capacity building for non profit organisation (npo) - your essential guide
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CAPACITY BUILDING NON PROFIT ORGANISATION (NPO)
YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE
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Applies to
• Non Profit Organisations
• Charitable Trusts
• Foundations
• Section – 8 Companies
• Other similar
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Need
• Great Programs needs Great Organisation
• Interest from Non profit Managers to build high performing organisations
• Willingness from Donors to invest in organisational capacity
• Donors want to associate with well run organisations
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Currently
• Focus on creating new programs
• Focus on delivery
• Keep Administrative costs low
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Why is it ignored
• Favour Program over organisation • Aspire to achieve results in the near future • Time consuming • Expensive in the short run • Planning distracts • Funding environment • Lack of knowledge • Establish linkage to Impact
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Framework of Capacity Building
• Aspirations
• Strategy
• Organisation Skills
• Human Resources
• Systems & Infrastructure
• Organisational Structure
• Culture
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Aspiration
• Mission
• Vision
• Goals
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Strategy
• Means to reach the aspirations
• Build on core competencies
• Allocate resources to priorities
• Identify uniqueness
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Organisation Skills
• Develop Programs
• Implement
• Fund Raising
• Program evaluation
• Delink individual skills from organisation skills
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Human Resources
• Professional Staff
• Volunteers
• Board Members
• Advisory Boards
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Systems & Infrastructure
• Physical
• Technological
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Organisational Structure
• Clarifying Roles & Responsibilities
• Creating work groups
• Authority Matrix
• Well defined charter
• Legal structure
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Culture
• Invisible thread that binds all the areas of capacity building
• Holds the organisation together
• Difficult to change
• Core beliefs culture Vs Performance culture
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Lessons
• Capacity Building has impact on performance
• Proactive approach needed
• All round efforts to be initiated
• Rub off effect from one area to another
• Must be driven from the Top
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Top 3 Advice
• Resetting Aspirations & Strategy is the first step towards a dramatic improvement
• Without Leadership & Management, capacity building is not possible
• Patience
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How can the areas be identified
• Using a Capacity Assessment Grid:
– To identify strong areas
– To identify areas that need improvement
– To measure changes over time
– To draw out different views
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