Earlier policy library. This page belongs to an earlier library of ASF policies. The current, approved governance set is the ASF Standards Package 2026 (GOV, OPS, QMS and EV documents). Where this page and the 2026 package differ, the 2026 package applies.
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Governance & Methodology
ASF Governance & Policy Manual
How ASF itself is governed, funded, secured and held accountable. 30 policies, ASF-POL-17 through ASF-POL-46, adapted from the PHIG Institutional Policy Manual and scoped to ASF’s role as an accreditation body. Covers ISQua EEA Organisation Accreditation in full, and the governance documentation expected by US, EU, UN and French government donors.
37
Policies Published
8/8
ISQua Categories
0
Gaps Remaining
3 yr
Review Cycle
All 30 policies published, sequentially numbered (ASF-POL-17–46, no gaps), registered in the Public Standards Register, and cross-linked to each other and to ASF-MON-STD-v1 where they govern related ground. This is the complete organisational governance documentation set, current as of October 2026 — the baseline for ISQua EEA Organisation Accreditation review and for due diligence by US, EU, UN and French government donors alike.
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Accounting against the 47-policy PHIG source manual: 33 ASF-POL pages above. The remaining ground is covered without a 1:1 page count — 13 PHIG topics are consolidated into broader ASF policies (e.g. Procurement, Cost Allocation, Asset Management, Tax and Cash/Banking are all inside ASF-POL-19 rather than five separate pages), and 2 PHIG topics (Research Ethics, Editorial Independence) are GMJ/journal-specific and don’t apply to an accreditation body. Every PHIG topic is accounted for — either as its own page, folded into a broader one, or explicitly out of scope.
Source: PHIG Institutional Policy Manual, consolidated edition, September 2026, adapted for ASF’s structure and accreditation-specific context. Each policy is reviewed on a 3-year cycle under ASF-POL-46.