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DESCRIPTION:Josephine Oguta\, Regional Governance Adviser for West and East
  Africa\, World Vision InternationalBoard Governance as Institutional Linc
 hpin or a Necessary Bureaucracy?Good Cooperate Governance is said to be th
 e linchpin to sustainable organizations. World Vision --one of the largest
  and most influential Western transnational NGOs –believes that its instit
 utional strategy is dependent on good Board governance. NGO board policies
  and practices are supposed to keep organizational practices in check\, ye
 t NGOs have not escaped governance failures. This has led to headlines suc
 h as “Who is guarding the guardian?”The talk by Ms. Ogutawill look at role
  of the Board and why boards are important (or not) against the backdrop o
 f some examples of nonprofit failures. She is a well-known governance spec
 ialist\, who also has helped shape the governance of ActionAidand other ma
 jor transnational NGOs.Lunch will be provided. Sponsored by Transnational 
 NGO Initiative at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:TNGO presents: Josephine Oguta
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p><b>Josephine Oguta</b><i>\, Regional
  Governance Adviser for West and East Africa\, World Vision International<
 /i></p><p><b>Board Governance as Institutional Linchpin or a Necessary Bur
 eaucracy?</b></p><p>Good Cooperate Governance is said to be the linchpin t
 o sustainable organizations. World Vision --one of the largest and most in
 fluential Western transnational NGOs –believes that its institutional stra
 tegy is dependent on good Board governance. NGO board policies and practic
 es are supposed to keep organizational practices in check\, yet NGOs have 
 not escaped governance failures. This has led to headlines such as “Who is
  guarding the guardian?”</p><p>The talk by Ms. Ogutawill look at role of t
 he Board and why boards are important (or not) against the backdrop of som
 e examples of nonprofit failures. She is a well-known governance specialis
 t\, who also has helped shape the governance of ActionAidand other major t
 ransnational NGOs.</p><p>Lunch will be provided.</p><p> <b>Sponsored by Tr
 ansnational NGO Initiative at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbs
 p\;</b></p><p></p>
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