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SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO WEST AFRICA PROVINCE

SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO WEST AFRICA PROVINCE. PDO-AFW STORY Date 26 th November 2012. Introduction:.

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SALESIANS OF DON BOSCO WEST AFRICA PROVINCE

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  1. SALESIANS OF DON BOSCOWEST AFRICA PROVINCE PDO-AFW STORY Date 26th November 2012

  2. Introduction: The Project and Development Office, West Africa Province was established in May 2006 as result of the conclusions of the Planning and Development Office (PDO) Seminar held in Rome in April 2005. PDO- Office

  3. How did the PDO-AFW started? • Appointment of the Provincial Economer (Br. Gunter Mayer) as the Project Director. • Office allocated to PDO in the Provincial House • Recruitment of lay-staff (professional/expertise). - Project Coordinator - Assistant Project Coordinator - Project Desk Officer • Continuous support of PDO running cost by the Province;until it became self-sustainable in 2009.

  4. How did the PDO fit into the Province: Don Bosco Youth Network – West Africa (DBYN) Provincial & Council Youth Ministry (YM) & Social Communication (SC) Project & Development Office (PDO) Administration Local Communities

  5. What do we do? (our main task) • PDO promote impact oriented development projects in line with the Organic Provincial Plan (OPP). • PDO is the main point of reference for all development projects/works in the Province. • PDO coordinates all the development activities of the local communities. • PDO helps the local communities to develop and implement projects according to Provincial Strategic Plan. • Collaborates with other development actors within the regions in which we work. • PDO liaises with other government and non-governmental organization for resource mobilization, policy advocacy, etc.

  6. ..What do we do? (our main task) • PDO provides training and develop the capacity of lay-staff in the Province. • PDO also provide training and develop the capacity of SDB’s in Project Cycle Management (PCM). Making adequate human capacities at disposal to implement project. • PDO also provides the local communities with working models/tools, frameworks and formats that promotes efficiency and working standards.

  7. Good Practices: Effective collaboration with development partners and Stakeholders; - Local & International Stakeholders - Local & International Development Partners - Government Agencies/Department - NGO’s

  8. …Good Practices: • Best management of donor resources to improve existing situations and also guarantee future funding of projects. • Accountable to donor funds. • Strategic Plan developed for effective and efficient service delivery. • Participating at local and international network activities.

  9. …Good Practices: • Implementing projects which brings positive impact (life changed) on target groups. • Making available to all partners Qualitative and Quantitative Reportsduring and after the implementation of projects. • Making available soft & hard copies of ANNUAL REPORTS to all partners and stakeholders at the end of each fiscal year.

  10. What have we Achieved: • Strategic Plan developed to facilitate effective and smooth running and the operations of the PDO. • Constant review and evaluation of strategic plan to re-strategize. • Funds receive for Projects increased over the last 2 years.

  11. ….What have we Achieved: • Each SDB-community has at least one trained person capable of managing projects. • Each SDB-community in the Province uses the PDO as a reference point for project management. • PDO and SDB communities use a work-flow sheet (Monitoring & Evaluation Tool) for project management.

  12. … What have we Achieved: • PDO collaborate effectively with all other departments in the Province; - Youth Ministry - Social-communication - Don Bosco Youth Network-West Africa - Provincial Office

  13. Challenges: • Development of fundraising structures and materials to promote local fundraising. • Insufficient funds to execute the Provincial Strategic Plan. • Inadequate human capacities at disposal on the technical field. • How to motivate SDB’s to accept the requirements of PDO and Development Partners. • Database (software) for data collection.

  14. Statistics:

  15. Financing Resources & Turnover: Period:2006 – 2011 Total Resources:€4,997,227.05

  16. Photos of some major projects & activities (2012): Youth leadership programme & summer camp CLASSROOM BLOCK-DBTH, LIBERIA-MONROVIA ICT LABS (Akure & Onitsha, Nigeria

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