Building NGO Capacity and Achieving High Performance for Civil Society

Project Proposal Gerson Bergeth

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Summary: Small & medium size NGO’s require support

• NGO’s are a key component of social response• Growing number of NGO’s • Organizations in capitals get majority of funds• Small/medium NGO struggle to create partnerships

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Background: civil society lack skills

• Transition from advocacy to technical competence is slow

• Administrative practices are elementary

• Government agencies & international partners are frustrated

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General challenges: limited resources

• Staff do not have technical/ professional training

• Limited funding patterns challenge operations

• Confusion over legislative and regulatory procedures

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Specific challenges: low capacity

• Cannot access funding opportunities

• Inability to create proposals, budgets and documentation

• Focus on short-term results

• Limited technical skills required to interact with partners

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Partner frustrations: limited number of on-the-ground actors

• Limited list of partners - focus on the ‘big’ NGO’s

• Lack of understanding of on-the-ground realities of NGO’s

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Internal capacity of NGO’s equals external access to funding and

resources

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Providing a solution: Training on Administration

• Official compliance: annual reports, registration, HR structure, etc

• Logistics and infrastructure: capacity to deliver

• Financial competence: budgets, balance sheet and bank accounts

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Providing a solution: Skill-transfer on Technical Capacity

• Academic and evidence-based mentality

• Monitoring and evaluation: baselines and data collection

• Communications in English: written and spoken

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Providing a solution: Training on Advocacy

• Community influence: communications plan and public and private contacts

• Demonstrate track record: reports and evidence of impact

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Providing a solution: Timeline

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DeliverableMonth (in relation to

start of work)

Comment

1. Draft Handbook and Modules 2Draft version in parallel with user testing

2. User Testing of Modules 3-7 3 events with 90 participants

3. Monitoring and Evaluation: Structure and System

8Monitoring at the modular level and across entire package

4. Digital (e-Learning) Version of Modules 11Complement standard training or as stand-alone

5. Final Version of Handbook and Modules 11Printed materials to be distributed to trainers

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Conclusion: Capable NGO’s result in empowered communities

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Building NGO Capacity and Achieving High Performance for Civil Society

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