Overall operations and reach
Who are we?
- Established in 1985
- An Associate Body of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference
- NGO
- Member of the International Office of Catholic Education, Brussels (OEIC).
What are our key programme areas?
- Religious and values education – Catholic identity
- Policy analysis and advocacy
- HIV Aids mitigation
- Education access
- Pastoral care
- Skills development (aimed at out-of-school youth).
How are we governed?
The CIE Board, which meets four times a year, endorses the principles in the Code of Corporate Practices and Conduct recommended by the King Commission. The Board adopts the principles of openness, integrity and accountability. The Board consists of 14 members and is responsible for policy and overall governance, with the day-to-day management delegated to the Director.
Members of the Executive Committee, which meets four times a year, are appointed for the specific knowledge and skills they bring to the Committee. They are, amongst other things, responsible for monitoring:
- financial spending according to the budget;
- implementing strategies and policies as approved by the Board;
- adherence to the work programme;
- adequacy of resources and staff;
- compliance with relevant legislation; and
- any special investigations undertaken by the organisation.
Do we have adequate financial systems in place?
Systems of financial and internal control are in place to provide reasonable assurance that the assets are safeguarded, and that liabilities and working capital are efficiently managed. The organisation is externally audited twice a year.
What is our project management experience?
- We have managed, and still manage, multi-million rand building projects in both South Africa and Lesotho.
- We manage and support a programme that supports 900 orphans and vulnerable children in independent schools and 10 000 children in public schools.
- We have developed the appropriate tools to carry out monitoring and evaluation activities.
