GOAL is committed to maintaining the highest levels of good governance across our organisation and in our humanitarian programmes. We prioritise accountability with all our stakeholders, particularly the communities, donors and partners that we work with.
Workplace integrity
Authentic workplace integrity - where a strong moral character lies at the core is by definition a whole and ongoing organisational effort. It goes beyond transparency and accountability and includes compliance with the law and organisational standards, as well as with universal ethical principles, i.e. respect, fairness and honesty and applying these ethical norms in our professional context.
GOAL has a range of policies, procedures and systems that comprise our Workplace Integrity Framework and compliment and support our cultural commitment to accountability and integrity. The framework incorporates core policies including the Code of Conduct, Child Protection Policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Policy, Whistleblowing Policy, Anti-Fraud Policy, Conflict of Interest Policy and internal controls and management systems that which empower and guide all internal stakeholders.
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Key GOAL Organisational Policies
GOAL has in place a wide range of policies that set out our approach, expectations and ways for working across key areas of of our organisation and work.
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Legal, regulatory and statutory commitments
GOAL is registered with the Charities Regulatory Authority in Ireland, the Fundraising Regulator in the UK and is a registered 501(c)(3) organisation in the USA. In addition to this, GOAL has achieved ‘Triple Lock’ standard, as confirmed by Charities Institute Ireland. This confirms GOAL’s governance across three key areas:
Where donations and funding go
Last year, GOAL invested €197 million in our work supporting communities across 13 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Ukraine.
We reached over ten million people through our emergency response, nutrition, health, and livelihood focus areas. We remain committed to delivering community-focused, sustainable and transformative change where it is needed most.
Our commitment to you
To demonstrate our commitment to openness, transparency and integrity to donors and beneficiaries, GOAL adheres to the 'Triple Lock' standards (transparent reporting, good fundraising and governance), as published by the Charities Institute Ireland.
GOAL 2024 Annual Report
2024 was a year of progress and impact for GOAL
In 2024, humanitarian needs remained at concerning levels. According to the UN OCHA Global Humanitarian Overview 2024, nearly 300 million people worldwide needed humanitarian assistance. From the escalation of conflict in Gaza and Sudan to rising displacement, food insecurity, and climate shocks in Africa and Central America, the fragility of systems across GOAL’s programme countries significantly deepened. Amid this complexity, GOAL remained focused on enabling communities not just to survive crises but to build lasting resilience.
Strategy 2025: From Crisis to Resilience continued to guide our work through, recognising that today’s emergencies require systemic, locally led solutions that address both immediate needs and the root causes of fragility, inequality, displacement, environmental degradation, and weakened governance. In 2024, the strategy’s role as a compass for programming was both evident and instrumental in driving forward adaptive, impactful responses.
