Civil Society Leadership & Development
A vibrant civil society is critical to the development of any democratic community. Civil society organizations fulfill many roles, including advocating for citizens' rights, providing needed social services, and bridging the divide between citizens and government.
Partners provides the skills, peer mentoring and international best practices required for civil society organizations to flourish. This assistance includes organizational needs assessments and tailored trainings on conflict management, organizational development, financial management, strategic planning, advocacy, coalition building, and other skill sets.
With 20 years of experience building sustainable, respected local NGOs and strong civil society networks, Partners is a global leader in organizational development and coalition-building processes around the world.
- Partners for Sustainable Leadership is Partners new global model for establishing and scaling-up national, sustainable Centers on governance, rule of law, and civil society development with a focus on conflict and change management. Up to 10 national Centers will be established through 2011 by local social entrepreneurial leaders in each target country, who receive extensive training to establish their local Center.
- Cooperative Advocacy
Partners' Cooperative Advocacy programs teach civil society organizations to build coalitions and then work collaboratively with policy makers, business interests and other social sectors to create sustainable policy solutions, mutually beneficial social change and long-term partnerships across sectors. - Based on its own experience diversifying its income sources to respond to a shrinking pool of international donors, Partners-Slovakia developed an industry-leading training and consulting program in creative models of “Self-Financing for NGOs.” This training program has helped NGOs from Slovakia to Uzbekistan strategically plan and thrive in difficult funding environments.
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