NGO ORGANIZATIONAL ASSESSMENT 1 A) Organizational Base STRUCTURE 1 Organizational Chart 2 General Assembly 3 Governance structures 4 Executive organs 5 Forum for internal communication and discussion 6 Procedures to plan and implement measures 7 Mechanisms for the documentation and follow-up of decisions 8 Evaluation models and lessons learnt 9 Field presence (urban, if appropriate) 10 Field presence (rural, if appropriate) 11 Long-term planning 12 Annual planning 13 Short-term planning 14 Exist, functions well, and develop 1 point IDENTITY 1 Formulated core values and/or value base 2 Formulated Guiding principles 3 Vision statement 4 Mission statement 5 General policy 1 Tool developed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency/Swedish Mission Council and adopted/updated by Dr Johan Gerde, AUB NGO-Management Program, Spring Course 2002.
Exist, but has not been elaborated with a participatory approach. Exist, has been elaborated with a participatory approach but not constantly updated. Exist, has been elaborated with a participatory approach and constantly updated. 1 point B) Resources B:1 HUMAN 1 Volunteers 2 Members 3 Elected representatives 4 Interns/apprentices 5 Employees Exist, but not competent Exist, competent, but no time to develop Exist, competent, and time to develop B:2 HUMAN 1 Presence of women in the governing structures 2 Presence of women in the executive organs 3 Presence of youths among the employees 4 Inter-confessional presence among the employees Exist, but very limited Exist, but not part of a formulated strategy Exist, and part of formulated strategy B:3 FINANCIAL 2
1 Locally raised funds Income from own resources and assets (membership fees, capital, 2 property etc) 3 External multilateral sources (UN, EU etc) 4 External bilateral sources 5 State support 6 Other income Exist, but isn t covering the planned programs Exist, is covering the planned programs but not for additional investments and development Exist, is covering the planned programs and the additional investments and development B:4 FINANCIAL 1 Annual budget 2 Monthly financial reports 3 Quarterly financial report 4 Bi-annual financial report 5 Annual financial report 6 Financial Systems for control and use of resources 7 External audit Exist, functions well, and develop 3
C) Relations WITH OTHER SOCIAL ACTORS IN SOCIETY 1 Exchange of information 2 Mutual support 3 Participates in networks 4 Contact with local media 5 Contact with international media 6 Web page Exist, functions and develops well WITH TARGET GROUPS 1 Respect 2 Trust 3 Dialogue 4 Cooperation 5 Empowerment 6 7 8 Exists, but very limited Exist, but not always mutual Exists and mutual 4
D) Results CONTENTS benefits for the target groups 1 Welfare 2 Knowledge 3 Consciousness 4 Know-how 5 Influence 6 7 8 Is not developing Develops, but only sporadically Develops in a regular manner but not with measurable results Develops in a regular manner with measurable results ACTIVITIES in relation to planning 1 Measures for the target groups 2 Measures towards other social actors 3 Measures towards the employees capacity building (CB) 4 Measures for organizational development (OD) No plans Plans, but not implemented. Plans but only partially implemented Plans are being implemented 5