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.