s right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. ACT Alliance does not use humanitarian or development assistance or advocacy programmes to further a particular religious or partisan political standpoint. This means that ACT Alliance and its members  Reject the use of any aid, either to an individual or to a community, to advance religious or partisan political standpoints  Reject the use of their programmes to advance religious or partisan political standpoints  Reject the use of manipulation, coercive techniques, force or exploitation of people’s vulnerability to advance religious or partisan political standpoints  Are truthful and transparent about their identities and motivation when asked and offer information about the goals of their organisations and programmes if requested  Advance through their engagement and programmes, where necessary, with tolerance of differences in belief and protection of those whose human rights are not respected In keeping with that, we celebrate when people’s lives are enriched by faith, but we reject any attempt to misuse humanitarian or development assistance or advocacy programmes to manipulate either an individual or a community towards a particular religious belief. We believe such attempts lack integrity, result in poor development and dishonour the One who is our motivation.

ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT. An ACT member organisation endorsement of the Code and its Appendix means that the ACT Voting Member supports ALL principles, even if the organisation is not involved in all areas of sectoral work. The representative of the ACT Voting Member Organisation, whose signature appears below, has read, understood and is in agreement with the content of this Code of Good Practice and its Appendix. The ACT Voting Member Organisation also accepts the consequences of non-adherence to any of the above provisions under this Code and of non-adherence to its Appendix below. Full name of ACT Voting Member Organisation: Name of Signatory: Position: Signature: Date: Place: 14 18 For details of the policy and supporting complaints and investigation guidelines please refer to xxxx://xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/documents/act-alliance-complaints-handling-policy/ Appendix to Code of Good Practice ACT ALLIANCE NON-PROSELYTISM STATEMENT The Cambridge Dictionary defines proselytism as: “to try to persuade someone to change their religious or political beliefs or way of living to your own”. It is this understanding of proselytism that forms the basis for this ACT Alliance Non-Proselytism Statement. ACT Alliance members are bound together by core values expressed in the Alliance Founding Document. Through these core values the ACT Alliance and its members affirm that  All persons are created in the image of God  God is known through Xxxxx Xxxxxx and revealed through the Holy Spirit and Scriptures  God stands beside the poor and oppressed  The Church is called to manifest God’s gracious love for all people and work towards a reconciled human community as one body of Xxxxxx  The earth and all it contains are God’s gifts and are to be protected and shared in good stewardship ACT Alliance’s humanitarian, development and advocacy engagement is a witness to God’s unconditional love for the world. ACT Alliance affirms its overall rights-based approach where poor and marginalised communities are at the centre. ACT Alliance affirms the freedom of religion or belief as expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and freedom of religion as a human right as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights including its affirmation of everyone’s right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. ACT Alliance does not use humanitarian or development assistance or advocacy programmes to further a particular religious or partisan political standpoint. This means that ACT Alliance and its members  Reject the use of any aid, either to an individual or to a community, to advance religious or partisan political standpoints  Reject the use of their programmes to advance religious or partisan political standpoints  Reject the use of manipulation, coercive techniques, force or exploitation of people’s vulnerability to advance religious or partisan political standpoints  Are truthful and transparent about their identities and motivation when asked and offer information about the goals of their organisations and programmes if requested  Advance through their engagement and programmes, where necessary, with tolerance of differences in belief and protection of those whose human rights are not respected In keeping with that, we celebrate when people’s lives are enriched by faith, but we reject any attempt to misuse humanitarian or development assistance or advocacy programmes to manipulate either an individual or a community towards a particular religious belief. We believe such attempts lack integrity, result in poor development and dishonour the One who is our motivation.

ORGANISATIONAL COMMITMENT. An ACT member organisation endorsement of the Code and its Appendix means that the ACT Voting Member supports ALL principles, even if the organisation is not involved in all areas of sectoral work. The representative of the ACT Voting Member Organisation, whose signature appears below, has read, understood and is in agreement with the content of this Code of Good Practice and its Appendix. The ACT Voting Member Organisation also accepts the consequences of non-adherence to any of the above provisions under this Code and of non-adherence to its Appendix below. Full name of ACT Voting Member Organisation: _ Name of Signatory: Position: Signature: Date: Place: 14 17 For details of the policy and supporting complaints and investigation guidelines please refer to xxxx://xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/documents/act-alliance-complaints-handling-policy/ Appendix to Code of Good Practice ACT ALLIANCE NON-PROSELYTISM STATEMENT The Cambridge Dictionary defines proselytism as: “to try to persuade someone to change their religious or political beliefs or way of living to your own”. It is this understanding of proselytism that forms the basis for this ACT Alliance Non-Proselytism Statement. ACT Alliance members are bound together by core values expressed in the Alliance Founding Document. Through these core values the ACT Alliance and its members affirm that  • All persons are created in the image of God  • God is known through Xxxxx Xxxxxx and revealed through the Holy Spirit and Scriptures  • God stands beside the poor and oppressed  • The Church is called to manifest God’s gracious love for all people and work towards a reconciled human community as one body of Xxxxxx  • The earth and all it contains are God’s gifts and are to be protected and shared in good stewardship ACT Alliance’s humanitarian, development and advocacy engagement is a witness to God’s unconditional love for the world. ACT Alliance affirms its overall rights-based approach where poor and marginalised communities are at the centre. ACT Alliance affirms the freedom of religion or belief as expressed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and freedom of religion as a human right as well as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights including its affirmation of everyone’s right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. ACT Alliance does not use humanitarian or development assistance or advocacy programmes to further a particular religious or partisan political standpoint. This means that ACT Alliance and its members  • Reject the use of any aid, either to an individual or to a community, to advance religious or partisan political standpoints  • Reject the use of their programmes to advance religious or partisan political standpoints  • Reject the use of manipulation, coercive techniques, force or exploitation of people’s vulnerability to advance religious or partisan political standpoints  • Are truthful and transparent about their identities and motivation when asked and offer information about the goals of their organisations and programmes if requested  • Advance through their engagement and programmes, where necessary, with tolerance of differences in belief and protection of those whose human rights are not respected In keeping with that, we celebrate when people’s lives are enriched by faith, but we reject any attempt to misuse humanitarian or development assistance or advocacy programmes to manipulate either an individual or a community towards a particular religious belief. We believe such attempts lack integrity, result in poor development and dishonour the One who is our motivation.