Governance, Democracy and Conditionality: What Role for NGOs? (Intrac Ngo Management & Policy Series)

Business & Money

Clayton, Andrew

Economics

INTRAC

Measuring the Process is a unique attempt to set out guidelines for evaluating social development processes. It is intended primarily as a practical guide for undertaking the evaluation of social development projects and combines a theoretical overview of the concepts involved, with insights into the planning and implementation of evaluation.

Measuring the Process: Guidelines for Evaluating Social Development

Marsden, David

Pratt, Brian

Oakley, Peter

Management & Leadership

A growing proportion of overseas aid resources is flowing through indigenous NGOs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Concerns about the capacity and performance of many Southern NGOs are leading Northern NGOs and official donors to seek ways of strengthening their partners that extend beyond technical and financial support. Capacity building models that strengthen and empower local NGOs by improving their management ability and organisational capacities are now an essential component of overseas development strategies.The small enterprise development sector has been the focus of many capacity building efforts. The need for financial and organisational expertise in this sector highlights the importance of developing sound and effective approaches to capacity building.Strengthening the Capacity of NGOs examines the theory and practice of capacity building. It discusses common organisational challenges facing NGOs and presents in-depth practical case studies. These cases illustrate a range of assistance models designed to increase the organisational capacity of small enterprise development agencies in Africa.

Strengthening the Capacity of NGOs: Cases of Small Enterprise Development Agencies in Africa (Toronto Italian Studies (Paperback))

Sahley, Caroline

Outcomes and Impacts provides a comprehensive discussion of the difficulties, dilemmas and opportunities of understanding the outcomes and impact of social development programmes and projects. Lessons are provided to establish more effective methods for understanding the outcomes and impact of development interventions.

Outcomes and Impact: Understanding Social Development

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

A number of studies have looked at the direct funding of southern NGOs by official governmental agencies. However, few have done so from a southern perspectives. The basis of Direct Funding from a Southern Perspective are the case studies of developing countries carried out by southern researchers and the findings appraised by a group of local NGO representatives. There are three main case studies: Bangladesh, Kenya and Peru, with brief supplementary materials from Zimbabwe and South Africa. The emphasis of Direct Funding from a Southern Perspective is on the changing relationships between governments and NGOs in the north and south. The role of northern NGOs is examined, and their future role explored, as some critics accuse them of becoming bureaucratized and overdependent on government funding, of losing popular support in their home countries, and of being unable to deliver the development impact that they have built their reputation on. At the same time, official agencies are seeking to develop direct relations with southern NGOs. This trend is strengthened by an emphasis on civil society and the role of NGOs in promoting democratisation and good governance as well as grass-roots development.

Direct Funding from a Southern Perspective: Strengthening Civil Society? (Interac Ngo Management and Policy Series)

Few NGO decision-makers, are sure of what Organisation Development consultancy looks like in practice; whether it does really strengthen NGOs; and on what factors its success is contingent. Demystifying Organisational Development examines the theory and practice of OD consultancy with NGOs by analysing the actual experiences of nine NGOs.

Demystifying Organisational Development: Practical capacity-building experiences of African NGOs (Intrac Ngo Management and Policy)

James, Rick

Financial Management for Development: Accounting and Finance for the Non-specialist in Development Organisations (Mountain Ash Poetry Series)

Cammack, John

NGOs Engaging with Business covers the strategy and tactics for engagement from adversarial to cosy funding partners, with the emerging middle ground of negotiated, constructive co-operation; what development NGOs might learn from environmental NGOs; and how NGOs should tackle corporate codes of conduct. NGO-business collaborations are documented.

NGOs Engaging with Business: A World of Difference and a Difference to the World (Intrac Ngo Management and Policy Series)

Heap, Simon

Power and Partnership has emerged from the 1999 conference, 'NGOs in the Global Future', at the University of Birmingham. A panel set up to focus on NGO capacity-building. Invited individuals presented papers describing their actual experiences of NGO capacity-building to better understand how capacity-building is implemented in practice and in reality, and to discover what works and why. The term "capacity-building" has become synonymous with "development" in many circles. The World Bank, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, international NGOs (INGOs) and some local NGOs are prioritising capacity-building. A recent survey of Northern NGOs revealed that an overwhelming majority, over 91%, claimed to be involved in capacity-building. It is therefore critical to analyse carefully the practice of capacity-building to ensure that we learn from others' experience and avoid the danger that the term capacity-building becomes merely a cosmetic and meaningless addition to all proposals and policies. Capacity-building is a conscious approach to change which, if taken seriously, has very radical and far-reaching implications not only for skills and behaviours, but also power dynamics within and between organisations.Power and Partnership seeks to contribute to our understanding of capacity-building interventions, drawing out the issues and insights from practice. It also highlights the consequent implications, particularly for Northern NGOs involved in developing strategies for capacity-building. It is aimed at all development professionals engaged in capacity-building, but has particular reference to Northern NGOs, Southern NGOs and capacity-building providers.

Power and Partnership?: Experiences of NGO Capacity-building

People and Change is about improving the impact of capacity building. Using a mixture of case studies, illustrations from experiences and articles based on reflective practice, People and Change provides practitioners with ideas, suggestions and challenges to improve the effectiveness of the capacity building interventions.

People and Change: Exploring Capacity Building in NGOs (Intrac Ngo Management & Policy S)

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