Minutes cdwg 13 april 2010 en

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CDWG Minutes 13 th April 2010 Page 1 CDWG Capacity Development Working Group Meeting 13th April 2010 NGO Resource Centre Chaired by Mike Hall VSO Co-chaired by Helene Cunat CARE Minutes noted by Mike Hall and Helene Cunat. Brief Introductions Attendees introduced themselves Presentations Care: CARE VIETNAM PROGRAM AND APPROACH IN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT Highlights ; focus on the strengths based approach to organisational capacity assessment and CARE’s support in organisational development for Community Based Organisations and Self Help Groups of PLHIV. PACT: Pact Vietnam’s Approach: Supporting Organizational Capacity Development for Enhanced Efficacy & Sustainability Highlight; focus on PACT’s participatory and tailor-made approach on organisational capacity assessment for LNGOs and support on organisational capacity building. CECODES/SNV: DEVELOPING CAPACITIES FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION” Highlight on SPARK; an initiative to build the capacities of organizations and individuals who wish to scale up innovative solutions and models that have successfully addressed poverty-related issues such as employment creation, income generation, heath care, education, culture, and the environment. VSO: Code of Practice: Supporting Civil Society in Vietnam in organisational development Starting off with one framework for certification as a tool to encourage increased capability in Local NGOs, considering other possible ways, suggesting a group to work so see what might best work in Vietnam.

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Transcript of Minutes cdwg 13 april 2010 en

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CDWG Capacity Development Working Group

Meeting 13th April 2010 NGO Resource Centre

Chaired by Mike Hall VSO

Co-chaired by Helene Cunat CARE

Minutes noted by Mike Hall and Helene Cunat.

Brief Introductions Attendees introduced themselves

Presentations

Care: CARE VIETNAM PROGRAM AND APPROACH IN CAPACITY

DEVELOPMENT Highlights ; focus on the strengths based approach to organisational capacity assessment and CARE’s

support in organisational development for Community Based Organisations and Self Help Groups of

PLHIV.

PACT: Pact Vietnam’s Approach: Supporting Organizational Capacity

Development for Enhanced Efficacy & Sustainability Highlight; focus on PACT’s participatory and tailor-made approach on organisational capacity

assessment for LNGOs and support on organisational capacity building.

CECODES/SNV: DEVELOPING CAPACITIES FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION”

Highlight on SPARK; an initiative to build the capacities of organizations and individuals who wish to scale up innovative solutions and models that have successfully addressed poverty-related issues such as employment creation, income generation, heath care, education, culture, and the environment.

VSO: Code of Practice: Supporting Civil Society in Vietnam in

organisational development Starting off with one framework for certification as a tool to encourage increased capability in Local

NGOs, considering other possible ways, suggesting a group to work so see what might best work in

Vietnam.

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(The Presentations are available on the website.)

Brainstorming Ideas for WORKPLAN The following ideas were discussed:

1. Enhancing members understanding of what was happening in Capacity development;

including establishing resources about:

A calendar of events in capacity development (to be used also as a source of guest

speakers to the group for thematic discussions, where possible).

A Project Matrix.

A list of available suppliers of capacity development services (local and INGO) suggested

by some as a Michelin Guide to capacity development suppliers. This should be closely

coordinated with existing tools whenever appropriate.

A tool bank (with a combination of directly accessible materials and also links to other

sources of them)

2. Topics for discussion (or presentations). Things people wanted to know about.

Abt Associates and their work on building capacity for SHG groups in the field of HIV as

well as in supporting legal registration.

The legal situation for LNGOs and CBOs/SHGs (especially registration) and its impact on

capacity development

Grant making; best practices, capacity required for recipient organisations but also for

LNGOs who are starting to perform the role of grant managers and support available.

Capacity development support to Networks

Mentoring approaches and programmes to foster capacity development.

The Code of Practice. It was suggested that a small subgroup consider the issues and

make proposals for the full group. Issues that were raised were reviewing case-studies of

approaches like the Cambodian example and others especially in similar contexts;

making sure that the initiative addressed the needs of local organisations and that it

brought benefits to them, and that it fitted well into the Vietnamese culture; discussions

with VUSTA were recommended, especially as CARE knew that VUSTA was starting to

consider a similar initiative. Perhaps the group could see if it would work to establish a

dialogue focused on helping VUSTA achieve their objectives.

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Other Discussions It was requested that the ToR for the CDWG be translated into Vietnamese and circulated for

information to all the WG members. It was also noted that participation from Vietnamese

Organisations including CBOs and SHGs of PLHIV should be emphasized. At the first meeting there

was a large number of Vietnamese Organisations represented indirectly by volunteers working with

them but discussion centred on getting more local representation and this was agreed to be a key

factor if the WG was to be successful. The need for translation was discussed and some

organisations suggested that they could offer staff to translate for the meetings as long as this task

was shared and rotated. The need for publicity was emphasised and the value of feeding information

to and from other working groups was stated.

Actions Mike and Helene would develop a work plan based on the meeting and present to the core group

meeting first and to the next CDWG full meeting once endorsed by the core group.

Mike to progress the webpage

Next Meeting: In the meeting the next meeting was agreed to be on 8th June at 2pm in the NGORC meeting room.

(But this has had to be changed with proposed meetings now of the core group on the 22nd June and

the next full meeting on the 13th July).

Mike Hall and Helene Cunat

Chair and co-chair

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Attendees

Name Organisation Email Tel:

1 Steve Copple Samaritan’s Purse

[email protected] 6251 0448

2 Ian Bromage CCIHP/VSO [email protected]

3 Thang Mai SCDI [email protected]

4 Pham Hoai Thanh SCDI [email protected]

5 Dang Hoang Giang CECODES [email protected]

6 Trấn Chung Châu CARE [email protected]

7 Do Thanh Lam SNV [email protected]

8 Helene Cunat CARE [email protected]

9 Mike Hall VSO/CEPHAD [email protected]

10 Lynette Savings VSO/LIGHT [email protected]

11 Jeannie Zakharov NGORC/AVI [email protected]

12 Amy Sunseri PACT [email protected]

13 Hannah Lee CARE [email protected]

14 Shimpei Chihara VICOMC/VSO [email protected]

15 David Graham VSO [email protected]

16 Rachel Toner VCSPA [email protected]

17 Kiran Dhillon VNP+ [email protected]

19 Kathy Joyce PACT/VSO [email protected]

20 Claude Potvin AVI [email protected]

21 David Lankester REACH/VSO [email protected]

22 Roisin Hood n/a [email protected]

23 Trish Kane USSH/VSO [email protected]

24 Tran Huy Thong RDH [email protected]