View
22
Download
0
Category
Tags:
Preview:
DESCRIPTION
Global Standards Self-Assessment Results. Asia Pacific Regional Meeting Sean Garrett, June 30 th , 2011. Regional Results Participants. Participation from India, New Zealand, Thailand, Indonesia and Taiwan 81 total respondents 48 Staff 32 Board Members and Volunteers - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Citation preview
Global Standards Self-AssessmentResults
Asia Pacific Regional Meeting
Sean Garrett, June 30th, 2011
2
Regional Results Participants
• Participation from India, New Zealand, Thailand, Indonesia and Taiwan
• 81 total respondents
– 48 Staff
– 32 Board Members and Volunteers
– 1 Community Partner
3
Key Themes
• Mature operations with basic business operations in place
• Strong fundraising and governance practices in place
• Opportunity to better involve and manage relationships with stakeholders in the work of United Way
• There is a need to better define and implement community impact strategies
• Characteristics of organizations in between the community chest and community impact models
• Not everyone is in the same place
4
Greatest Strengths
• Standards– 2.4 Safety, Courtesy, Respect and Support– 1.4 Root Causes– 2.6 Inclusiveness and Diversity– 4.4 Legal Operation
• Components– Resource Mobilization– Governance, Ethics and Volunteer Leadership– Volunteerism
5
Greatest Opportunities
• Standards– 2.2 Mutually Beneficial– 2.5 Accurate Representation– 1.3 Shared Vision– 6.3 Culture of Relationships– 7.3 Involvement of People– 7.4 System Approach to Management
• Components– Operations and Management– Reputation and Relationships – Financial Accountability and Transparency– Community Impact
The use of SAT by UW of Taiwan
6
Steps taken by UW of Taiwan
• Introduction of Global Standards
• Communication with Board members
• Translation of Global Standards and SAT
• Review with Standing board members
• Board & Staff retreat for future strategies
• Strategic plan
7
Introduction of Global Standard
• Since 2006
• Explore US united way models
• Localization – language, scope of community … etc.
• Pilot programs
• Communication – with staff, volunteers and partners
8
Board members
• Report & Introduction of Self Assessment Tool
• Review SAT with individual board members
• Collect feedback (agrees and disagrees) over the process
• Communicate misunderstanding and differences
• Lessons learned
• Definition of “community” – the role of State, Market. Civil Society and Family
• Positioning of UW organizations varies
• Redefining 3 focuses – Education, Income and Health
9
Board & Staff retreat
• Use SAT as a reference structure for further development
• Reflect on differences with local facts
• Communication, communication, and more communication
• Visions, strategic goals … etc.
• Benefits
• Reminder of improving governance capacity
• Restructuring sub-committees – auditing and ethics
• Bold action as milestone for UWTW as 2012 will be our 20th anniversary
10
Next steps
Table Discussion
• How can we use regional network to improve my local work?
• What are the vehicles we can use to do this?
– The Asia Pacific Learning Center
– Regional Conferences
– On webinars
– Conference Calls
– Other exchange opportunities
Thank you
Recommended