Succession planning is not a common practice in civil society organizations (CSOs). The objectives of this Issue Paper are to both make a case for the importance of succession planning and to use the experiences of CSOs to provide realistic suggestions on how CSOs can...
This article focuses on the life cycle of civil society organization (CSO) boards within the African context. A key driver of operational resilience and sustainability is the capability of CSOs to establish and cultivate effective boards. Board governance is an...
This Facilitation Handbook is intended to be used as a resource for planning participatory, contextualized and high-quality events. The fundamental facilitation skills and activities in this handbook are applicable in a variety of events, such as meetings,...
This report presents the findings from qualitative empirical research undertaken by the West Africa Civil Society Institute and Global Fund for Community Philanthropy aimed at understanding localization agenda and shift the power as mechanisms to strengthen power and...
Civil society organizations (CSOs) in Ghana are generally fragile and dependent on donor funding mechanisms for survival. Recent studies show that financial sustainability of CSOs is challenging, which has spurred conversations on new alternative funds mobilization...