Transcript JOUNEES DRT 2010

Component 1: Support
DPOs to… Prepare for
action through
developing internal
capacities
DRT Seminar, Madagascar
31st October-4th November 2011
Priscille Geiser, Head of Technical Unit on « Support to Civil Society »
Purpose and major components
► This component relates to developing DPOs’ internal capacities in
view of acquiring the skills required for efficient and successful
action
► Purpose: DPOs are efficient and legitimate organizations
coordinating their efforts to represent the interests of persons
with disabilities
► 2 major components:
• Development of DPOs’ organisational capacities (management,
administration, finance, strategic planning, project development)
• Strengthening of DPOs’ function as representative organisations
(associative governance, expertise in new models and approaches of
disability, capacities as civil society actors)
Types of actions
► Developing organisational capacities:
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Organisational self-assessment
Training (project cycle management, administration…)
Consultancies
Peer counselling
Calls for micro-grants
► Strengthening the function of representation
• Strengthening associative governance: election modalities,
representativity, information sharing, decision making
• Training DPOs on new models of disability and advocacy techniques
Guiding questions
► What are the major challenges that DPOs face with regard
to the functioning of their organisation as an associative and
representative structure?
• How to choose the best strategy to strengthen a disability
movement? Supporting existing structures to improve or
supporting new organisations to emerge?
• When/ where should HI stop supporting DPOs to develop
organisational capacities? What are the different options of
partnership?
• How to support DPOs to become more representative? How to
identify visible structures and invisible structures? What are the
possible governance models?
• What are possible mechanisms to ensure good sharing of
information and power between DPOs/ federation and
members/ member organisations?