Organizational Development Program Consultations

Organizational Development Program of the Horizonti Foundation offers the following consultations and forms of services.

Founding, registration of an NGO (registered union, foundation) and legislative issues.

Consultation Clients:
 Newly founded NGOs
 Initiative Groups
 Established NGOs
 International Organizations

Consultation Issues:
 History of NGO development, idea and importance of NGO
 Founding the NGO
 Organization statute
 Registration procedure
 Legislative requirement0s

NGO structure, Institutional Development Level, Board Development


Consultation Clients:
 Newly founded NGOs
 Established NGOs
 International (foreign) Organizations

Consultation Issues:
 Discussion of the existing structure of the organization
 Defining the institutional level of the organization
 Identification of actual problems, relevancy with the legislation
 Discussing future ways of structural development and different models
 Identification of Board functions
 Criteria for selection of Board members
 Functions of governing and executive bodies in the organization
 Their authorities and responsibilities
 The role of the director in the organization

Strategic Planning in NGOs

Consultation Clients:
 Newly founded NGOs
 Established NGOs
 International Organizations

Consultation Issues and Forms of Services:
 Presenting the management of the organization the technology of strategic planning process
 Facilitation of actual strategic planning process for individual organizations
 Concept and importance of strategic planning for the organization
 Strategic planning components

Financial Management

Consultation Clients:
 Newly founded NGOs
 Established NGOs
 International Organizations

Consultation Issues:
 Creating the project budget
 Creating the annual budget of the organization
 Defining the financial policy of the organization
 Establishing annual budget categories and budget forms

Project Writing


Consultation Clients:
 Newly founded NGOs
 Established NGOs
 International Organizations

Consultation Issues:
 Discussion of stages of project writing
 The main components of project-proposal
 Final package of the project
 Relations with donors

Fund Rising, Arranging Events


Consultation Clients:
 Newly founded NGOs
 Established NGOs
 International Organizations

Consultation Issues:
 What means of fund rising exist in Georgia nowadays
 Donors' status, who can grant funds
 Charity issues, motivation/legislation
 Donations, possible ways of addressing
 Analysis of fund rising methods
 Arranging events

Human Resource Management


Consultation Clients:
 Newly founded NGOs
 Established NGOs
 International Organizations

Consultation Issues:
 General principles of human resource management
 Selection of staff and criteria
 Technology of interviewing
 Staff future career planning, management, transfers
 Means of staff motivation
 Methods and means of staff professional development

Advocacy


Consultation Clients:
 Newly founded NGOs
 Particular CBOs
 Initiative Groups
 Established NGOs
 International Organizations

Consultation Issues and Forms of Services:
 Concept and importance of advocacy
 Advocacy process components
 Planning the particular advocacy process
 Facilitation of advocacy process planning
 Evaluation of advocacy process

Inter-organizational Management


Consultation Clients:
 Established NGOs
 International Organizations

Consultation Issues and Forms of Services:
 General principles of inter-organizational management
 Inter-policy of the organization
 Organization by-law
 Financial policy
 Structural model of the organization
 Policy of relations with partners
 Monitoring of activities
 Staff evaluation/self evaluation

Program Evaluation


Consultation Clients:
 Established NGOs
 International (foreign) Organizations
 Donor Organizations

Consultation Issues and Forms of Services:
 Concept and importance of evaluation
 Evaluation, self evaluation, monitoring
 Kinds and methods of evaluation
 Logical model of evaluation
 Parts of evaluation
 Working out the aim, object and plan of the evaluation
 Method of obtaining information
 Evaluation of projects financed

Consultations are for one hour and they are free of charge.

The price of particular consultations is defined by the terms of the contract and considers the level, frequency and duration of consultations in fixing the actual cost.