Welcome to another edition of GDRC's Mosaic!
This month, GDRC Mosaic is being set to more
than 950 subscribers in 110 countries worldwide.
THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT: 1Financial Strategies for NGOs
from GDRC's Programme on the NGO Cafe, in its
"Kickstart an NGO" Section.
"Having adequate financies to run programmes can make
or break an NGO. But a really good idea will not have
problems finding funds ... "
As the programmes and projects of NGOs expand, the need
for money to run their operations becomes all the more critical.
Much of this comes from third party funding organizations,
either in the country where the NGO operates, or in OECD
countries that assist projects in developing countries.
Based on the work of the NGO Cafe, a set of documents has
been created to collate current thinking and resources on
the topic. These are strategies for fund raising in general,
and the Cafe itself does not disburse funds to NGOs.
GDRC has been working on these and related issues .
Resources on this topic are availble at:
http://www.gdrc.org/ngo/funding/fund-raising.html
As with all sections of GDRC, contributions, comments
and suggestions are always welcome from users and
subscribers! Please contact GDRC's Coordinator at -
mosaic@gdrc.org
FOCUS ON GDRC: LEARNING LESSONS
Not 1+2=3, but a+b=c
And another mathematical formula to illustrate the
information design practices of GDRC. To a large
extent the content and format of information provided
by the GDRC facilitates the user's thinking and
decision-making processes.
A wide variety of information is available for
different purposes and audiences. It is very
critical, therefore, that the info provided should
enable the user to localize and customize it to
fit the purpose for which it is sought.
And hence the title of this piece. We need less
of [1+2=3], i.e. whee info is fixed, specific/focused
and linear, and more of [a+b=c]. i.e. where the
user can put his/her own value to a and b and
get as unique c. In other words, the user uses
the info provided by localizing and customiszing
it to the scale and situation where it is to be used.
MONTHLY STATISTICS FOR GDRC'S WEBSITE
Total hits encountered - 1,092,611
Total files downloaded - 909,359
Total pages viewed - 326,167
Total web visitors - 133,895
Total KBytes - 9,226,057
Pages per day - Avg. 10,872; Max. - 15,165
Visits per day - Avg. 4,463; Max. - 5,789
WHAT'S NEW AT GDRC'S WEBSITE?
Some highlights of new items added to GDRC's programmes:
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