Legal Status
The Red Pencil Humanitarian Mission is an association in Monaco, under the Monaco law of Home Affairs, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 of Law No. 1,355 of December 23, 2008, concerning associations and federations of associations, and Article 2 of Ministerial Decree No. 200g-40 of January 22, 2009. The Red Pencil office’s corporate information has been published in the Monaco Newspaper 8551 on 13 August 2021.
Date of Foundation : 15 July 2021
Office Address : Belmont Office, 5 bis Av. Princesse Alice, 98000 Monaco
The Red Pencil Humanitarian Mission has a two-fold purpose:
- to establish a Governance Chart for all Red Pencil entities to adhere to and be monitored by an internal Board of Experts in the humanitarian field
covering various aspects such as trauma, mental health, wellbeing, operations, governance of sponsors, impact, monitoring and evaluations, sustainability and - to organise international meetings of experts around the world to come annually to Monaco and share their experiences on various subjects related to art therapy, trauma, emotions, mental health, neuroscience and other related topics.
Board of Directors
Mrs Laurence de Groote, Founder and Secretary
Mr Alain Vandenborre, Chairman and Co-founder
All Board members and employees are required to comply with the conflict of interest policy which stipulates that, when dealing with matters concerning The Red Pencil Humanitarian Mission, they are to exercise their best care, skill and judgement for the sole benefit of the organisation and to make full disclosure of interests, relationships and holdings that could potentially result in a conflict of interest. Written processes are in place for Board members and employees to declare actual or potential conflicts of interest on a regular and need-to basis. Staff and Board members are to be excluded from discussions and approvals eof transactions in which they have a conflict of interest.
The Red Pencil Humanitarian Mission adopts the Board self-evaluation policy whose purpose is to allow all Board members to evaluate and discuss the Board’s performance with candour and from multiple perspectives. It is useful to ensure continuous improvement in the way the Board conducts its business. The Board believes the evaluation will lead to a closer working relationship among Board members, greater efficiency in the use of the Board’s time, and increased effectiveness of the Board as a governing body.
Partners
Accounting and Auditors Firms have not been selected yet as no bank account has been opened in Monaco yet.
The Red Pencil Humanitarian Mission is a part of osimonaco.org, a portal where international solidarity organisations based in Monaco share updates about their organisations’ activities.
