How effective are we?
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NIDOS effectiveness work• Two years’ build up since the original member consultation visits in 2008• Last year’s AGM focus on Partnerships• November 2009 Good Practice event – what are the challenges? • Developing a self-assessment tool
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NIDOS Effectiveness ToolA guide for self-assessment on good practice
in international development
Pilot version 2010 – for testing and review• Online version • Hard copy versionLaunch of revised tool in 2011
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Its aims… Helping organisations to: • document existing good practice• highlight areas for improvement• develop actions plans for these• share approaches to effectiveness and provide peer support
Five Principles
• Accountable - to the people we support• Sustainable development• Learning organisations• Governance and efficiency• Partnerships for social justice
Cross Cutting Themes
• Gender• Inclusion• Do no harm• Human rights• Climate change
Benchmarks, self-assessment and scoring• Benchmarking statements for each principle• Self assessment questions for each benchmark• Scoring system based on evidence• Action Planning
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The Principles and self-assessment
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Adding Case Studies
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http://tinyurl.com/34arszc
The tool online – please use it, add or download case studies and provide feedback on the pilot
version
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Self-assessment and Peer support
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Carrots or Sticks? Definitely carrots
Carrots…• Becoming more effective – more impact for people we support• Gathering evidence of your effectiveness – helps your fundraising• Using money more efficiently – saving money• Managing people better – more motivated staff, volunteers and board members• Attracting more people with the skills and experience to help strengthen your organisation
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We don’t have time! A worthwhile investment that will save
you time and money in the future
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Today ….• Focus on measuring our impact• Launching the pilot version of the NIDOS Effectiveness tool• Beginning to bring the tool to life through the workshops
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After the AGM…• briefing sessions on the tool• trying out the tool in your organisation – self assessment• peer sharing sessions• feeding back to NIDOS to help improve the tool
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Key Events and TrainingSeptember
• Was 15 September NEW DATE IS 28 October Log Frame training • 16 September – Poverty Impact Fund consultation• 29/30 September – Nero’s Guests, Take One Action
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Key Events and TrainingOctober
• 1 October – Good Fortune, Take One Action• 6 October – Southern Partnerships training• 7 October – African diasporan networking event – Comic Relief• 8 October – How to apply to Comic Relief• 28 October – Log frames training – good for fundraising!
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Key Events and Training November25 November
NIDOS 10th Anniversary!Business theme/links
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Next Steps
• Briefing Sessions: what do you want?
• Peer sharing sessions?
• Formal Evaluation
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Briefing Sessions
• Regional sessions – whole tool or principles?• Themed sessions – principles/regions of operation?• Online sessions – how to use?
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Peer Sharing Sessions
• Having a shared space to do self assessments?• Sharing and comparing results of self assessments?• Peer reviewing/peer scoring of self assessments?
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Formal Evaluation of Pilot
• Constructive feedback – ideally through online tool• Revision by March 2011, in consultation with Bond and otheragencies• Relaunch in 2011
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