Deadline: 15-Nov-23
The Global Health Institute is currently accepting applications for the Arab Alliance for CSO Development (AACSOD) Program.
The Arab Alliance for CSO Development (AACSOD) is a 5-year flagship program established by NGOi in partnership with the Ford Foundation and the Asfari Foundation to provide services to civil society organizations (CSOs) in the Arab World. These services include tailored organizational development, capacity building, institutional strengthening, contextualization & Arabization, knowledge sharing, and organizational certification.
Each year, three countries from the Arab World will be selected for AACSOD implementation. In each of these three countries, five CSOs will be selected to engage in AACSOD’s organizational development program and ideally reach its organizational targets through performance improvement and strengthened internal capacities. The selected CSOs will be enrolled in an organizational development track/process through which, several performance improvement planning sessions, and monitoring and evaluation visits take place. The CSOs may also voluntarily select to undergo NGOi’s organizational certification with the aim to become AUB-certified NGOs/CSOs. The selected CSOs will also be provided exclusive access to training and capacity building opportunities.
What they are looking for?
- AACSOD is launching its second cycle of institutional strengthening and capacity building through which 15 CSOs will be selected to benefit from the program’s services over a period of 12-18 months. In this cycle, small to medium-sized CSOs based and operating in Iraq, Kuwait, or Morocco are encouraged to apply to enroll in the AACSOD program starting January 2024. All the fees associated with the program’s services will be waived for the selected CSOs. A National Expert will be assigned to each selected CSO to support them throughout their development journey.
- The selected CSOs will benefit from an array of bespoke services including but not limited to:
- Organizational Development and Institutional Strengthening: A standardized process of performance improvement planning based on a self-assessment conducted by a CSOs and validated by an expert, coupled with mentoring, coaching, and regular progress monitoring and evaluation.
- Training & Capacity Building: A set of contextualized courses on NGOs operational and strategic management that will be available in English & Arabic.
- Organizational Certification: A voluntary and non-governmental review process that assesses the governance and administrative structures as well as operational principles of the NGOs. The performance of the organization on the certification process is assessed using evidence-based criteria.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply to the AACSOD program, you must:
- Be a charity, not-for-profit, non-governmental or civil society organization
- Be legally registered and operating in Iraq, Kuwait, or Morocco
- Be serving communities residing in Iraq, Kuwait, or Morocco
- Have completed at least 1 project in Iraq, Kuwait, or Morocco
- Be able to invest time and commit team effort to implement performance improvement steps at the level of the organization
- Have principles and values that are supportive of diversity, equity, inclusion, fairness, respect to human rights, and responsibility towards the community
- Be able to communicate in Arabic and/or English
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