Fondacio obtains the IDEAS Label: a commitment to serving the common good to build a more humane and just world.
For several years we have been working to improve our commitment through a certification process… Yes, us too! It's the IDEAS label: https://ideas.asso.fr/le-label/ . And we obtained it!
What is the IDEAS Label?
The IDEAS Institute's process aims to optimize practices in governance, financial management, and evaluation, while ensuring continuous improvement. It demonstrates to our partners and stakeholders that our organization adheres to rigorous standards of management, efficiency, and governance.
This independent label, based on the “ IDEAS Guide to Good Practices,” commits the organization to a process of continuous improvement to strengthen its actions and foster its development. It represents a mark of high-quality social responsibility. External audits are conducted on 90 best practices by independent professionals and volunteer IDEAS advisors, whose supportive yet demanding guidance, along with their external perspective, have been invaluable in helping our organization grow.
Why this approach?
For Fondacio, this certification is not an end in itself, but a way of concretely living out our values in transparency, high standards and trust.
- For our partners and sponsors, the IDEAS Label is a mark of reliability. It attests to clear management, a solid strategy and a continuous pursuit of efficiency.
Supporting an IDEAS-labelled organization means choosing a committed and credible actor for the common good. - For our staff, volunteers and members, it is a source of pride and motivation.
The approach mobilized the entire Fondacio community: employees, managers, volunteers… all united in a dynamic of continuous improvement.
A community in motion
Being awarded the IDEAS label also means joining a network of associations and foundations that share the same ambitions for impact and continuous improvement. These peer-to-peer exchanges nourish our vision: learning from each other to better serve together. This collective work has allowed us to strengthen our practices, clarify our priorities, and further align our governance with our mission: building a more humane, just, and sustainable world.
One more step on our path
The IDEAS Label reinforces our credibility and organizational effectiveness. By adopting this approach, we demonstrate our commitment to continuous improvement, both for our organization and for the partners with whom we collaborate. We receive this label with profound gratitude. It marks an important milestone in our collective journey to better serve the individuals and communities we support, in France and in more than twenty other countries. This process has enabled us to progress and has strengthened our resolve to act with ever greater impact and consistency.
