NGOs need to develop the necessary resources in order to be able to develop and implement their programmes effectively. "Kickstart an NGO" contains strategies, tools, evaluations and other resources for an NGO. What roles do they have to play? What relationships and partnerships need to be developed?

Kickstart an NGO:

NGO Management Toolbox
Building Professionalism in NGOs/NPOs: Key Issues for Capacity Building Enhancing NGO Activities Stagnation and Decline: Symptoms and Treatments The Ten Most Common Reasons Grants are Declined Financial Management for NGOs New Roles for Professional NGOs Registering an NGO: A Quick Guide Internet Use: NGOs in Action Organizational Structure of an NGO An NGO for NGOs: Networking and Support Centers for NGOs Setting up an NGO's By-Laws A Sample Set of NGO by-laws Developing an NGO's Mission Statement	Starting an NGO
	Working with the Media
	NGO Fund Raising Strategies
	NGO Accountability
	Codes of Conduct for NGOs
	NGO Credibility and Legitimacy

General
• Roles of NGOs
• Skills required of an NGO
• Integrating NGOs and Governmental Action
• Key questions in promoting community economic development
• Components that change as an organization gets stronger

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  Documents and Reports
• Civil Society in a Conflict Environment: A Case of Gulu District in Northern Uganda and Policy Implications for Social Service Delivery - Julius Omona
• Working Together: ADB and NGOs - excerpts from a book
• NGO Strategic Networks: From Community Projects to Global Transformation - David Korten
• The UN and Japan in an Age of Globalization:The Role of Transnational NGOs in Global Affairs - Stephen Toulmin
• The Relationship Between the State and the Voluntary Sector - John Clark
• NGOs and Natural Resource Management in Mainland Southeast Asia - Sunil Subhanrao Pednekar
• Tips for global activists about running sound organizations - Joy Hyvarinen and Elizabeth Wall
• Participation and Intermediary NGOs - World Bank Dissemination Notes no. 22
• NGO Development: Focal Issues - World NGO Conference

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  Networking and Networks
• @t ease with e-mail: A handbook on using electronic mail for NGOs in developing countries
• Organizational, informational and electronic networking of NGOs
• NGO views on NGO Networking
• Trialogue on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Desertification: Focus on NGOs
• How an NGO Could Benefit from the Internet
• Publicizing NGO Efforts

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  Management of NGOs
• Enhancing NGO Activities
• Stagnation and Decline: Symptoms and Treatments
• The Ten Most Common Reasons Grants are Declined
• Financial Management for NGOs

• APC.org: Managing Your NGO
• Management Library for for-profits and non-profits
• Nonprofit Micro-eMBA
• ENRO Online course: Project Management for NGOs
• INC: The Nonprofit FAQ
• Nonprofit Organizational Assessment Tool
• Nonprofit Management Educational Resources: Learner Resource Center
• Management Accounting for NGOs
• Compilation of NGO/NPO Codes and Laws
• NGO Connect.Net

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  NGO Evaluation
• Evaluating Programme Performance: The Lack-Gap-Mismatch Analysis
• Discussion-Oriented Organizational Self-Assessment (DOSA)
• Beginner's Guide to Logical Framework Analysis
• IndianNGOs.com: NGO Credibility Forum - Criteria for Evaluating NGOs in India

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  Participation and Partnership
• Enhancement of NGO Participation
• NGO Roles in the Project Cycle
• Glossary of Participation Tools
• Involving NGOs in World Bank-supported Activities
• Indicators of Participatory Effectiveness in Intermediary NGOs
• Three Organizational Types
• Participation Sourcebook - World Bank
• Participation and Intermediary NGOs - World Bank
• Ashoka's Citizen Base Initiative

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  Capacity Building Tools
• A Simple Capacity Assessment Tool (SCAT) - B. Levinger
• The Decision-Making Matrix for Training (DMT) - B. Levinger
• The Decision-Making Matrix for Technical Assistance (DMTA) - B. Levinger
• Strategic Planning Checklist - B. Levinger
• Selecting Organizations for Strengthening Matrix (SOS) - B. Levinger
• How to Conduct a "Visioning" Exercise - WRI

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  Academic Resources
• NGO Management and Development Courses
• The European Civil Society Student Corner

Comments and suggestions: Hari Srinivas -