Rogare’s director Ian MacQuillin has co-authored (with Adrian Sargeant and Harriet Day of the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy) a review of global fundraising self-regulation for the European Centre for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL).

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This is a genuinely ground-breaking review with many novel insights and recommendations for self-regulation of fundraising globally, including:

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• Those involved in self-regulation need to rethink their systems of accountability to devise a model of accountability to beneficiaries
   

• Explore how the models of regulating a common pool resource can be applied more widely than just to face-to-face fundraising
   

• Ensure all self-regulatory initiatives conform to the Better Regulation Agenda’s ‘five principles of good regulation’

 

The research included a comprehensive review of the literature into nonprofit self-regulation, and draws on theories, ideas and best practice from the wider general field of regulation; and conducted qualitative research through interviews with representatives from regulatory bodies and fundraising associations in Australia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, UK, USA, and individuals from China, Columbia, Mexico, Morocco and Norway.

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The report – Fundraising Self-Regulation: An Analysis and Review – can be downloaded from the ECNL website.

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Though published in 2020, this report is far from out of date, and many - in fact most - of its insights and recommendations are still highly relevant.