Association · accountability · 17 October 2026 · in English

What the site shows,
and what it does not show yet.

On 17 October 2026, the site team compared what lonodji.org publishes with what accountability standards expect of a non-governmental organisation: the Core Humanitarian Standard (2024 edition, nine commitments), the Global Standard for CSO Accountability (twelve commitments) and the Chadian framework the site cites (ordinance No. 023/PR/2018, decree No. 1917/PR/MEPD/2018). Each criterion points to the page that evidences it. The assessment covers what the site shows, not the association itself; it will be repeated every quarter.

43 criteria20 present12 partial11 absentassessment of 17 October 2026
20presentpublished, verifiable, dated
12partialannounced, planned or incomplete
11absentnothing published
5follow-ups decidedin the development plan, each with an owner

Overview

Up to standard on accountability,
behind on documents.

A complaints mechanism with appeal, a corrections log, a register of decisions, promises kept apart from delivery, personal data described form by form: on what the standards call accountability to the public, the site is at the expected level. What is missing is concentrated: founding documents (authorisation, statutes, minutes), money (an account, then accounts) and integrity policies. These are not gaps in the site but documents and decisions the executive board must produce; the site already has room to publish them.

5 criteria

Identity and legal basis

  1. Present

    Name, purpose, seat, history

    Mission, History; national seat in N’Djamena, operations seat in Bédjondo

    See the page

  2. Present

    Legal basis shown as it stands

    “Recognised in 1995 · current authorisation being verified”; the Procedures page explains the 2018 ordinance and the NGO decree

    See the page (in French)

  3. Absent

    Authorisation (order or receipt) published

    Being verified on the Documents page; it is the first document a donor or an administration asks for

    See the page (in French)

  4. Absent

    Statutes and internal rules published

    Forthcoming on the Documents page; the 1995 statutes have not been found, a revision is planned by the general assembly

    See the page (in French)

  5. Present

    Legal notice: publisher, host

    Legal notice dated and corrected on 8 October 2026

    See the page (in French)

7 criteria

Governance

  1. Present

    Named governing bodies

    Executive board with roles on the Mission page

    See the page

  2. Present

    Organisation chart and responsibilities

    Six pillars, twenty-two themes and their coordinators

    See the page (in French)

  3. Present

    Register of decisions

    One dated line per decision, appointment, announcement or proposal, with its source

    See the page (in French)

  4. Absent

    General assembly minutes

    Forthcoming; the board report of 18 September 2026 is published, its signed version is announced

    See the page (in French)

  5. Present

    Elections and mandates

    Adopted procedure, timetable, rules for publishing candidates and results

    See the page

  6. Partial

    Relaunch general assembly

    Date set for Saturday 30 January 2027 (announced 18 October 2026); venue, agenda and notice still to be published

    See the page (in French)

  7. Absent

    Conflicts of interest of office-holders

    Policy drafted on 23 September 2026, not adopted; no declarations of interest

    See the page (in French)

6 criteria

Finances

  1. Absent

    Bank account in the association’s name

    “Fundraising suspended until an account is opened in the association’s name”: stated clearly, but blocking for any agreement

    See the page

  2. Absent

    Annual accounts, budget

    Announced from the first financial year; no financial figure on the site, consistent with the absence of an account

    See the page (in French)

  3. Partial

    Sources of funds, membership fees

    Membership fee mentioned, with no adopted scale and no amount collected

    See the page

  4. Partial

    Call for donations, receipts

    The Get involved page invites support; no receipt possible without an account

    See the page

  5. Present

    Donor programmes and open windows

    Forty programmes surveyed at source, a summary note to attach to letters

    See the page

  6. Partial

    Publication of funding received (IATI standard)

    Not applicable while no funding is received; to be planned from the first agreement

    See the page

5 criteria

Integrity policies

  1. Partial

    Conflicts of interest, fraud and corruption, procurement, personal data, sexual exploitation and abuse

    Five drafts of 23 September 2026 submitted to the executive board, not adopted, not published

    See the page (in French)

  2. Absent

    Code of conduct for members and volunteers

    No page; “Courage · Discipline · Heritage” are values, not a code

    See the page

  3. Partial

    Safeguarding of children and vulnerable people

    General commitment on the Accountability page, with no written procedure and no designated focal point

    See the page (in French)

  4. Present

    Personal data protection

    Each form states what is asked, why and for how long; data controller and rights

    See the page (in French)

  5. Present

    Sacred sites and burial places never located

    Rule applied on the map and in the village pages

    See the page (in French)

5 criteria

Accountability to communities

  1. Present

    Complaints mechanism, including anonymous, with appeal

    Complaint form, appeal up to the general assembly

    See the page (in French)

  2. Present

    Measurable response commitment

    Human reply within forty-eight working hours; compliance with this deadline is not yet reported publicly

    See the page (in French)

  3. Partial

    Residents’ participation in priorities

    Needs, census and proposal forms; the link between needs received and the seven priorities is not shown

    See the page (in French)

  4. Present

    Corrections log

    Each error dated: what we wrote, what is correct, how we noticed

    See the page (in French)

  5. Partial

    Report on messages received

    Promise to answer everyone; no aggregate report (how many received, how many answered on time)

    See the page (in French)

7 criteria

Programmes, results and learning

  1. Present

    What the association does, where, for whom

    Pillars, themes, territory map, diagnosis, needs

    See the page

  2. Present

    Promise kept apart from delivery

    Tracking dashboard: advocacy files published and sent, commitments confirmed delivered; conditional tense throughout

    See the page

  3. Absent

    Results for residents

    “Changes for residents remain to be measured”; no completed action documented to date

    See the page

  4. Partial

    Indicators with targets

    Six indicators without targets, by rule: no target without a board decision

    See the page

  5. Present

    Alignment with the SDGs and donor categories

    SDG page; titles of the twenty-two themes aligned (decision 2026-37, to be confirmed by the board)

    See the page (in French)

  6. Partial

    Coordination with other actors

    NGOs present are listed; no formal partnership

    See the page (in French)

  7. Partial

    Crisis preparedness

    “Disaster risk reduction and emergencies” theme without a plan

    See the page

5 criteria

Transparency about the organisation and communication

  1. Absent

    Annual or activity report

    Forthcoming; the quarterly magazine and the monthly letter partly stand in for it

    See the page (in French)

  2. Present

    Dated news and publications

    News, monthly letter, magazine, press area

    See the page (in French)

  3. Present

    Verifiable figures

    Counters generated from the data, generation date shown

    See the page (in French)

  4. Partial

    Languages

    Full French, English on the main pages; Arabic absent (drafts not reviewed); Nangnda lexicon

    See the page (in French)

  5. Present

    Accessibility

    Accessibility statement, no violation found in the 5 October audit, site usable on 3G and offline

    See the page (in French)

3 criteria

Members and volunteers

  1. Present

    Roles and job descriptions

    Coordination job descriptions, open positions

    See the page (in French)

  2. Absent

    Training, supervision, evaluation

    Nothing published; expected once activities are under way

    See the page (in French)

  3. Absent

    Volunteer protection (insurance, consent)

    To be handled with the integrity policies

    See the page (in French)

What comes next

Five follow-ups,
each with an owner and a horizon.

They are in the site’s development plan; the self-assessment will be repeated every quarter, and every line that changes will be dated.

  1. Founding documents: authorisation in order, statutes and internal rules submitted to the general assembly, minutes

    Who: Executive board

    When: By 17 November 2026 for the draft texts (phase 2 of the timetable)

  2. Adoption of the five integrity policies of 23 September; code of conduct for members and volunteers; safeguarding focal point

    Who: Executive board, then the site team

    When: By 17 November 2026

  3. Bank account in the association’s name, membership fee scale, then annual accounts

    Who: Executive board

    When: Before the relaunch general assembly of 30 January 2027

  4. Quarterly report on messages received and the share answered within forty-eight hours, with no personal data

    Who: Site team

    When: First publication on 31 December 2026

  5. First activity report, built from the register, commitments, corrections and indicators

    Who: Executive board and site team

    When: Close of the first financial year

Standards: Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability, 2024 edition (CHS Alliance, Groupe URD, Sphere); Global Standard for CSO Accountability (Accountable Now); ordinance No. 023/PR/2018 and decree No. 1917/PR/MEPD/2018 (Republic of Chad). Method and full grid: register of decisions (in French), entry of 17 October 2026.