Organisational Assessments of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) in View of Possible Qualifications as Sida's Framework and/or Strategic Partner Organisations

Author(s)
Svensson, N., et al.
Publication language
English
Pages
70pp
Date published
10 Oct 2013
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Capacity development, Partnerships, Development & humanitarian aid

The purpose of this assignment is to conduct an organisational assessment of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) based on the qualification criteria established by SIDA. The assessment is intended to be used by Sida Unit for Humanitarian Assistance as support in their upcoming decision concerning NRC’s qualification as a strategic partner organisation.
NRC has been assessed against the criteria corresponding to the appropriation item “Support via Humanitarian Assistance”.
With the qualification criteria as the basis, an organisation applying to become a framework and/or strategic partner organisation to Sida will be assessed as to:
- the degree to which the organisation is representative, independent and has well-anchored operations;
- the existence, effectiveness and compliance to the organisation’s internal management and control systems;
- the organisation’s capacity and skills to achieve and report relevant results towards the strategy(ies)3; and
- the organisation’s capacity and skills to undertake policy and methodological work.