Stichting Connect International

The manual describes how to facilitate an organization to develop, expand and improve itself and become an independent well functioning and learning organization.
The process consists of:

1. Pre-selection. To get a first idea of the organization's potential.
2. Intake. (a) Invitation, (b) Desk review of the request, (c) E-mail interviews with stakeholders. Subjects: finance, governance, legal status, track record, clients satisfaction, concepts, technologies, methodologies.
3. Training of managers to build up their managerial and leadership skills and assess their potential.
4. Facilitate an organization self-assessment through exercises, discussions, investigations and reviews with stakeholders.

   Activities:
   a. Determine Vision and Mission.
   b. Investigate target groups.
   c. Re-assess Vision and Mission.
   d. Analyze Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT).
   e. Assess: governance & leadership, staff & volunteers, members, finance, logistics, projects, external relations, accountability, output, impact.

5. Facilitate organization development planning: strategy, improvement activities, time schedule, budget.
6. Facilitate organization development: training and coaching of development following the planning, and monitoring and evaluation of the development versus the planning.

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