CALL FOR PARTNERS
M3 - Management, Marketing and Money for NGOs and Youth in EAST and WEST
International Training Course in Chisinau, Moldova • August 2008
Dear friends,
coobra - cooperativa braccianti in co-operation with the Moldovan organisation ADVIT is planning on providing an international 6-day-training on management and marketing for NGOs working with youth and international youth mobility. For this we are looking for approx. 20 international partner organisations from the EU and from Eastern European and Caucasian Countries. Being a partner organisation entitles you to nominate 1 to 2 participants for the training.
MAIN ISSUES TACKLED
§ EAST - WEST
o Realities of youth and NGOs in East and West
o Motivation for and specificities in East-West co-operation
§ Strategic Management
o Mission Statement, Stakeholder Analysis
o Key Performance Indicators, Recursive Management
o various techniques for identifying and assessing strategies and future developments
§ Organisational Management
o Human Resources Management (incl. Self Management)
o Communication and Decision Making
o Information and Knowledge Management
§ Marketing
o Market Analysis and Product/Client Portfolios
o Public Relations (PR) and Promotion
§ Financial Management
o Budgeting and Controlling
o Fundraising
o Accounting and Reporting
§ Youth in Action and future partnerships/projects
AIM, APPROACH AND OUTCOME
In this international training course, we will deal with how to ensure quality, stability, sustainability and visibility in our projects and programmes. Many times drawing from approaches in the sector of private economy and adapting them to the necessities and realities of NGOs, we will better know our „products“, our potential clients and how to reach them, our supporters, the environment/market we operate within, and how we can position ourselves in this market and raise the visibility and appreciation of our work. We will analyse our own structures, our working procedures/processes (e.g. related to decision making, information and implementation), and our planning and controlling mechanisms. We will introduce management tools that can help ensure quality and sustainability and thus allow long-term planning and strategic development. And last but not least we will deal with some important aspects of financial management such as fundraising, accounting and controlling. Frontal inputs will provide the theoretical background and the introduction of practical tools, which will then be immediately tried out in the framework of exercises, simulations, and – most importantly - with reference to the cases of our own organisations and our respective activities. A minor part of the training will also be dedicated to the Youth in Action (YiA) programme, to the fostering of future projects, to the reflection on the realities of youth and NGOs in East and West, and to highlighting specificities in youth mobility projects embracing East-West co-operation.
CONDITIONS
The training is scheduled for August 2008 and will be hosted in Chisinau, Moldova. Financial support is sought for under the European Commission’s “Youth in Action”-programme granting scheme. If approved, all costs will be covered except for 30% of the international travel costs and a participation fee of EUR 50 (EU) / EUR 30 (EECA). Organisations from all 27 EU member countries plus Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Turkey, as well as all EECA countries (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia) are eligible to take part. The training will be held in English.
NEXT STEPS
To be a partner organisation in this activity, please fill in the attached form (called “part III”), sign it in blue ink, put your official stamp on it and send it by e-mail (scancopy as pdf or doc or jpg, we need the signature and the stamp) and regular mail back to
coobra – cooperativa braccianti
hands of MarCus Vrecer
Herklotzgasse 21/3, 1150 Vienna, Austria
tel.: +43.(0)1.2367612, mobile: +43.(0)650.4042390
vrecer@dieloop.at
Please make sure we receive these documents before Tuesday, January 29th. Furthermore, please indicate your estimated travel costs from your home town to Chisinau (round trip). To help us in the selection process, please add in your e-mail a couple of lines on your motivation to join this training course as a partner organisation (what are your training needs? What would you expect to benefit from the training course? What could you contribute?) Also, please forward this call to any partner, network or organisation you deem possibly interested.
We are looking forward to your answers...
Best regards from Vienna and Chisinau!
m3_moldova_call for partners.pdfm3_moldova_partIII.doc
