About Samarthya Pariyojana

The recent decades have seen significant development and changes in the larger development scenario both nationally and globally. Some of the key important changes that have affected human life are linked with the economy, environment, technology and realization of access to basic services. Despite the government initiatives, the gap between rich and poor have and have nots has increased in various part of the world including India. Civil Society organisations have been playing an important role in ensuring the reach and access of the most marginalised communities and areas.

There has been paradigm shifts and changes in the overall socio-economical, political, technical and legal environment in which the non-profit organisations operate. The shrinking grant-in-aid funds, emergence of CSR, the demand for professional management of programmes and organisational affairs and the changes in legal aspects puts more pressure and demands from non-profit organisations to be more efficient, effective and professional in their management and operations as well as the increased demand for good governance, transparency and accountability towards stakeholders. Moreover, it has largely impacted the small grass-root civil society organisations to be more capable for accessing the resources, compliance with the changed laws and ability and capacities to deal with new stakeholders in the civil society ecosystem, such as CSR, crowdfunding, Govt. project, etc. In this context, there is a need to build the capacity of such grass-root CSOs to remain relevant and able to compete with other organisations for pursuing their mission and mandate. Therefore, this course aimed at building capacities of such grass-root civil society organisations on the NGO Governance, Management and Sustainability, addressing
the capacity issues of the NPOs.

This course sets out to explain the key processes that encompass the management of NGOs, and covers issues such as scale of operation, accountability, transparency, etc. It helps to analyse NGO roles as project implementers, technical assistance providers, intermediaries, partners and advocates. Concentrations in NGO Formation, Governance and its Compliance, Programme and Project Development, Fundraising, Writing Project Proposal, Corporate Social Responsibility, Budgeting and Book Keeping, Reporting and Documentation, Leadership and Communication, Stakeholder Management and Digital Communication are available.

Summing up, this 4-months E-certificate course will help NGO participants to develop a strong understanding of social, political, economic, and environmental contexts of management towards gaining essential skills to organisational management, human and financial resources management, etc.

The overall objective of the course is to enhance theknowledge, awareness and basic skills of participantsregarding NGO Governance, Management and its sustainability.The specific learning objective of the course includes:The overall objective of the course is to enhance theknowledge, awareness and basic skills of participantsregarding NGO Governance, Management and its sustainability.The specific learning objective of the course includes:

Course Modules

The course has been designed in a modular format, where each module is an independent module as well as linked with other modules to enable a comprehensive and smooth learning process.The module addresses the varied aspects of NPO Governance, Management and Sustainability. The key contents of the modules are as follows,

Module 1: Introductory Plenary

Introduction and Icebreaking
Expectation levelling and Objective setting
Overview of the programme – course structure, assessment process and timelines

Module 2: NGO Formation, Governance and Legal Compliances

Characteristics of NGOs
Incorporations/registration process and laws
Overview of NGO Governance- Organisational processes and system
Legal registrations and compliances-registration, tax, FCRA, Darpan and other laws applicable to NGOs

Module 3: Programme and Project Development And Management

Overview of programmes – Developing domain expertise (core programme areas, I.e. health, education, skills etc.)
Project attributes
Project management cycle

Module 4: Resource Mobilisation and Fund Raising

Mapping funding landscape – funding agencies govt, donors, CSR, crowdfunding
Fundraising strategies and understanding donors
Value chain partner to CSR/Donor- problem analysis to solution provider for fundraising
How to approach a donor
Mapping funding landscape – funding agencies govt, donors, CSR, crowdfunding

Module 5: Overview of CSR Law and NGO Partnership

CSR law
Permissible activities under CSR
Understanding CSR perspective and priorities
Mapping CSR landscape
How to approach a corporate for support and engagement for CSR activities

Module 6: Writing Project Proposal for CSR and other Donors

Understanding organization and donor requirements – solution-oriented approach
The framework of project proposal – a professional approach to proposal writing
Writing Organisational profile
Understanding result-based framework/Impact oriented project planning

Module 7: Budgeting, Financial Management and Book Keeping

Accounting systems of NGOs
Understanding budget and its management
Book keeping and financial reporting
Auditing

Module 8: Office Management, Documentation and Reporting

Office management – Productivity (efficiency and effectiveness
Systems and policies – Leadership, Human Resources, Financial Management, Procurement, Gender etc.
Documentation and report writing (case study writing)

Module 9: Stakeholder Engagement, Digital Presence and Communication

Mapping stakeholders and their interests
Developing stakeholder participation strategy – a collaboration with other NGOs, CSR and Government
Effective communication and use of digital communication tools – website, social media tools and digital marketing
Strategic planning – VMS, environment analysis and long-term planning/perspective plan