Growing and changing

• VMM is a membership movement, founded in 1969• Recruited, orientated, placed and supported 2,300

skilled volunteers in past 41 yearsWe are currently have 47 VMs placed with 27 Partner Organisations overseas• Missionary Organisations: E.g: Rosminians (Tanzania), MMMs (Tanzania,

Uganda)• National Organisations: E.g: Matata Hospital( Kenya), Mountains of the

Moon University (Uganda), • Diocesan Partners: E.g: Dioceses of Lodwar (Kenya), Fort Portal (Uganda),

Same, Moshi (Tanzania) • International NGOs: E.g: Camara, JRS

Sierra LeoneSouth SudanKenyaTanzaniaUgandaZambiaMalawiSouth AfricaPhilippines

Philippines

Where we work

VMM Goals• Goal 1:

Improve effectiveness and efficiency in VMM’s contribution to overseas development through the adoption of an integrated programmatic approach to our work overseas

• Goal 2: Promote through Development Education and VMM Member Action, the concept of global citizenship with civil society

• Goal 3: Sustain the Movement’s programmes through strategic partnership management, creative promotion and diversification of funding

Goals & ProgrammesGoal 1: Overseas Programmes-Diocesean Development, Community Development, Health & Education

Goal 2: Home Programmes- Development Education, Member Action

Goal 3: Organsiational Programmes-Organisational Development & Mission Resource Services

Programmatic Approach

VMM’s previous focus was addressing requests for lay personnel & lay missionaries

The overall setting for the Framework is within the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Framework

By 2013, we aim to have clustered volunteers in areas of need in Africa and to have reduced our project partners by half

Realisation that we would need to change the way we work. VMM under the programmatic

approach would need to gather data on results & outcomes and not just activities of VM. VMM needed to assess the impact of placing VMs in

partner at local levels up to the MDGs.

Why the PCBs were needed

• Within each programme VMM has engaged in in-depth visits with our core partners to:– Develop specific VMM Partner Plans– Discuss policies at project level such as Child

Safeguarding– Inform our programmatic approach– To build stronger relationships with partners– To sign MOUs

What was covered by the PCBs

• 3 days training in each of our regional offices; Dublin, Glasgow and Liverpool

• PCB was a listening exercise• MOU’s to be signed• CSP to be gathered if in place, if not in place work

with partner in developing the policies to draft level • Introducing the Most Significant Change Technique

and collecting 3 stories

What was covered by the PCBsFilling out the 20 page questionnaire covering the following:-Background Info on the Org-Problem Analysis -Financial and Legal Structures-Polices-VMM Contribution- ‘the wish list’ -Beneficiaries (Direct/Indirect, Male/Female)-Risk Analysis -Cross cutting Issues-Linkages-M&E

PCB Visits

-August & September 2010-14 PCBs to 22 partners-Over 220 days spent directly with partners in these two months -Total cost: €20,600

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Programme Capacity Building & Partner visits

Results of PCB Visits

Positive• In-depth information on the partners gathered• Identifying capacity gaps easier • Member Action activity • Partners aware of the other funding from VMM

other than personnel • Strengthening relationships• MDG focus of partner and VMM

Results of PCB Visits

Challenges • Getting consultants at short notice• Staff in VMM overstretched • Sifting through the large amount on information• Risk Assessment will need further development

What next?

Programme Capacity Building

Partner Capacity Building

What next?

• Information was used in VMM Misean Cara applications• Partner's evaluation of the process • Assessing information that came back• Working on developing and signing off on goals • Visit to work on:

– CSP – Annual reporting mechanism– Security Policy and formalising from risk analysis or

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