National Workshop

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• National Workshop
• Presentation
• on
• Nurturing Partnerships
• for
• Developing Sustainable CSOs
• IIC, New Delhi,18-19th February 2010

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Towards their Vision / Mission

• CSOs Partner with
• Communities
• Funding Agencies
• Government
• Corporate (Businesses) CSR
• Academic Research Institutions
• Media
• Individual Donors
• Amongst themselves Networks, Alliances
• Others

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The Key Issue

• CSOs facilitating sustainable development
  (change) need resources for their own sustenance
  and growth
• CSOs in existence for about 10 years and more
  have core staff not attached to any specific
  project
• Core staff responsible for planning designing
  new projects (incl. experimental / innovative
  projects)
• Similarly Core admin. finance staff may not be
  fully attached to funded projects
• Hence, the need for CSOs to identify alternate
  funding sources that are not solely dependent
  upon grants.

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Pre-requisites for a Successful Partnership

• Primary Relationship of a Funding Agency with
• CSOs staff, the primary interface
• CSOs Board, rarely happens but needs to be
  developed
• CSOs Community, the purpose of the Funding
  Agencys grant

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Pre-requisites for a Successful Partnership
.contd

• Secondary but essential relationship for
  facilitating linkages, with
• Other CSOs for Networking, Alliance Building,
  Advocacy
• Other funding agencies / donors
• Governments
• Corporate Sector
• Academic / Research Institutions

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Attitude towards a Partnership, requires

• Mutual
• Respect
• Trust
• Transparency
• Accountability
• Observant with an attitude of a learner
• Trusteeship
• Stewardship
• Enabler, Connector, Facilitator
• Disseminator
• Understanding
• Empathy
• Humility
• Free from Arrogance Ego

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Characteristics of a Healthy Relationship (Give
Take)

• (Potentially) a Funding Agency gives
• Resources (Cash kind)
• Expertise - own and of others (consultants/institu
  tions)
• Mechanisms for sharing experiences of other
  projects
• Networking Opportunities
• Sharing / Exchange of knowledge and experiences
  of others
• Capacity Building, including in the area of
  advocacy
• Credibility / Visibility

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Characteristics of a Healthy Relationship (Give
Take).contd

• (Potentially) a Funding Agency Takes (receives)
  from an NGO
• Knowledge Experience of local situation
• Understanding of and or / link up with the
  communities
• Link up with other resource agencies
• Earns respect

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Mutual Accountability Transparency

• Funding Agencies
• insistence on
• CSOs Accountability and Transparency
• must be reciprocated

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Mutual Respect

• RESPECT
• to be earned
• and
• not demanded

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Thank You.