Outlook India: Invitation for Capacity Building Program on NGO Management

Invitation for Capacity Building Program on NGO Management

Dear All,

The interested voluntary organisations may go thorough & try to participate.

Regards,

KL Mallya,

Treasurer,

Rashtriya Sewa Bharati

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Indian Social Responsibility Network

About ISRN

Program Highlights

· A central government Minister will inaugurate the Capacity Building Program

· Resource persons involved are experts in the field

Headquartered in New Delhi, ISRN is a multi-dimensional facilitation network working in the domain of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India. ISRN’s efforts are directed towards enhancing the collaborative work on integrated and sustainable development between the corporates, Voluntary Organizations (VOs) and government in all facets of the Indian society. Towards this end, ISRN’s multi-pronged intervention strategy includes advocacy, training and capacity building of corporates and VOs on CSR, filling the information and knowledge gap on CSR, and facilitate effective collaborations between credible VOs and corporates.

In this regard, ISRN engages with these stakeholders in the following ways:

Facilitate a common platform for channelization of skills and resources between the corporate sector/PSUs, VOs and Government through mediums such as conferences, workshops and seminars for inclusive and sustainable social development.

Provide whole ranges of services on the CSR projects to corporates from identifying the intervention, conceptualization, project design, partner selection for implementation, implementation plan, execution, documentation, reporting, and monitoring and evaluation of the project.

Facilitate government – VO interface towards increased understanding of the government about the VOs and their improved role in government programs

Capacity building programs aimed at enhancing the capacities of VOs to enable them access both CSR and government funds for carrying out their activities

More than 600 VOs and corporates are associated with ISRN across states, apart from a pool of empaneled experts on activities listed under Schedule VII of the Companies Act of 2013 in its team.

Topics to be covered

In terms of priority and based on the capacity building need assessment exercise done by ISRN, the program will focus on the following topics:

Why and How to write a Project Proposal?

Fund raising is a process of mobilizing financial resources required to achieve organizational goals and objectives. Within that writing a project proposal in terms of clearly communicating your strengths to deliver is the key to fund raising and to meet the current demands of the funding agencies

This session will explain the elements of a good project proposal in detail. Participants will learn about how to go about writing each one of these. Apart from the standard elements, the session will also introduce tools that are being used extensively in project planning and activity scheduling such as Logframe analysis and Gantt chart.

Record –cum-financial management

One of the key characteristics of an effective VO lies in the manner in which it keeps the records of financial and non-financial transactions.

This session will help VOs to understand the importance of record keeping and financial management, specially in relation to statutory compliance.

On record keeping it will build an understanding on record keeping, what records to be kept, and how to keep records. It will also inform the participants on some of the best practices in record keeping.

Financial management will include topics like maintaining accounts, FCRA, 80G, 12A, service tax and how to develop a audit report.

CSR : An Overview

This session will build an understanding of the VOs on the Companies Act of 2013 pertaining to CSR, the various activities included in the provisions of the same, opportunities and challenges for VOs, and what are the requirements to seek CSR funds from corporates. It will also dwell on how the VOs could overcome the challenges and be in a better position to be eligible for seeking CSR funds.

Possibilities of relationship building: Government/ Foreign Institutions

In absence of an appropriate information dissemination mechanism, most of the government schemes remain unknown to the stakeholders, specially prospective implementing agencies such as VOs. The session will provide information about the existing government programs and their provisions. This will help VOs to participate in the government programs.

Program Documentation

While VOs are doing admirable work at the grassroots with the community, they lack in providing the evidence of the same. This critically hampers their chances while seeking funds for their activities.

To overcome this, the session will dwell on the importance of both documentation and its presentation for VOs. It will also help in building understanding of the VOs on aspects like what are the critical components of their operations , systems and processes that they must document, and the methods of documentation. The session will also focus on improving the presentation of the VOs on effectively communicating their work.

Together, this will help them in making a case for themselves in front of the external stakeholders.

Key Takeaways for VOs

The program will better equip the VOs in dealing with the external stakeholders, particularly, the donors by improving the ability to showcase their work both through the project proposals and improved documentation of programs.

The program is also designed to improve the overall effectiveness of the VOs in terms of helping them improve their internal systems and process through better record keeping and financial management.

In conclusion, the program will address issues that are internal to the VOs as well as dealing with the external factors. Overall, it will lead to effectiveness of VOs and place them in a better position to seek funds for sustainability.

Who should attend?

The program is recommended for:

Heads of VOs

Senior Managers

Project Managers

Registration Details

Please duly fill the attached registration form attached and submit totrainingisrn@gmail.com along with the registration fees (ISRN’s account details are provided in the registration form)

Registration Fees

For ISRN Member - Rs 1000/- per participant

For Non-member – Rs. 1500/- per participant

*Fees include training kit, course material, handouts, meals at the training venue and all applicable taxes.

**Accommodation expenses of participants will be borne by ISRN.

Please note that accommodation is available to the participants from 29^th evening to 31^st noon (12 PM)

Due to a limited number of seats, nominations will be accepted on a first come first serve basis.

Last Date of Registration: 18^th May 2015

ISRN Contact Person for the program will be Mr. Satender Rana, Asst. Program Officer, ISRN. He could be contact at 011 4104 5160 and 07838947330

Indian Social Responsibility Network

K—13, South Extension Part II, New Delhi—110049

Phone: 011 4104 5160

Website: www.isrn.in

Dear All,

I would like to update you all regarding training program information on “Capacity Building program on NGO Management” to be organized by the Indian Social Responsibility Network (ISRN), New Delhi from 30^th -31^st May 2015 at Goa Niwas, Chankyapuri, N. Delhi. Your presence will be valuable for the program as well as participants, so kindly block the said date in your calendar. Please forward this information to prospective sponsors to cover the program cost and also share the same among your network to generate more participation for the program. we are targeting only 50 participants in the program.

Please find attached the program details.

with regards,

Santosh