The Humentum Conference held in Kampala, Uganda in March 2019 focused on compliance issues for not-for-profit organizations, providing participants with strategies to effectively manage compliance. Key topics included the importance of compliance for building trust and accountability, essential building blocks such as risk assessment, compliance planning, and regulatory knowledge, and practical tips for implementation. The session emphasized the need for proper systems and a supportive culture to navigate complex compliance environments.

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Kampala, Uganda, March, 2019
March 27, 2019

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Building Blocks for Effective
Compliance

3. Session Objectives
 To provide participants with information on the various compliance related issues
affecting Not for profit Organizations, and useful tips on ensuring effective
compliance.
 Participants will leave session better equipped to manage compliance
requirements in a complex and ever-changing operating environment; through
establishment of proper systems, structures and processes that suit the scale of
operations of the organization
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4. 1. What is Compliance?
2. Why Compliance?
3. Building Blocks
4. Conclusion
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Session Outline

5. 5
What is
Compliance?
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 Conforming to the rules, regulations
and policies.

6. 6
Why
Compliance?
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 Building Trust.
 Solidifying relationship with donors
and other stakeholders
 Reputation
 Accountability

7. 7
Building Blocks
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 People and culture
 Risk Assessment
 Compliance Plan and Monitoring
 Reporting/Disclosure Process
 Regulatory Compliance

8. 8
People and
culture
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• Competency
• Skills and knowledge
• Attitude
• Transparency and accountability

9. 9
Risk
Assessment
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• Risk register
• Risk management
• Evaluating operating environment

10. 10
Compliance
Plan and
Monitoring
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• Compliance plan
• Areas of compliance
• Checklist for compliance
• Compliance Officer

11. 11
Regulatory
Compliance
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• Knowledge on the laws, regulations, policies and proced
• Data base for compliance requirements
• Steps taken to comply

12. 12
Reporting/
Disclosure
Process
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 Duty to report
 Reporting mechanism
 Policies and procedures

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Exercise
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Instructions:
- Around the table, please read the scenario
and answer questions 1-3
- Appoint one of you to share the answers
from your group.
- This should take 5 minutes to discuss and
another 2 minutes for each group plenary
presentations.

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Conclusion
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Tips for Effective compliance
 Written Policies, procedures and standards
 Effective training on compliance and Disclosure
process
 Develop a compliance plan
 Internal Monitoring and Auditing
 Enforcing standards through well-publicised
disciplinary guidelines
 Responding promptly to detected offences and
undertaking corrective actions
 Develop a compliance data base
 Right People and culture that supports effective
compliance

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Q & A
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