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Capacity Building

Capacity Building

Rationale

There are more than 3000 national and international NGOs registered with the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Foreign Affair and International Collaboration, operating in Cambodia. These NGOs are working to support various sectors including health, community development, education, biodiversity conservation, natural resource management, human rights, and democracy. As a worldwide nature conservation partnership, BirdLife International came to Cambodia in 1997 and has been seeking a suitable national NGO to be its partner organization. Unfortunately, no local NGO has fulfilled the required criteria, and for this reason, BirdLife established its own program office in Cambodia in 2003. After more than 12 years, it is acknowledged that biodiversity conservation and implementing projects still strongly depend on international NGOs. Most national NGOs develop their capacity toward implementing sustainable natural resources management, while most scientific reports are developed by foreign experts and are not available in the Cambodian language, limiting the possibility of a successful national NGO emerging

NatureLife Cambodia was established with the aim of being a strong Cambodian NGO which plays a leading role in biodiversity conservation, with a scientific foundation. Significant efforts in building the NGO’s capacity must be carried out in order to strengthen its position as a national science-based organization.

Goal

Become a science-based local organization that can implement conservation projects and providing reliable information on birds and biodiversity

Objective

  1. To develop institutional capacity to engage with and influence the government and key decision makers
  2. To enhance the institutional capacity of NatureLife Cambodia to ensure the good governance and support the organization’s growth
  3. To ensure financial sustainability of NatureLife Cambodia

Strategy

  1. Assess, develop, and implement a human resource capacity building plan.
  2. Support high-level capacity building of NLC staff.
  3. High-level capacity building opportunity for NLC core staff to raise their expertise to international standards.
  4. Ensure the functioning of the governing board.
  5. Ensure the functioning of the executive committee.
  6. Ensure regular communication between governing board and executive committee.
  7. Develop required policies to ensure good governance.
  8. Recruit and expand NLC membership.
  9. Apply to be a partner of national and international networks.
  10. Develop a fundraising strategy with BirdLife International Cambodia Program.
  11. Build capacity of executive committee to develop funding proposals to submit to donors (to secure restricted funds).
  12. Build capacity and initiate activities or services to raise unrestricted funding (including membership fees)