INTRODUCTION

This course provides participants with the necessary knowledge about managing non-governmental organizations. It focuses on the crucial issues in NGO management, with a special emphasis on groups working on issues of development and the alleviation of poverty in underdeveloped areas.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The course's participants will be able to:

Recognize the characteristics of NGOs;

Recognize the Challenges NGOs Face;

Recognize the Types and Instruments in International Development Agencies;

Recognize the Role and Barriers of NGOs with Regard to Community Development;

Recognize the Challenges of NGOs Management;

Recognize the Adoption of Strategies and Change in NGOs;

Recognize the Role and Barriers of NGOs with Regard to Community Development;

Recognize the Challenges of management of NGOs

DURATION

2 Weeks

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Program managers, team leaders, consultants, and newly hired professionals who work for NGOs are the target audience for this training. This training will help participants by giving them useful knowledge about managing NGOs.

COURSE OUTLINE

Understanding NGOs

• NGO stages
• Building an NGO
• Need assessment of NGO
• SWOT analysis
• Legal requirements of NGOs

Vision, mission, principles and strategies of NGOs

• Governance and leadership of NGO
• Strategy and mission of NGO
• Principle based vision of NGO
• Gender policy in NGOs
• Structure and system of NGO

Institutional sustainability

• Techniques of building institutional sustainability
• Projects sustainability
• Personnel training and sustainability
• Sustainability through networking
• Shortcoming of developing a network

Managing people

• NGO structure
• Formal NGO
• Staff specialization
• Principle development and maintenance
• Western and African organizational model
• Improving functioning of staff
• Supervision
• Creating and maintaining a board
• Team functioning
• Organizational sustainability

Marketing

• Development of NGO brand
• Fundraisings
• NGO financial needs planning
• Marketing through social media
• Financial institutions

Financial resources mobilization and management

• Budget making approaches
• Budgeting role
• Money management
• Resource management
• Financial control
• Financial management
• Management accounting vs financial accounting
• Rules of accounting

Project cycle

• NGO performance monitoring and evaluation
• Planning and implementation
• Evaluation strategies
• Tools for monitoring and evaluation
• Indicators of performance
• Logical framework approach
• Theory based evaluation
• Appraisals and participatory methods
• Four impact evaluation models

GENERAL NOTES

• Our seasoned instructors, who have years of experience as seasoned professionals in their respective fields of work, will be teaching this course. A combination of practical exercises, theory, group projects, and case studies are used to teach the course.
• The participants receive training manuals and supplementary reading materials.
• Participants who complete this course successfully will receive a certificate.
• We can also create a course specifically for your organization to match your needs. To learn more, get in touch with us at training@dealsontrainers.org.
• The training will take place at DEALSON TRAINERS IN NAIROBI, KENYA in Nairobi, Kenya.
• The training fee includes lunch, course materials, and lodging for the training session. Upon request, we may arrange for our participants' lodging and transportation to the airport.
• Payment must be made to our bank account before the training begins, and documentation of payment should be emailed to training@dealsontrainers.org