B: Development approaches & management INDICATORS ARE APPLIED COMMENSURATE WITH THE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF RISK B1: The ANGO has a track record of supporting and managing effective international development activities. This criterion seeks to verify past performance to establish that the ANGO has a documented track record of achieving effective development outcomes in developing countries. B1.1 ANGO’s Objectives in governing Instrument or Strategic Plan include development activities in developing countries. B1.2 ANGO has a minimum two-year track record of development activities. B1.3 ANGO can differentiate between development activities and ‘non-development’ activities. B1.4 ANGO can demonstrate that it responds to past performance issues. There are no additional Full Indicators. B2: The ANGO has the capacity to operate in a manner that promotes quality and effectiveness. This criterion seeks to establish that the ANGO is committed to and operates in a manner consistent with current good practice guidelines for the sector including the ACFID Code of Conduct. B2.1 ANGO has the demonstrated capacity or a strategy to effectively program and manage DFAT grants of equivalent size and complexity to future ANCP grant. B2.2 ANGO has a documented approach to managing its initiatives/programs e.g. project cycle or equivalent, relevant to its types of initiatives or models of delivery. B2.3 ANGO undertakes contextual analysis including the perspectives of stakeholders, which informs planning and design B2.4 ANGO appraises potential initiatives against a documented set of quality standards and DFAT requirements. B2.5 ANGO assesses and manages activity risk. B2.6 Where ANGO is working in association with international affiliates, networks or consortiums, it can demonstrate its knowledge of and influence throughout the initiative management cycle. B2.7 ANGO can demonstrate a strategic approach to programming, and has country, regional and /or sectoral strategies relevant to the size and complexity of its programming.
B3: The ANGO integrates cross cutting themes to enable effectiveness. This criterion seeks to verify an ANGO’s approach to promoting gender equality, disability inclusion, environmental management and sustainability. B3.1 ANGO has a gender equality policy and incorporates gender equality practices including contextual analysis of gender barriers, opportunities to enable inclusion, strategies to promote gender equality and targeted M&E. B3.2 ANGO incorporates disability inclusive practices including contextual analysis of barriers for People with Disability, opportunities to enable inclusion and targeted M&E. B3.3 ANGO has a policy and practices in place to assess and mitigate environmental impact where appropriate. B3.4 Where relevant to its operations, the ANGO demonstrates compliance with DFAT’s Displacement and Resettlement policy. B3.5 ANGO can demonstrate approaches that will enhance sustainability. B3.6 ANGO undertakes periodic assessments of its own and its implementing partners’ gender equality practice. B3.7 ANGO has a Disability Inclusion Policy and undertakes periodic assessments of its own and its implementing partners’ disability inclusion practice. B3.8 ANGO has an Environmental Management Policy and undertakes periodic assessments of its own and its implementing partners’ environmental management practice. B4: The ANGO can monitor, report and assess the effectiveness of activities. This criterion seeks to verify an ANGO’s approach to performance management by establishing that the ANGO is able to assess the effectiveness of development activities. B4.1 ANGO undertakes regular monitoring of initiatives/programs, analysing information to assess progress and constraints. B4.2 ANGO is able to collect and report data to meet DFAT and other stakeholder requirements including the ANCP in a timely manner. B4.3 ANGO conducts activity evaluations commensurate with activity size assessing results and effectiveness. B4.4 ANGO assesses results and effectiveness at a whole of organisation level. B4.5 ANGO involves primary stakeholders in reflection, learning and design adaptation processes. B4.6 ANGO has an established system that captures, documents, and disseminates its results, good practices and lessons learned.