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- Effective Consultancies in Development and Humanitarian Programmes
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This is a practical guide showing how non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other stakeholders can work together to achieve the best results from consultancies. It focuses on consultancy work in the international development sector and describes the process from the perspectives of both clients and consultants, helping each side to understand what the other does. It also includes a poster wallchart summarising the key stages of an effective consultancy. (John Rowley and Frances Rubin, Oxfam, July 2006)
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- Eldis Guide to Manuals
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This guide focuses on free, online manuals and practical toolkits which are aimed at development practitioners.
http://www.eldis.org/manuals/index.htm
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- Empowering Young Women to Lead Change [pdf]
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Empowering Young Women to Lead Change is an easy to follow resource manual designed to enable young women to prepare and facilitate training on a host of issues that are important to them. A joint publication of the World YWCA and UNFPA, the manual was developed by young women and contains modules on young women's leadership, economic justice, HIV and AIDS, human rights, peace, self esteem and body image, sexual and reproductive health and violence against women. (UNFPA, 2006)
http://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/628_filename_empowering-young-women_eng.pdf
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- Engaging communities in youth reproductive health and HIV projects: a guide to participatory assessments (pdf)
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This toolkit provides an overview of various participatory assessment processes in the area of YRH and HIV/AIDS. Examples of good practice drawn from the work of Family Health International's youth programmes are presented. These give a clear idea of the standards, safeguards and benefits for involving young people. Readers can find information on assessment preparation, team training activities, conducting an assessment, documenting its findings and verifying these results. The tooklit details each stage of the assessment process, with example activities and suggested points of discussion. (YouthNet, Family Health International, 2006)
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- Financial Management
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All organisations need money. Alongside staff, money is the one thing that takes up most management time. This brief introduction outlines how to take proper care of your funds. Good financial management involves the following four building blocks: Keeping records; Internal control; Budgeting; Financial reporting. By Alex Jacobs, (http://www.aidworkers.net).
http://www.aidworkers.net/?q=node/234
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- Guide for Designing Results-Oriented Projects and Writing Successful Proposals (PDF)
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[479 KB] International Planned Parenthood Foundation, Publisher: IPPF/WHR Publication Date(s): 2002.12. This manual introduces tools for designing a project that is results-oriented and that will appeal to donors. It focuses on integrating monitoring and evaluation activities into the project from the beginning. The manual also describes what sections to include in the proposal, gives examples, and provides tips on what donors are looking for. This publication is aimed at organizations seeking funding for a medium- to large-size project, but suggestions in the guide are also useful when developing a concept paper or smaller project. (Series: IPPF/WHR Tools, No. 1)
http://www.ippfwhr.org/publications/publication_detail_e.asp?PubID=46
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- Guide to What You Can Do Following a Disaster [PDF 165.7 kb]
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Disaster events around the world are often accompanied by stories and images of destruction and suffering that can elicit an immediate desire to help those who have been hit. This guide provides some options on what you can do and also some of the issues you should consider so you can make an informed decision on how you can help those affected by disasters overseas. It is aimed at Aotearoa New Zealand residents. By Justin Kemp, Dev-Zone Information Officer, 2005.
http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/DisasterGuide.pdf
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- Guidelines for emergency management in culturally & linguistically diverse communities
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This Emergency Management Australia (EMA) manual provides information and guidelines on preparing for and managing an emergency in culturally diverse communities (Commonwealth of Australia, 2007).
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- Guidelines for Ethical Research in Indigenous Studies
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It is essential that indigenous peoples be participant in any research project that concerns them, sharing an understanding of the aims and methods of the research, and sharing the results of this work. The principles of the Institute's 'Guidelines for Ethical Research in Indigenous Studies' are founded on respect for Indigenous peoples' inherent right to self-determination, and to control and maintain their culture and heritage. This is intended to help guide research with these values in mind(Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2000).
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/3512/EthicsGuideA4.pdf
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- Handbook on Women-owned SMEs: Challenges and Opportunities in Policies and Programmes
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Discussing and comparing the situation of WOEs in different countries and under varying circumstances, the contributions to this book assume a global outlook. Special consideration is given to developing economies, and to some extent transition economies, but the material presented includes observations from developed countries as well.(Global Knowledge Partnership, September 2007)
http://www.globalknowledge.org/gkps_portal/index.cfm?&menuid=683&parentid=179
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- How to build a good small NGO (PDF)
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By Fadumo Alin (et.al.). Networklearning Organisation. 2003. This manual has been put together by a group of people who work in or with Non-Government Organisations, (NGOs). The experiences described are mainly with NGOs in Africa, the Indian sub-continent and countries previously in the USSR. The NGOs are in cities, smaller towns and the countryside. Some of them are concerned with human rights but more with improving the quality of life of various groups. The NGO field includes many dedicated and good-hearted people. But as NGOs attempt to grow, they face common problems. For example, often they fail to learn how to manage their money well. This leads to all kinds of problems e.g. they function less well, their reputations suffer and they cannot get funding to pursue their plans. So, with this manual, our goals are to help to build best practice into your NGO; to prevent, recognise and fix problems.
http://www.networklearning.org/download/building_NGOs.pdf
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- How-to Guides - Governance & Management
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From CommunityNet Aotearoa. Provides resources for setting up and running community organisations and projects. While governance can be defined simply as: setting and monitoring the direction of an organisation; ensuring it remains financially sound; and ensuring legal compliance, in practice it is never that simple. Good governance depends on developing good working relationships with those who do the day-to-day work of the organisation. Resources collected in this toolkit are designed to help you access quality and up-to-date information to assist in building and maintaining these relationships.
http://www.community.net.nz/How-ToGuides/GovernanceManagement/default.htm
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- Impact Measurement and Accountability in Emergencies: The Good Enough Guide
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This guide was developed by the Emergency Capacity Building Project (ECB), a collaborative effort by CARE International, Catholic Relief Services, the International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, Oxfam GB, Save the Children, and World Vision International. It offers a set of guidelines on how to be accountable to local people and measure programme impact in emergency situations. According to the publisher: "This pocket guide presents... methods for putting impact measurement and accountability into practice throughout the life of a project. It is aimed at humanitarian practitioners, project officers and managers with some experience in the field, and draws on the work of field staff, [non-governmental organisations] NGOs, and inter-agency initiatives..." (Oxfam Publishing)
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- Incorporating Gender into your NGO
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Often an NGO or CBO has a problem knowing how to put gender into all aspects of the organization and thus reach gender mainstreaming, balance and equality within the organization and in its activities. This manual tries to help in this process, starting with an explanation of basic concepts and definitions on gender, followed by 'what to do and how to do it', both within and outside your organization, in order to scan all aspects with a gender sensitive eye. In the process it explains the need for change and the constraints; it offers an awareness of wrong concepts and influencing factors. Several steps are needed in the process of 'engendering' your organization and these steps are described one by one, from analysis of your organization, development of an action plan, implementation and then monitoring and evaluation. Finally, related resources and websites are given; links to tools, like gender checklists for the project cycle, are provided. (Nicolien Wassenaar, NetworkLearning.org, May 2006)
http://www.networklearning.org/download/gender.pdf
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- Innonet
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Innovation Network, Inc. (InnoNet) is a 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to enabling public and nonprofit organizations to better plan, execute, and evaluate their structure, operations, and services.
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- International NGO Training and Research Centre INTRAC
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INTRAC is a non-profit organisation working in the international development and relief sector. We support non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) around the world by helping to explore policy issues, and by strengthening management and organisational effectiveness.
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- Keeping Children Safe - a toolkit for child protection.
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Plan has collaborated with the NSPCC and a coalition of international agencies including Save the Children, Oxfam, World Vision, Tearfund, Everychild, Terre des Hommes and People in Aid to launch this toolkit, which helps international agencies reach global standards in child protection, using the NSPCC's child protection training knowledge. The toolkit helps international agencies reach global standards in child protection, using the NSPCC's child protection training knowledge. The aim is to help staff recognise and respond appropriately to signs of child abuse.
http://www.keepingchildrensafe.org.uk/
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- Learning for Change: Principles and practices of learning organisations
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The enormous resources invested in development work generate an imperative for learning. Yet, major studies commissioned by donors concerning the effectiveness of humanitarian relief have called into question the ability of agencies to learn from their experience. This book was commissioned by the Swedish Mission Council as a way of further developing an understanding of organisational learning in organisations involved in international development. It includes examples of how practice and thinking in the field of organisational learning have developed. (Bruce Britton, Swedish Mission Council, 2002)
http://www.bond.org.uk/pubs/lte/learningforchange.pdf
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- Monitoring and Evaluating Advocacy Programmes
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(Aid Workers Network) By Louisa Gosling, 15 October 2003. Advocacy is an increasingly important strategy in development, but how do you prove its impact, and ensure appropriate lessons are learned? Advocacy is an essential component of rights-based programming, focusing on building constituencies around different issues, and working to change the broader context in which an agency works. As with any other development activity, good planning, monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment are essential for good management of advocacy, for accountability, and to make sure lessons are learned to improve practice in the short and long term. It is essential to define what you are trying to achieve and how you will know whether or not you are succeeding. The findings from monitoring and evaluation can also be used for further advocacy purposes.
http://www.aidworkers.net/?q=node/268
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- Monitoring Government Policies: A Toolkit for Civil Society Organisations in Africa
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This toolkit explores ways of working for change by monitoring government policies. It is especially designed to help African civil society organisations analyse and monitor government policy implementation.
http://www.comminit.com/en/node/268224/38
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- Network Learning
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The purpose of the Network Learning website is to make resources available, free, to NGOs working in the development or humanitarian fields. They make or find manuals that can help NGOs build skills, and suggest other websites with good resources. The Library has top quality training manuals and documents to download (free for NGOs in the South). The directory of Resources has categorized links to online and offline sources of training and support.
http://www.networklearning.org/
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- NGO Manager Organisational Assessment Tool
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Over the past months, NGO Manager has developed an Organisational Assessment Tool, or OAT, which has the following characteristics: - Contains a comprehensive list of relevant management issues - Promotes process-orientation instead of static listing of positive and negative points. The OAT focuses on identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats with regard to each issue (SWOT analysis) - Helps to focus on causes of problems instead of highlighting symptoms only - Favours a participatory approach for the assessment, dialogue and transparency on its results. It can be used both by an individual and by groups. - Leads to qualitative statements instead of giving grades - Includes a detailed results section, which asks what the organisations achievements are - Provides users with quick overview of level of achievement for each management issue - Results in a clear list of priority subjects for improvement for each issue analysed - Facilitates the setting up of a plan of action - Contains easy-to-use worksheets, which can also be used to report on the results of the assessment.
http://www.ngomanager.org/tools.htm#T1
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- OHCHR Rule of Law Tools for Post Conflict States: Mapping the Justice Sector [pdf]
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This publication specifically addresses the issue of mapping the justice sector and some key related institutions and is intended to assist United Nations field staff in understanding how the justice sector actually worked in the State prior to and during the conflict, and how it should function if the rule of law is to take root. It provides an overview of the key institutions, related entities or mechanisms, and identifies priorities such as the linkages between core institutions and the utility of oversight bodies. (OHCHR, 2005)
http://www.ohchr.org/english/about/publications/docs/ruleoflaw-Mapping_en.pdf
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- OHCHR Rule of Law Tools for Post Conflict States: Prosecution initiatives
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This publication specifically sets out basic considerations on prosecution initiatives, and is intended to assist United Nations field staff when advising on approaches to addressing the challenges of prosecuting perpetrators of crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The focus of this guidance is mainly on the strategic and technical challenges that these prosecutions face domestically, and sets out the principal considerations that should be applied to all prosecutorial initiatives: the need for a clear political commitment to accountability; the need for a clear strategy; the need to ensure that initiatives are endowed with the necessary capacity and technical ability to investigate and prosecute the crimes in question; the need to pay particular attention to victims; and the need to have a clear understanding of the relevant law and an appreciation of trial management skills, as well as a strong commitment to due process. (OHCHR, 2006)
http://www.ohchr.org/english/about/publications/docs/ruleoflaw-Prosecutions_en.pdf
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- OHCHR Rule of Law Tools for Post Conflict States: Truth Commissions [pdf]
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It is increasingly common for countries emerging from civil war or authoritarian rule to create a truth commission to operate during the immediate post-transition period. These commissions- officially sanctioned, temporary, non-judicial investigative bodies-are granted a relatively short period for statement-taking, investigations, research and public hearings, before completing their work with a final public report. While truth commissions do not replace the need for prosecutions, they do offer some form of accounting for the past, and have thus been of particular interest in situations where prosecutions for massive crimes are impossible or unlikely- owing to either a lack of capacity of the judicial system or a de facto or de jure amnesty. The experiences of over 30 truth commissions in the past two to three decades give rise to a number of best practice guidelines. This publication is intended to summarize these lessons of over thirty truth commissions over the last three decades, with the intention of guiding those setting up, advising or supporting a truth commission, as well as providing guidance to truth commissions themselves. (OHCHR, 2005)
http://www.ohchr.org/english/about/publications/docs/ruleoflaw-TruthCommissions_en.pdf
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