Governance

1. Brief service summary

Clarify the principles by which important decisions are prepared, made and monitored. The engagement helps make governance more understandable, taking account of the organisation’s structure, responsibilities and development challenges.

2. Your needs

Decision-making processes have developed gradually. Some responsibilities overlap, strategic matters do not reach the appropriate level easily, or decisions are not adequately followed up.

You wish to define a shared framework distinguishing direction-setting, oversight and management, without adding bodies or procedures that serve no useful purpose.

3. Objectives of the engagement

The engagement aims to make governance principles, levels of responsibility and necessary interfaces explicit. It helps determine which matters require a decision, by whom and on the basis of what information.

The objective is to prepare arrangements proportionate to the organisation’s size and complexity.

4. Indicative scope

The work may examine the roles of owners, governing bodies and management, decision-making processes and monitoring mechanisms. It may also identify clarification needed concerning delegations, information and conflicts of interest.

The scope remains general and strategic. Detailed examination of a particular board or body falls notably under service 20.03.

5. Possible delivery arrangements

Document review, interviews and clarification workshops help compare current arrangements with the needs expressed. Proposals are discussed with mandated persons before any decision.

6. Possible deliverables

Deliverables may include governance principles, a responsibilities map, a diagram of decision-making processes and recommendations for formalisation.

7. Conditions and limitations

The engagement does not constitute legal validation of constitutional documents or powers. Recommendations create neither a formal corporate appointment nor a delegation of authority. Specialist legal instruments and advice must be entrusted to suitably qualified professionals. Boundaries with services 03.04 and 20.03 must be specified for each engagement.