Capacity Building
Capacity building enables nonprofit organizations and their leaders to develop competencies and skills that can make them more effective and sustainable, thus increasing the potential for organisations to enrich lives and solve society’s most intractable problems. Your Ideas Matter under the aegis of the European Patients Forum is implementing in five consecutive years a Capacity Building Programme for patients organisations.
Capacity Building in Fundrasing (2017)
The module was implemented for 17 patient organisations in Bulgaria. The module is designed to support patient organizations in diversifying the sources of income which would allow them to achieve a greater level of sustainability and independence. The program explore the topics of fundraising sources and techniques, and how to achieve the sustainable fundraising in accountable and transparent manner. Participants benefit from presentations and practical activities, including the task to develop their own fundraising strategies and plans. The module is a combination of face-to-face trainings and organisational coaching concerning participants’ individual fundraising strategies and plans.
Funding
European Patients Forum
Coordination
Your Ideas Matter (Bulgaria)
Duration
March 2018 – November 2021
Capacity Building in Leadership and Positive Governance (2018 & 2019)
The module is implemented for 24 + patients organisation from different countries, operating at national and/or European level. The module aims to strengthen patient organisations by enhancing their leaders’ leadership skills and consequently enabling positive governance, with the final objective of supporting patient organisations in positioning themselves as legitimate stakeholders, strong advocates and reliable partners on the national and European health policy environment.
The module is a combination of face-to-face trainings, individual and group coaching on concrete topics. The module started with an online kick-off session during which participants met each other and further defined the scope of the modules and is followed by a face to face two-day training session in Brussels. The training layed down the foundation for a 4 months intense individual coaching programme and will be finalised with a face to face two-day international training session.
The final element of the programme is the design and development of TOOLKIT on empowering leadership and positive governance to serve and improve patient organisations’ day to day work.
Capacity Building in Fundraising and Engagement (2020 & 2021)
The module is implemented for 24+ patients organisation from different countries, operating at national and/or European level. The module aims to strengthen patient organisations by laying down the basics in fundraising and engagement strategies. Within the module our developed a tool available to all organisations – a fundraising canvas.
Due to Covid-19, the module is a combination of online training modules (webinars), individual and group coaching on concrete topics. The programme fosters the knowledge in fundraising while developing patient leaders engagement skills. The webinars are decided in covering both topics by also offering the opportunity for good practices exchange between patient organisations from different countries and disease areas. The final stage of the programme presents the alumni perspective by organising a joint event for exchange of knowldge and skills on different target groups engagement and fundraising.
2021 Capacity Building Programme on Fundraising and Engagement
For fifth year our team will work in cooperation with European Patients Forum to implement a capacity building programme for patient organisation from all over Europe. Between 25-30 organisation will be selected to engage in the 6-months programme with our team with...
2020 Capacity Building for Empowering Leadership and Positive Governance programme
We are grateful to have the opportunity for forth year in 2020 to collaborate with the European Patients Forum in the implementation of the Capacity Building for Empowering Leadership and Positive Governance programme. This year another 24 organisations will...
2019 Capacity Building for Empowering Leadership and Positive Governance programme
We are grateful to have the opportunity for third year in 2019 to collaborate with the European Patients Forum in the implementation of the Capacity Building for Empowering Leadership and Positive Governance programme. This year another 24 organisations will...
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1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Phone
+359 889 519 953