DSD details
Sub-programme description:
To facilitate the development of institutional capacity for Non- Profit Organisations and other emerging organisations.
Programme focus
The strategic vision of the ICBS programme is to grow a dynamic, sustainable, healthy and effective NPO sector. The well-being of the NPO sector is not the concern of the department alone and, in collaboration with key partners the department will develop a Provincial ICB strategy that will guide on key interventions of the programme to be delivered through the provision of information, training, capacity building, a NPO Help Desk function and local networks of support to NPO’s at a district level.
It is recognized that the NPO sector is a significant partner to the Department in enhancing access to social welfare services throughout the province. Within the Mpumalanga Province a total number 5947 NPO’s are registered within the Social Development sector. In acknowledging the significance of this partnership, it is recognized that the NPO sector is a vibrant and ever changing sector that operates in a complex and ever changing environment. Key challenges and developmental areas experienced by NPOs have been found to be in the areas of governance, financial management, monitoring and evaluation, planning and managing operations and fundraising towards sustainability.
These challenges hamper the Department in its efforts at delivering a predictable and sustained network of contracted social welfare services. It also reduces service delivery partners’ overall ability to accurately account for public funds disbursed. The ICBS Programme will therefore re-position itself to strategically respond to these challenges by providing an appropriate basket of Capacity Enhancement Support Services aimed at Organisational Development and the development of good governance practices. Capacity Enhancement Support services will specifically focus on:
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