Our committees

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Charter of the Programming Committee

The mandate of the Committee is to ensure that the Board of Directors can maintain a continuous strategic view of Fondation Émergence's programs. As such, the Committee provides objective recommendations on program management to the Board of Directors.

 

The role and responsibilities of the Committee consist of playing a strategic role by ensuring:

• Ensure support for the strategic growth and development of Foundation programs

• Define, at high level, the directions, targets and resources required by the Foundation's various current and potential programs

• Evaluate opportunities for additional programs or the relevance of existing programs

• Ensure that the Foundation’s various programs serve the mission first and foremost

The programs within the mandate of the Committee are:

• International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (May 17)

• ProAlly

• So that aging is joyful

• Chosen Family

 

Charter of the Finance, Audit and Philanthropic Development Committee

The mandate of the Committee is to ensure that the board of directors can maintain a continuous strategic view of the finances and risk management of Fondation Émergence. As such, the Committee provides objective recommendations on the management of finances, risks and philanthropic development to the Board of Directors.

 

The role and responsibilities of the Committee consist of playing a strategic role by ensuring:

 

• See the recommendation of an expert firm for the examination of the financial statements;

• See to the management and sustainability of the organization's income over the long term while ensuring particular monitoring of public/private fund ratios;

• Create a risk inventory, assess it, create a contingency plan, monitor and update it on a regular basis;

• Periodically analyze the context and HR needs at the strategic level;

• Support and act in line with other committees in order to evaluate the necessary resources and establish the funding potential for each high-level program;

• Deploy a plan to develop a philanthropic culture within the organization, particularly with governors.

 

Governance Committee Charter

The mandate of the Committee is to ensure that the board of directors can maintain a continuous strategic view of the governance practices of Fondation Émergence. As such, the Committee provides objective recommendations on the management of governance processes to the board of directors.

 

The role and responsibilities of the Committee consist of playing a strategic role by ensuring:

 

• Manage the governance process of Fondation Émergence and the resulting actions;

• Create a succession plan for the board of directors and general management, assess it, a contingency plan, monitor and update it on a regular basis;

• Maintain continuous strategic monitoring of the various committees formed and make recommendations to the board on the creation or dissolution of a committee (permanently or ad hoc);

• Implement the general management evaluation process and the annual self-evaluation process of the board of directors;

• Recommend to the board of directors a potential list of governors who can be recruited taking into account the skills and profiles sought or under-represented;

• Supervise the nomination process for the election of the board of directors at the annual meeting*.