Corporate Governance Toolkits

The Global Corporate Governance Forum, within its mandate to support developing and emerging markets in their corporate governance reform efforts, has launched global and regional initiatives focusing on capacity building. The Forum is developing a series of corporate governance reform toolkits to ensure effective implementation of corporate governance reform at the country level.

Building on existing country assessments or diagnostics, the toolkits provide policy makers, private sector decision makers and/or nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with a roadmap and implementation mechanisms to help structure step-by-step efforts to improve corporate governance. The toolkits aim to distill international experience and offer mechanisms for adapting these to local circumstances.

Toolkit 3: The Corporate Governance Board Leadership Training Resources Kit The Corporate Governance Board Leadership Training Resources Kit provides a comprehensive set of materials and learning tools aimed at enhancing the role that directors play in their boards. It also provides approaches that they can use to ensure that boards and managers adhere to best practices. The emphasis throughout the training is on developing leadership and analytical skills. The resources kit has a unique emphasis on training that maximizes the learning experience. Each module is designed to provoke discussion and debate and uses interactive strategies to enrich training for adult learners. By encouraging participants to draw on personal experiences, their development is reinforced by sharing knowledge and board room practices in a way that addresses the challenges that many directors face. The kit comprises user and training guides, five curriculum modules, a case study that traces the evolution of a hypothetical company as it considers corporate governance reforms, and CD-ROMs with all of the content. Please click here to see the toolkit map. How to use this kit? The Corporate Governance Board Leadership Training Resources Kit serves the growing need for curriculum content and teaching methodologies to enhance corporate governance training provided by: Institutes of directors Corporate governance associations Professional bodies Universities and other educational institutions The Global Corporate Governance Forum created this Resources Kit to strengthen the expertise and skills of corporate governance trainers. Through the training they provide, new and experienced directors can better understand their roles and the value of adopting corporate governance best practices. Unique to this Resources Kit is its integration of interactive learning strategies that enrich a training session for adult learners. In each training module, there are activities that provoke discussion and debate. A case study traces the evolution of a hypothetical founder/family-owned company as it considers corporate governance reforms as part of its evolution towards becoming a public company. Developed by experienced professionals in corporate governance, adult education, and corporate communications, this program's resources: Engage adult learners through interactive exercises that draw on the diverse, relevant experiences of training session participants Provide maximum flexibility through a modular curriculum, so that an institution can tailor programs to suit the needs of the directors it serves Minimize institutes' investment of their time and resources for curriculum development by providing a comprehensive, standardized curriculum that includes PowerPoint presentations and case studies to enhance the learning experience Advance corporate governance reforms by instilling in participants leadership values that can help them in working within their companies or organizations to adopt best practices Foster long-term relationships with those most likely responsible for implementing corporate governance best practices within the companies and organizations in which they work Enhance the training institution's brand and authority in the policymaking process to develop national corporate governance codes Encourage participants to be “change agents” of corporate governance by developing the knowledge and skills to build support within their boards for implementing best practices Leadership Kit Workshops For more information about the toolkit and the related workshops, please contact the Project Officer, Ms. Ghita Alderman at Galderman@ifc.org

Toolkit 2: Developing Codes of Best Practice The second toolkit focuses on Developing Corporate Governance Codes of Best Practice. It sets out a step-by-step approach that could be followed by stakeholders to develop, implement, and review a Corporate Governance Code of Best Practice. Toolkit 2 (French): Développement des codes de bonne pratique de gouvernance d'entreprise Le toolkit 2 expose les raisons du développement d’un code de bonnes pratiques en matière de gouvernance d'entreprise et s'intéresse au processus de développement et de mise en œuvre de ce code. Il offre des examples pratiques des différentes étapes de l'élaboration, de la diffusion, de la mise en oeuvre, du contrôle et de la révision de ces codes de bonnes pratiques. Toolkit 2 (Spanish) Toolkit 2 (Arabic): مجموعة الأدوات الثانية:إعداد مدونات عن أفضل الممارسات

تركز هذه المجموعة الثانية على إعداد مدونات عن أفضل الممارسات في مجال حوكمة وإدارة الشركات، وتحدد نهجاً تدريجياً يمكن أن يتبعه أصحاب المصالح المباشرة في إعداد وتنفيذ واستعراض مدونة أفضل الممارسات الخاصة بحوكمة وإدارة الشركات.

Toolkit 1: Building Director Training Organizations The first toolkit developed by the Forum focuses on building director training organizations. It distills practical experience from 17 developed and developing countries and provides practical advice on building organizations that train corporate directors in sound corporate governance practices. Guide 1 (French): Créer des organismes de formation d'administrateurs Le premier guide élaboré par le Forum est consacré à la création d'organismes de formation d'administrateurs. Il fait part des enseignements tirés des expériences concrètes de 17pays développés ou en développement et fournit des conseils pratiques sur la marche à suivre pour créer des organismes qui forment les administrateurs à de bonnes pratiques de gouvernement d'entreprise. Set de Herramientas #1: Creación de Organizaciones de Capacitación de Directores La primer herramienta desarrollada por el Foro se enfoca en la creación de organizaciones de capacitación de directores. La herramienta está basada en la experiencia práctica de 17 países desarrollados y en desarrollo y brinda asesoria práctica para la creación de organizaciones dedicadas a capacitar a directores corporativos en buenas prácticas de gobierno corporativo.