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NGO Management and Organizational Development
From developing systems and policies for your organization to the guide on training your NGO staff in fundraising to to some alternative and sustainable solutions to NGOS.
Website: http://www.fundsforngos.org/ngo-management-organizational-development/
How NGOs can protect themselves from online scams
Small and medium-sized NGOs in developing countries are found to be most vulnerable to online scams that have now developed targeted tactics to cheat organizations by posing as donors or conference organizers. How can NGOs remain vigilant and what steps need to be taken to prevent falling to these fraudsters...
OECD Responding to Emergencies Manual - 3 part Manual
OCHA Regional Office (ROMENACA) has recently collaborated with the UAE Office for the Coordination of Foreign Aid (OCFA) to publish a three-part manual on Responding to Emergencies in Arabic and English.
The manual provides user-friendly material to be used by aid workers from the Arab region, including information about existing coordination mechanisms, key international aid bodies, assessment criteria, templates and checklists. It is broken down into three volumes, with the Arabic and English text together in each volume:
Part 1: Monitoring, Mobilization and Deployment
Part 2: Conducting Assessments
Part 3: International Response Organizations and Coordination in the FieldHuman Deveopment Indicators
Google’s innovative Public Data Explorer features the latest Human Development Index (HDI) figures and direct links to the extensive Human Development Report database of international development statistics. The Public Data Explorer, available online throughout the world in Google Labs, has for the first time incorporated all the key statistical indicators from the Human Development Report, including the HDI, an annual composite national measure of health, education and income introduced in the first Human Development Report 21 years ago.
Website: http://www.google.com/publicdata/overview?ds=kthk374hkr6tr_&ctype=l&strail=false&nselm=h&hl=en&dl=en
Emergency Market Mapping Analysis Toolkit
EMMA is a set of tools and guidance notes which encourages and assists front-line humanitarian staff in sudden-onset emergencies to better understand, accommodate, and make use of market systems. It does not offer a simplistic blue-print for action. However, EMMA does provide accessible, relevant guidance to staff who are not already specialists in market analysis.
People in Aid Code of good practice in the management and support of aid personnel
The People In Aid Code is an important resource for the aid community
around the world. It grew from the collaborative effort of relief and
development agencies committed to improving the quality of the assistance
provided to communities affected by poverty and disaster. The intention of
the Code is to improve agencies’ support and management of their staff
and volunteers.Website: http://www.peopleinaid.org/
Common Needs Assessments and humanitarian action
This Network Paper draws on field experience from more than a dozen Common Needs Assessments (CNAs) to identify the opportunities, costs and trade-offs involved in carrying them out.At their best, common inter-agency, inter-sectoral needs assessments help to develop a better joint understanding of needs, capabilities, and appropriate response. Yet in trying to meet too many objectives, CNAs have sometimes failed to live up to their promise. Carrying out a CNA takes time and resources;even when funds and experienced assessors are available, results have not always been useful or timely.
Website: www.odihpn.org
Supporting Livelihood in Disaster Recovery
Sustainable livelihoods are achieved through access to a range of livelihood resources (natural, economic, human and social capitals) which are combined in the pursuit of different livelihood strategies (agricultural intensification or intensification, livelihood diversification and migration). The aim is to reach across social strata down to the most marginalized (and therefore most at risk) and address issues of gender, inequity and other social conflicts along the way.
Website: http://www.recoveryplatform.org/
Compliance Toolkit: Protecting Charities from Harm
The UK Charity Commission has created a Compliance Toolkit, named Protecting Charities from Harm.
It provides critical information about UK terrorism law, identifies risks from terrorism or other financial crimes and encourages best practices of self monitoring for UK charities
Preventing corruption in humanitarian operations
Transparency International offers this unique resource for preventing and dealing with corruption within the humanitarian sector.
Enhancing Transparency and Accountability of the Non-Profit Sector
Greater Aid transparency: crucial for aid effectiveness
This paper discusses how transparency in aid and aid budgets can positively affect aid effectiveness. It explores how some current initiatives can support better budgets and accountability in aid dependent countries.
Website: www.odi.org.uk
Unchartered territory: land, conflict and humanitarian action
This policiy paper from the Oversease Development Institute argues that the humanitarian community lacks an understanding of land issues central to many conflicts and post-conflict settings. It makes a series of key recommendations which seek to facilitate a more comprehensive and effective humanitarian response.
Website: http://www.odi.org.uk
Capacity Building and Islamic NGOs: Insights from Malawi
This paper points out the vital contribution Islamic NGOs bring to humanitarian work and advocates for greater inclusion of Islamic organisations in humanitarian discourse. It tackles interfaith relationships, proselytisation issues, and the importance or organisational development of Muslim NGOs.
Website: www.intrac.org
Children in emergencies: Improving quality of response through capacity building
This note is presented by Children in Emergencies specialists at World Vision International Asia Tsunami Response Team. It discusses the increasing need for an improved response to children in emergencies and how World Vision has reacted to this through capacity building training to create a global register of
skilled staff available for deployment to emergency situations worldwide. The successful impact this has had on practice is detailed. Implications for future capacity building practice, including increasing linkages between development and relief activities, and recommendations for other practitioners are also highlighted.Website: www.intrac.org
