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Supporting NGO effectiveness Sarah Mistry

Supporting NGO effectiveness Sarah Mistry. June 2014. Supporting NGO Effectiveness and fostering social accountability. Introduction. A quick introduction to Bond Why do NGOs need to be more effective? What are the levers of change to improve NGO effectiveness?

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Supporting NGO effectiveness Sarah Mistry

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  1. Supporting NGO effectivenessSarah Mistry June 2014

  2. Supporting NGO Effectiveness and fostering social accountability Introduction A quick introduction to Bond Why do NGOs need to be more effective? What are the levers of change to improve NGO effectiveness? Case study: Evidence Principles What does the future hold? Transferable lessons

  3. About Bond • The membership body for UK international development organizations: • Founded 1993 by 61 NGOs • 400+ members • Our strategy is to: • Connect • Influence • Strengthen Image by Jerry Wang

  4. What do we do? Connect Strengthen Influence Policy & Advocacy Membership &Communications Effectiveness & Learning

  5. Why effectiveness focus? • More impact (quality, reach, influence) • Better value for money • Performance improvement • Adaptive learning • Accountability, communication of value • Sustainability (of outcomes not organization)

  6. Theory of Change • Why is Bond well placed to help NGOs improve their effectiveness? Accountability • Planning • Measuring and communicating results • Learning and adaptation • Value for money • Transparency and accountability • Funding practices Learning Funding

  7. Levels of change In order to bring about change Bond is working at multiple levels: • Individuals – to seed good practice • Organizations – to enable and embed good practice • Sector – to share and establish good practice • Donors – to enable, incentivize and rewardgood practice

  8. Effectiveness activities This translates into effectiveness activities centered on five areas: Funding policy Effectiveness services Transparency &accountability Sector effectiveness Evidence & learning

  9. Case study: The Evidence Principles • Principles and checklist are for assessing and improving the quality of evidence. • Practical tool used when commissioning, designing and reviewing evidence-based work. • Being used in 6 ways; 85% of organisations report positive change. • Also a ‘line in the sand’ – a locus for conversation with donors on evidence. • Download: http://www.bond.org.uk/principles

  10. Case study: The Evidence Principles

  11. Case study: The Evidence Principles • How the Evidence Principles utilize the levers and levels for change. • Shared understandingin sector of good practice • Practical tool that can be applied byindividuals • A mechanism to influence donorpractice • Enables NGOs to communicate the value of their work

  12. What does the future hold? But it’s not business as usual. Bond is initiating a Futures Program to help our members adapt: • Changing global environment- different locations of poverty • Shifting power dynamics – southern leadership, civil society • New actors eg private sector • New funding models • Conflict, climate change • Public support, democracy, disintermediation… • This calls for radical adaptation and transformative thinking

  13. Transferablelessons Understand your theory of change, levers for change The value of networks, collective action The urgency of adapting to a changing environment Strategic leadership combined with practical approaches Peer to peer knowledge sharing Learning, failing, learning again People, cultures, relationships - real world / real lives What can we learn from each other?

  14. www.bond.org.uk Regent’s Wharf • 8 All Saints Street • London • N1 9RL • United Kingdom+44 (0)20 7837 8344 • bond@bond.org.uk • bond.org.uk

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