Centre Social Governance
The GUBERNA Centre Social Governance aims to add value to all types of social profit organisations by using best practices in good governance. The aim of this centre is to be able to offer and apply GUBERNA's governance knowledge to any type of social profit organisation.
Since social profit organisations represent a diverse landscape, GUBERNA tailors initiatives to sectors and types of organisations. The hospital sector, sports sector, cultural sector, etc. are given a specific place within the centre.
Quick Overview
For whom?
GUBERNA Centre Social Governance is the governance partner for all Belgian social profit organisations. We hereby reach organisations with a multitude of activities and sub-sectors ranging from hospitals, healthcare and social services to culture, leisure and sports. What unites these sectors is that they all have the goal of creating social added value. By optimising the governance of these organisations, together we seek to increase their impact.
Activities
The Centre Social Governance and its members form a dynamic platform for the exchange of experiences and knowledge transfer in the field of social governance. GUBERNA has developed a pragmatic methodology in approaching social profit organisations that focuses on a proper balance between theoretical concepts, principles on the one hand and best practices, exchange of experiences on the other.
In 2019, GUBERNA's Social Governance Centre launched the "Hospital Governance Forum" with the aim of bringing together GUBERNA members active in the hospital sector. This platform enables members to exchange experiences, best practices and issues related to hospital governance among peers.
Different ways to engage with us
Through the work of the Centre Social Governance, GUBERNA has gained specific knowledge and insights into the application of good governance in social-profit organisations. In addition to research, the Centre Social Governance also offers specific services such as governance evaluations, in-company trainings and governance trajectories. To further address the specific governance issues of the social-profit sector, GUBERNA has also developed a social-profit membership. In this way, GUBERNA aims to serve social enterprises even better.
Webinars corporate governance in the social profit sector
With the support of the Belgian National Lottery and its players, we created a webinar series, each about 20 minutes long. In each video, we and actors active in social profit organisations take a closer look at the essential elements of board governance.
Publications for the social governance centre
GUBERNA's Social Governance Centre has studied a number of important public governance topics over the years. They can be summarised as follows:
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The professionalisation of the board of directors and its members
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The interaction within the board triumvirate
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The governance practices of social profit organisations as inspiration for profit organisations
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The role of stakeholders in organisational governance
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The role of hospital governance, co-governance and network governance in hospital performance