Building Trust
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society received its first unqualified external audit opinion in over fifteen years, then built the systems to keep it.
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Structured as blocks rather than prose, because this is the page that gets read before a board paper.
A centre with a network-wide remit and shared Norwegian Red Cross and IFRC governance. Operationally separate from the host's domestic programmes, while running on the host's corporate systems.
The governance bodies take up their mandates when the Centre opens at the ifrc general assembly, late 2026. A two-page brief covers what that means for a board paper.
The Centre is co-led by the Norwegian Red Cross and the IFRC. National Societies hold seats on the governing bodies, on rotating terms with regional balance.
At country level the supported National Society leads or chairs its own finance development committee, sets the objectives, co-designs the plan and approves every recommendation before anything is implemented. No work begins without its request or formal endorsement, in line with the Seville Agreement 2.0.
Sets strategic direction. National Societies hold seats.
Provides technical guidance on the service catalogue, standards and quality assurance. National Societies hold seats.
One per region, coordinating regionally. National Societies hold seats.
Every request is assessed against the same published criteria, set out in full on how a request is handled.
Governance and financing are the two questions a board asks together.