Financial Training Pack

Target groups :

Staff of FOASPS, national federations and their member organizations.

Program objectives :

The overall aim of this training program is to develop participants' ability to work towards supporting the Organization's financial viability.
More specifically, the program aims to bring national federations and their member organizations up to the required level of understanding and competence in :

• Concepts and tools for financial viability and resource mobilization in context;
• Techniques and tools for mobilizing financial resources that may be relevant to FOASPS member organizations in their local, regional and international context;
• Human resource mobilization and fundraising plans in accordance with donor guidelines and requirements and applicable laws;
• The resource mobilization cycle and the planning and monitoring of resource mobilization actions.

Expected results :

The following results are expected from this activity:

• The players in the national federations and their member organizations have mastered the concepts, guiding principles, techniques and tools of financial sustainability, the resource mobilization cycle and the key ingredients for expanding support from the government and technical and financial partners;
• The national federations and their member organizations have drawn up their resource mobilization plans in accordance with the guiding principles and requirements of the donors and the applicable legal framework, with technical support from the FOASPS permanent secretariat;
• A pool of resource mobilization trainers is available at national federation level to support stakeholders in the development, implementation and monitoring-evaluation of resource mobilization plans.