Highest authority
General Members Body
Approves annual plans, budgets and major governance changes, receives reporting and holds the Alliance accountable.
Governance & accountability
Shared purpose needs clear responsibility.
C-SAM is governed through its own institutional structures, with distinct responsibilities for members, oversight, coordination and technical contribution.
Institutional architecture
Authority, oversight and coordination
Strategic oversight
Executive Council
Oversees the Secretariat and Working Groups, approves external policy positions and takes membership decisions informed by the Membership Review Committee.
Coordination
Secretariat
Hosted by OXDev Initiative, the Secretariat coordinates daily work, supports members, maintains knowledge and prepares reporting.
Assessment
Membership Review Committee
Conducts screening, assessment and proportionate due diligence, then makes documented recommendations to the Executive Council.
Technical contribution
Working Groups
Bring together members and expertise for evidence, learning, policy contributions and referral coordination.
Leadership
An accountable Executive Council
The Executive Council exercises oversight between General Members Body meetings and reports back to members. For the current roster and authorised representatives, contact the Secretariat.
Coordination
A Secretariat that serves the Alliance
OXDev Initiative hosts the C-SAM Secretariat. C-SAM retains its own identity, governance and institutional direction.
The Secretariat supports membership administration, Working Groups, stakeholder engagement, knowledge sharing and reporting. Substantive membership and policy decisions sit with the authorised governance bodies.
Accountability
Trust is a continuing responsibility.
Member responsibility
Membership carries commitments to participation, integrity, safeguarding, contribution and responsible representation. Founding and later-admitted Full Members are held to the same standards.
Independent judgement
C-SAM’s partnerships are guided by autonomy, non-partisanship, transparency and conflict-of-interest management. Membership does not guarantee funding or contracts.
Evidence and review
The Strategy provides for planning, reporting, risk review and learning. Formal decisions and collective statements follow the Alliance’s governance processes.