Course and Registration for the October 2014 CSO Retreat

Overview of the Retreat

Successful NGOs provide high quality services to beneficiaries. Competition among NGOs in the delivery of services and in the acquisition of donor funding is rising. To achieve success, NGOs have to continually improve and professionalize their work, which puts more and more demands on the management and leadership of an organization.

This upcoming Kogi Central CSOs Network Retreat provides you with core knowledge, practical skills and tools to manage and lead effectively a nonprofit organization. In this course, you first discuss understanding and challenges of sustainable development.

Special attention is given to the participants' behavioral competencies in managing and leading a NGO in the era of virtual world. Solid governance and a well-functioning board are crucial for the sustainability of the organization. You learn how to develop a sound human resources policy and how to put it into practice - management is, in the end, "the art of getting things done through people" (Mary Parker Follet).

It is a paradigm shift from the old order and an opportunity for networking among seasoned practitioners in the sector. Some of the topics selected for presentation by experts in the field include the following:

 

1.                  Understanding Civil Society Organizations: Who They Are and What They Do

2.                  Use of Internet, benefits and Security

3.                  The Unlimited You

4.                  The Truth About Unemployment: Empowering Youths To take Action

5.                  Making A Job – The Entrepreneurial Reality

 

Participating Fee for member of CSOs is Five Thousand Naira Only (N5000) payable into the following account:

 

Account Name            - Latifah Isah

Account No:                - 0021806888

Name of Bank:           – Guaranty Trust Bank Plc.