Building financial capacity for NGOs and their partners

About the course Financial management is the lifeblood of an organisation. Everyone working to achieve an NGO’s objectives has an important role to play in ensuring effective and proper use of financial resources. However, where basic financial management skills are lacking, it may stop donors funding the organisation, and possibly reduce programme impact. This practical course gives an overview and provides practical tools to improve financial capacity with both your own and your partners’ organisations. It also builds participants confidence in knowing what to look for to be ‘ready for funding’. Course content - The ‘what, why and who’ of financial management for NGOs - How to achieve good practice in financial management – key principles and frameworks  - Budgeting as a key process to improve financial capacity - Donors requirements as a prerequisite of funding - Strategic issues to build capacity and sustainability -  Working with partners to build their capacity Learning objectives By the end of this course, participants will be able to: - use financial management skills to build strong organisational capacity - manage budget processes and cash flow - explain donor funding requirements about financial management - use practical approaches to managing ‘reserves’ and ‘core costs’ - advise a partner on appropriate financial systems and practices and to build its capacity. This course will be relevant for beginner and intermediate levels. All topics will be covered briefly to make sure everyone understands before moving on. It would be most useful for anyone dealing with their organisation's partners (and for their own organisation too!). This will often be non-finance managers but finance staff will also benefit, particularly if they want to learn more about the practicalities of dealing with partners. A questionnaire will be sent out beforehand to capture attendees levels to make sure the course works best for everyone. Trainer profile John Cammack is a highly experienced advisor, consultant and trainer for the international not-for-profit/NGO sector. He was previously head of international finance at Oxfam GB and senior lecturer in accounting and financial management at Oxford Brookes University. John is a qualified accountant, manager and teacher, who holds an MSc in international development management and an MBA. He has worked with a wide range of agencies in over 50 countries, working with groups at all levels. He has been a trustee for a number of NGOs. His publications are widely used in the NGO sector. John was named as Global Business Insight Awards NGO Consulting firm of the year 2019.