Resources

Here you can download resources to help you strengthen your organisation and partners, resources about the PLP, and on issues relevant to small and diaspora organisations working in Africa.

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Advocacy and Influencing

Participatory Advocacy - A PLP Guide to Making the Most of VSO's Participatory Advocacy Toolkit (PLP/INTRAC)

Participatory Advocacy - A Toolkit for VSO Staff, Volunteers and Partners (VSO)

How to Guide to Advocacy and Campaigning (BOND)

KnowHow Nonprofit's Campaigning and Lobbying Resources (KnowHow Nonprofit)

10 Tactics for Turning Information into Action (Tactical Technology Collective)

The Quick and Easy Guide to Online Advocacy (Tactical Technology Collective) -

Toolkit for People-Centred Advocacy (Participatory Governance Exchange)

IDASA Advocacy Handbook for CBOs (IDASA)

Capacity Building for Advocacy - Praxis Paper 25 (INTRAC)

Tracking Progress in Advocacy - M&E Paper 4 (INTRAC)

Mobilising Communities on Young People's Health and Rights: An advocacy toolkit for programme managers (Family Care International)

Mobilising Communities on Young People's Health and Rights: An advocacy training guide (Family Care International)

Financial and Operational Management

How to Guide to Project Budgeting (BOND)

KnowHow Nonprofit's Financial Management Resources (KnowHow Nonprofit)

Mango's Guide to Financial Management for NGOs (Mango)

Building Capacity through Financial Management: A Practical Guide (Oxfam)

Financial Management Book List

Financial Management for Development (John Cammack, INTRAC)

Fundraising and Communications

Fundraising for Success - A PLP Toolkit (PLP/INTRAC)

PLP Fundraising Workshop Report (PLP Fundraising Workshop/INTRAC)

How to Guide to Fundraising from Institutions (BOND)

How to Guide to Fundraising from Trusts, Foundations and Companies (BOND)

The Institute of Fundraising (IoF)

NCVO's Advice and Support on Sustainable Funding (NCVO)

KnowHow Nonprofit's Fundraising Resources (KnowHow Nonprofit)

KnowHow Nonprofit's Marketing and Branding Resources (KnowHow Nonprofit)

The Directory of Social Change - Training, books and directories on fundraising (DSC)

Top Tips from Fundraisers (Sofii)

Message In-a-Box: Tactical tips for communicating your cause (Tactical Technology Collective)

Tips and Techniques for Taking Photographs in the Field (Research Into Use)

A Guide to Fundraising for Small NGOs (Network Learning)

Governance and Leadership

Effective Governance - A PLP Toolkit (PLP/INTRAC)

PLP Governance Workshop Report (PLP Governance Workshop/INTRAC)

PLP Governance Workshop Presentations (PLP Governance Workshop/INTRAC)

Good Governance: A Code for the Voluntary and Community Sector

National Occupational Standards for Trustees and Management Committee Members

Board Self-Evaluation Exercise (PLP Governance Workshop/INTRAC)

Sample Trustee Code of Conduct (NCVO)

NCVO Trustee and Governance and Information Centre (NCVO)

The Charity Commission's Governance Resources (Charity Commission)

KnowHow Nonprofit's Governance Resources (KnowHow Nonprofit)

Mentoring Leaders of HIV/AIDS Community-Based Organisations - Praxis Note 24 (INTRAC)

Learning Leadership Development from African Cultures: A personal perspective - Praxis Note 25 (INTRAC)

Executive Coaching for Leadership Development - Praxis Note 27 (INTRAC)

World Cup Special: How to build a winning team - Praxis Note 51 (INTRAC)

Leadership Book List

Effective Strategic Leadership (John Adair)

Fusion Leadership (Richard Daft and Robert Lengel)

The Power of Servant Leadership (Robert Greenleaf)

Developing the Leader Within You (John Maxwell)

The Spirit of Leadership (Harrison Owen)

Maverick (Ricardo Semler)

Change the World (Robert Quinn)

Legal Affairs and Human Resources

KnowHow Nonprofit's Employment Law and HR Resources (KnowHow Nonprofit)

KnowHow Nonprofit's Recruiting and Managing Staff Resources (KnowHow Nonprofit)

Distinctives: HR and Legal Affairs for Christian Organisations (Christian Distinctives Trust)

Monitoring and Evaluation

How to Guide to Monitoring and Evalution (BOND)

Monitoring and Evaluation News (MandE)

CDRA Monitoring and Evaluation Resources (Community Development Resource Association)

PSO's Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Learning Theme (PSO)

Participatory M&E in Practice - Praxis Paper 21 (INTRAC)

Learning and Accountability: A monitoring and evaluation consultant's perspective - Praxis Note 32 (INTRAC)

Impact Assessment: Understanding and assessing our contribution to change - M&E Paper 7 (INTRAC)

ONTRAC 37: Rethinking M&E (INTRAC)

Who Measures Change? An introduction to participatory monitoring and evaluation of Communication for Social Change (Communication for Social Change)

M&E Book List

Toolkits: A Practical Guide to Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment - Save the Children Development Manual (Save the Children)

Sharpening the Development Process: A Practical Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation (INTRAC)

Organisational Strategy and Programme Planning

Strategic Planning - A PLP Toolkit (PLP/INTRAC)

Strategic Planning Workshop Report (PLP Strategic Planning Workshop/INTRAC)

KnowHow Nonprofit's Organisational Strategy Resources (KnowHow Nonprofit)

Book List

Strategic Management for Nonprofit Organizations (Roger Courtney)

Good to Great (Jim Collins)

Strategy Safari (Henry Mintzberg)

Managing Without Profit (Mike Hudson)

Understanding Voluntary Organizations (Charles Handy)

General

The Effectiveness Tool: A guide for self assessment on good practice in international development (NIDOS)

The Barefoot Guide to Working with Organisations and Social Change (CDRA)

Organisational Learning in NGOs: Creating the Motive, Means and Opportunity - Praxis Paper 3 (INTRAC)

Using African Proverbs in Organisational Capacity Building - Praxis Note 6 (INTRAC)

OD and Christian Organisations Learning Group

General Book List

Autonomy or Dependence? Case studies of north-south NGO partnerships (Brehm)

Capacity Building For NGOs: Making it Work (James, Hailey)

Capacity Building Framework: A values-based programming guide (Lipson, Hunt)

PLP documents