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2015-11-04Risk management
Standard ISO 31000:2009 Risk Management – Principles and guidelines defines risk as the ‘effect of uncertainty on objectives’. It is important that Ombudsman offices have policies and procedures in place to identify, assess, manage/mitigate and monitor a range of risks, and that these are reviewed and evaluated at appropriate intervals.
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2015-11-04
New functions and a growing office
Communities are demanding a greater level of transparency and accountability from government as well as those delivering services that were once the responsibility of the public sector. In looking for additional accountability mechanisms, governments often first look to existing mechanisms, such as Ombudsmen, that are trusted, effective and where the additional oversight functions are comparatively inexpensive to implement.
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2015-11-04
Measuring and monitoring performance
As with any other public or private sector organisation, it is important that offices monitor, measure and report on their performance. This will provide the Ombudsman and senior staff with confidence in the work of the office. It will also allow the office to demonstrate to the community that it is making appropriate and efficient use of the funding and resources with which it is provided. In some jurisdictions, this information can also be of assistance to the Parliamentary Committees tasked with overseeing the work of the Ombudsman. Offices can use this information to support applications for additional funding and resources, particularly if there is a clear increase in a particular area of the office’s work. And finally, this information will be useful to demonstrate the office’s importance to the community.
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2015-11-04
Strategic and business planning
Strategic and business planning is an important part of an office’s corporate governance framework. Its purpose is to continuously improve the office’s outward-facing and inward-facing services by establishing a set of clearly defined expectations and outcomes.
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2015-11-04
How to build and maintain independence
Possibly the most important element to the success of an Ombudsman is the office’s independence. It must not be, or be seen to be, answerable to the government of the day or to the agencies within the office’s jurisdiction. At the same time, the office must also not be or be seen to be a community advocate. The Ombudsman must clearly be acting in the public interest at all times.
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2015-11-04
Guiding principles
The Ombudsman is a core institution of modern government with a role to promote and protect human rights, contribute to the maintenance of the rule of law and as a pathway to accessible, timely and effective administrative justice. As the Ombudsman has a significant role to keep the executive government to account, the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman’s office must act, and be seen to act, with a high degree of integrity and accountability.
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2016-07-21IOI President visits GIO Iran
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2015-11-03
Ombudsman Hong Kong commends positive attitudes towards complaint management
On 29 October 2015, Hong Kong Ombudsman Connie Lau, announced at the 19th Ombudsman’s Awards Presentation Ceremony that the Immigration Department (ImmD) has won this year’s Grand Award, while the Correctional Services Department (CSD) and the Legal Aid Department (LAD) are the runners-up. Individual awards were given to 50 public officers for their outstanding performance in providing quality customer service. More than 200 guests from various government departments and public organisations attended the annual presentation ceremony.
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2016-07-20
norway parliamentary-om logo july-2016
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2016-07-19
H.M. Prison Maghaberry
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2016-07-19
La Defensoria presento su observatorio de derechos de las victimas del narcotrafico
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2016-07-19
bulgaria om-sofia ms-hristova june-2016
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2016-07-18
sint-maarten om-arduin june-2016
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2014-05-07
Síndic e-Boletín Mayo 2014
El Síndic de Greuges de Catalunya ha publicado su boletín mensual de Mayo 2014. La versión española está disponible aquí.
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2015-10-30
IOI 1st Vice-President speaks at Control Yuan
The 1st Vice-President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) Diane Welborn, also Ombudsman of Dayton and Montgomery County of Ohio State in the U.S., visited the Control Yuan (CY) on the morning of 27 October 2015. She also spoke at the CY on the recent trends and challenges facing the IOI.
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2015-10-30
ILO organiza seminario internacional en México
El III Seminario Internacional sobre " Derechos Humanos y Metrópolis - La defensa de los Derechos Humanos y Universitarios – Del Multiculturalismo a la Interculturalidad: Las Defensorías Especializadas” se llevará a cabo el 5 y 6 de noviembre de 2015 en la Ciudad de México. El seminario esta coorganizado por el Instituto Latinoamericano del Ombudsman–Defensor del Pueblo (ILO) y la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM).
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2014-08-13
Control Yuan - Annual Report 2007 - EN
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2014-02-27
Occasional Paper #02
The ombudsman's annual reports Stanley V. Anderson (1979)
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2014-10-07
Código Europeo de Buena Conducta Administrativa - 2005
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2014-06-25
Annual Report 2013/2014 of the Public Services Ombudsman
