{"id":2517,"date":"2019-05-22T14:23:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T13:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=2517"},"modified":"2019-05-30T15:36:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T14:36:55","slug":"2018-best-government-improvement-initiative-award-proudly-made-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/portfolio-item\/2018-best-government-improvement-initiative-award-proudly-made-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Best Government Improvement Initiative Award: Proudly Made in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-66nqr9-5c9af1501d516b4c3df3f3c4e821c442 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2517'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-4nsv2t-6e27f5c2c9a5d22adda1c06ce79353e6\">\n.flex_column.av-4nsv2t-6e27f5c2c9a5d22adda1c06ce79353e6{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-4nsv2t-6e27f5c2c9a5d22adda1c06ce79353e6 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jvz964jn-d3cc5656b1ed080b7c9cadab0f15f9ce\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jvz964jn-d3cc5656b1ed080b7c9cadab0f15f9ce img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jvz964jn-d3cc5656b1ed080b7c9cadab0f15f9ce .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jvz964jn-d3cc5656b1ed080b7c9cadab0f15f9ce av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_heading  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-2520 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2520 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PMIA-.jpg\" alt='' title='PMIA'  height=\"260\" width=\"600\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PMIA-.jpg 600w, https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PMIA--300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/PMIA--450x195.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-fb1f2ebf562ee1b09be2f6f80b04f7fc\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-fb1f2ebf562ee1b09be2f6f80b04f7fc{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-fb1f2ebf562ee1b09be2f6f80b04f7fc .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-fb1f2ebf562ee1b09be2f6f80b04f7fc .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-fb1f2ebf562ee1b09be2f6f80b04f7fc av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_image  avia-builder-el-last '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Good Governance Awards 2018<br \/>\nBest Government Improvement Initiative Entry<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1vzbsl-a481133ba9a914a8c735226a64ffc719\">\n.flex_column.av-1vzbsl-a481133ba9a914a8c735226a64ffc719{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-1vzbsl-a481133ba9a914a8c735226a64ffc719 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-jvz9d5k2-d1e86482a2361f5a0d19b3d29caa7ebf'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Since November 2016, PMIA (previously known as Value Added in Africa) has made several changes to its governance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2017, we tendered our annual accounts process and changed auditors from Cooney Carey to KSI Faulkner Orr. This change represented a cost saving to the organisation as well as an increase in services \u2013 as part of their service to us, KSI now control all correspondences with the CRO and the UK Companies\u2019 House on our behalf. Prior to KSI\u2019s appointment, this work fell to a part-time bookkeeper who regularly filed our paperwork late, resulting in financial penalties for missing deadlines.<\/li>\n<li>2017 saw PMIA change bookkeeper to someone with more experience in preparing charity accounts. The new bookkeeper has brought with her improved systems such as maintaining our payroll via Sage software instead of previously-used manual Excel spreadsheets. She has been able to complete our accounts over a half morning a week instead of 2 days a week, again representing both an increase in service and a cost saving.<\/li>\n<li>In 2017, PMIA\u2019s company secretary completed Company Secretary and Board Duties\u2019 training at the Carmichael Centre and subsequently passed on guidelines to existing board members on their duties. A new board induction pack was created and signed off with the existing members. Three new board members were recruited in late 2017\/early 2018 using this newly established induction process.<\/li>\n<li>At the end of 2017, PMIA established its first governance sub-committee to review general organisational governance, oversee policies and identify gaps. The new committee has an established Terms of Reference and has completed its first policy review in 2018 which will be signed off at September\u2019s AGM. This committee was created as a lot of PMIA\u2019s internal policies were out of date and not suitable for the organisation\u2019s mission and purpose. There was also a need to create new policies in light of new legislation (EG: our M&amp;As had not been updated to reflect the CRA\u2019s new guidelines nor the 2014 Companies\u2019 Act).<\/li>\n<li>In 2018, PMIA joined the Thompson Reuters Foundation Trust Law programme. This was because the organisation had no legal representation to oversee major changes like the updating of its M&amp;As. Joining Trust Law enabled PMIA to access high-level legal counsel on a pro-bono basis. We now work with Arthur Cox pro-bono and have updated our member register for the first time in the organisation\u2019s history as well as created a new M&amp;A document. Through this work, we have officially changed our name from Value Added in Africa to Proudly Made in Africa (changes accepted by the CRA and will be registered with the CRO on 17th September 2018). Since 2015, we had been operating under two names which caused great confusion to our funders and supporters and diluted our brand impact.<\/li>\n<li>In 2018, PMIA became members of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) in Amsterdam, the United Nations She Trades programme and the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) in London. We trained all commercial team members to the internationally-recognised SA8000 labour rights standard (this training was conducted free of charge by Social Accountability International). This was done in response to the need to make our Proudly Made in Africa award more robust.<br \/>\nThe Proudly Made in Africa Award is a mark of excellence; a way for consumers to identify quality products from Africa and to attest to the social standards under which the product was produced. Prior to 2018, the award had no international affiliation and did not use any recognised industry standards to decide awardees. Furthermore, staff and board members assessing the criteria for the award had no formal training to an internationally-recognised standard. This was considered a serious issue and a possible preventer to the expansion of the award as a recognised branding tool and credible award. Becoming members of the ETI enabled us to adopt their base code and uphold it when we conduct visits to producer operations. Having SA8000-trained staff enables us to apply internationally-approved methodologies during our producer checks against the ETI base code. And being members of the SAC and She Trades cements PMIA as thought leaders in our sector and ensuring that our voice is not only credible but listened to.<\/li>\n<li>2018 will see PMIA create its first Annual Report. Since 2009, we have had our accounts audited externally and published financial statements but 2018 will be the first year we will publish an Annual Report (using Good Governance templates). Unfortunately, it is not ready to be published alongside our application for this award.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":2518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[17,15],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2018 Best Government Improvement Initiative Award: Proudly Made in Africa - Good Governance Awards<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/goodgovernanceawards.ie\/portfolio-item\/2018-best-government-improvement-initiative-award-proudly-made-in-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2018 Best Government Improvement Initiative Award: Proudly Made in Africa - 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