09ud-5395 - Leadership for Change (LFC) phase II
Strengthening of the partner organisation and capacity building The project targets staff of different SCC and Vi partner organisations involved in rural development activities, in Eastern Africa, who are trained as trainers. These in turn work (mostly) with leaders, managers and members of co-operatives, farmers’ associations or other groups with economic objectives. At the beginning of a year, the management of the projects or organisations identified select the participants (competent staff) from their projects / organisations, who are taken through all the 4 different arenas during the course of the year (trained as trainers). The trained trainers then are charged with sensitising, mobilising, training officials and members of the co-operative organisations / farmer associations and conduct follow-ups. Thus the project provides capacity to SCC/Vi partner organisations so that they attain the competence and capacity to continuously foster leadership development in the process of organisational development in member based organisations (MBO) and informal sectors. A special interest is paid to identification and reaching out to female members of staff and member organizations. Later in the project, beneficiary organisations would gain new competence as they would apply new approaches in practice. Trained managers and leaders would demonstrate their newly acquired leadership competencies and become advocates for creative new ideas. Another key competency would be empathy with customers. All organisations would deliver value; the managers, leaders and members would become aware of what products the organisations offer and how they compare with the wider market thereby being aware of competition and coping strategies. The members, leaders and managers would be able to understand their roles better, develop clear strategies and objectives and relate better with other people and organisations. Some of the expected specific benefits by the MBO include · Improved leadership and management. · Improved competence (especially required in such a liberalized economy). · Ability to analyze their current situation and develop a vision. · Have developed strategies of how to become viable and vital. · Have enhanced ability to become more beneficial to members. · Increased membership. · Improved business. Budget 650.000 SEK (2009)