Report From The Executive Director ( page 2)The main findings were positive particularly in the areas of corporate due diligence, governance, financial accountability and the projects supported. As with any evaluation there are also valuable recommendations for improvement in all significant areas of operation. Action was started on some of the most critical recommendations as soon as the Board of Directors officially accepted the report. For the New Year an Action Programme Plan will be developed to guide the systematic attention to all recommendations. In addition to the evaluation exercise the EFJ’s corporate management practice received another boost during the year, when, through the instrumentality of the Treasurer, we were assisted in a process to set clear and manageable strategies and objectives for the Foundation’s work for 2001-2002. A scheduled monthly meeting of the Secretariat’s Senior Management Team has served to ensure that concrete action is taken and closely monitored on all key deliverables. At the programmatic level the implementation activities were started on the four national level projects in the proactive mode, following the design and development phase of the previous year. The main activities were: - |
