Project Report
| Feb 6, 2023
The Power of collaboration
By Matthew Aubry | Executive Director
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The Organization for Responsible Governance (ORG) is working with other Non for Profit Organizations in The Bahamas to better partner in meeting the needs of our communities. This month, ORG held a free all day training session for Not for Profit Organizations.
Thirteen NPO leaders were assembled to explore ways that they can more effectively collaborate. They learned about the current impact and challeneges facing local NPOs and discussed common challenges and opportunities. The attendes were introduced to the Cluster Model that is often utilized internationally in Humanitarian response, asa way to coordinate and support NPOs partnering during a crisis. With this model as a reference, the NPO leaders engaged in dialogue about how Topical and Strategic Clusters might be used locally. They group agreed that local collaborative clusters might help to provide greater focus for citizen participation and the development of responsive and inclusive policies and programs. Developing Clusters could also help our local not for profits and their communities prepare for and respond to disasters such as Hurricanes, as well as better manage the growing impact of Climate Change.
With this initial success, ORG aims to hold six additional sessions which will feature education and activities with topics that facilitate cooperation of NPO groups. around common objectives. Topics for the sessions will include alignment of missions and objectives; accessing resources; working in a framework of Human Rights, Financial reporting and monitoring of impact.
In the upcoming GlobalGiving online Campaigns, ORG will seek funding to support expansion of these programs to more Non forit Organizations across the islands of The Bahamas in order to better support local disaster preparedness and planning.
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Oct 10, 2022
Leveraging the capacity of NGOs in The Bahamas
By Matthew Aubry | Executive Director
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ORG in Community
Over the past months, ORG has been working to better understand and connect Bahamian NGOs with resources and opportunities to expand their impact.
ORG has conducted 4 waves of activities to gather information on local NGOs and the impact they are having on persons in communities across the country. A national survey was conducted asking persons to share how their lives may have been affected through the work of local NGOs. Additionally, ORG travelled to a number of Islands to meet directly with NGO representatives and learn about the challenges and opportunities they expereince in carrying out their mission.
ORG also has participated in a number of local, regional and global trainings and forums to aquire knowledge and resources that can be used by NGOs in The Bahamas to be more effective and productive. These learnings, in areas such as Fund Raising, Communicatioons, Financial Sustainability, Strategic Planning, Volunteer Development and Organizational Management, are being used to build out a multi session training series that can help NGOs better collaborate and work together.
ORG will be utilizing the opportiunity of the GlobalGiving "Giving Tuesday" campaign to raise funds to support the Training Series. One critical funding need will be funding NGOs from the Islands to travel and attend the trainings in person. Please help us to give Bahamian NPOs tools and information to better achieve their missions.
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ORG NGO scale up
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Jun 9, 2022
Building Capacity for NGO sustainability !
By Matthew Aubry | Executive Director
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The Organization for Responsible Governance (ORG) has furthered our objective to help other NPO’s to build their operational capacity by providing assessment and subsequent training support to the organizational and operational capacity of Faith-based NGOs operating on the Island of Grand Bahama.
ORG’s objectives were to
- Provide a context and framework for the upward trajectory of the Groups.
- Help NGO stakeholders identify shared concerns and priority actions and facilitate a dialogue to discuss organizational issues.
- Develop strategic opportunities through training for the NGO and other service based groups in the community to increase resilience and sustainability.
ORG’s intervention consisted of
- A comprehensive review of (1) Organizational structures and Management, (2) Financial management, (3) Leadership and group dynamics, (4) Project Cycle Management, (5) External relations.
- Preparation of an Organizational report on the status and capacity of the FBO to execute its programs and outcomes.
- Training to increase of the resilience and sustainability of the NGO with priorities based on the outcomes of the assessment. Training and Coaching was offered both online and in person as permitted by current Social Distancing protocol.
During the training ORG led offer the leadership, volunteers, and staff of the NGO and other service based groups from the Grand Bahamas community in a sequence of in person and virtual trainings to support capacity growth in the areas of Leadership and Group Dynamics, Organizational Structure and Management, External Relations, and Communications.
The training provided skills and resources that were designed to help the groups develop the following Outcomes:
- Effective Committee governance, including strategic oversight and planning.
- Clear organizational delineation and coordination of Committee, Management and employee roles.
- Common Leadership vision and goals across the organization.
- Consistent internal operational structures and systems to support the FBO in achieving its mission.
- Sustainable financial management, analysis, and decisions.
- Stronger External Relations.
This project served as proof of concept. With further funding ORG can provide trainings to small NGOs across more communities in The Bahamas.
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