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General goals and policies

The Social Fund for Development’s (SFD) Training and Organizational Support Unit focuses on achieving:

Sustainable community development.
Organizational development.
Institutional development and capacity building for SFD partners— community groups, local authorities, civil society organizations, certain government entities—engaged in efforts to reduce poverty.

The unit’s training projects develop skills, improve performance and outputs, train trainers, provide onsite training, support governorate-level executive organs and reinforce the role of local councils. Its organizational support projects strengthen community groups; literacy programs (providing equipment and teaching aids and promoting new teaching methods geared to the needs of different beneficiaries); cooperatives involved in literacy, community development, and productive activities; women’s training centers, cooperatives, and handicrafts associations; and filing, documentation, accounting, and database systems. Organizational support projects also establish public libraries.

Training and organizational support projects are based on local demand. A participatory approach is used—for example, some organizations that receive support, such as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), are required to finance about 5 percent of a project’s equipment costs. Projects target women and include them in all activities.

To receive support, organizations must have legal status and be engaged in sustainable activities related to the SFD’s general areas of focus. In addition, organizations’ financial and administrative activities must be transparent, and they must have the administrative and technical capacity to continue performing the supported activities. The SFD also requires that training programs be monitored and evaluated to ensure their sustainability as well as their effectiveness in creating jobs and raising incomes.

Projects begin with requests submitted by potential beneficiaries. A request usually contains a description of the project, its justification and estimated cost, and information on the beneficiary organization’s activities and objectives. After a project officer determines that a request conforms to SFD criteria, more information is gathered from the beneficiary agency. An SFD officer or consultant then visits the proposed project site to assess needs and ascertain the transparency of the beneficiary agency—including a review of its financial records and past and present activities. If everything is in order, project implementation begins.

Many organizations and individuals benefit, directly or indirectly, from the SFD’s training and organizational support projects. The main direct beneficiaries include associations and cooperatives, community groups, local authorities (local councils, executive organs), selected government entities, small and micro-entrepreneurs, and individuals.

Areas of intervention

Assisting nongovernmental organizations

Aiding community organizations

Supporting local authorities

Aiding government entities

Supporting the National Program for Community Development and Productive Families

Strengthening literacy activities

Developing marketing skills and occupational literacy for micro-entrepreneurs

Establishing public libraries

 

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