Presentations now available from the National Federation of Voluntary Bodies  two-day Conference entitled  “Accountable Autonomy” held on 30th & 31st May, 2018 in the Mullingar Park Hotel. 

Please click on the links to download the presentations from Day 1: 

Widening the Frame of Accountability: the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability - Senator John Dolan, CEO, Disability Federation of Ireland

Accountable and Autonomous Governance and Commissioning for Societal Value - Mr. Ivan Cooper, Director of Public Policy, The Wheel

A Parent’s Perspective - Mrs. Katherine O’Leary, Parent Representative & Voluntary Board Member

Managerialism’s Market Values: Challenges to Mutual Care & Solidarity in the
Voluntary Sector - Professor Kathleen Lynch, Professor of Equality Studies, School of Education, University College Dublin

What’s the Future of Human System Design, and What Can We Learn from it? - Ms. Tara Wilson, Independent Consultant,  Orbweb Insight

Rethinking Governance in Disability: the False Choice between Autonomy and
Accountability. - Professor Charles Sabel, Professor of Law & Social Sciences, Columbia Law School, Columbia University, New York.  

Liberating institutions: turn it the right way up and it will work -  Mr. John Burton, Independent Social Care Consultant & Author, UK

Please click on the links to download the presentations from Day 2:  

Reflection on Day 1 & Emerging Themes - Mr. Rory O’Donnell, Director, National Economic & Social Council &  Mr. Peter Cassells, Chair of the Edward M. Kennedy Centre for Conflict Intervention,  NUI Maynooth

From ‘Comply or Explain’ to ‘Integrated Planning’ - Mr. Pat McLoughlin, CEO, Alzheimer’s Association of Ireland

We can’t have it every which way – Promoting the true role of the independent not-for-profit sector in Ireland - Ms. Mo Flynn, CEO, Rehab Group

Why Independent Governance Matters – and What this Entails? - Dr Ruth Barrington (Chair/ Board member of a number of charitable organisations)

What I want to say about…..HIQA - Voice Box Video Booth (People with Intellectual Disability have their say) - Alison Harnett, National Federation of Voluntary Bodies. 

Out with compliance and in with love and creativity - Mr. John Burton, Independent Consultant, UK

Compliance and Abuse in Care Homes - Mr. John Burton. 

Finding a Balance Between Autonomy and Accountability in the Governance of Organisations in the Irish Social Care Sector—Dilemmas and Challenges from an Irish Service Perspective - Mr. Joe Wolfe, Director, The Wolfe Group

From Principles to Practice: Preliminary Thoughts on Doing Things Differently - Professor Charles Sabel, Professor of Law & Social Sciences, Columbia Law School, Columbia University, New York