Training Course Description

For managers in international organizations, it is important to understand that ‘not all money is equal’. While operational needs push you to consider all available funding sources in the short term, the political-diplomatic and administrative implications differ, both at the organizational and at department/office level. How do we know this? A growing body of research demonstrates that funding approaches and choices have fundamentally undermined multilateralism. It has shown how funding modalities lead to significant performance challenges for some programmes and organizations.

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By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Articulate the strategic risks of assessed and voluntary funding streams, both at the level of their immediate responsibilities and at the level of their organization;

• Identify measures to mitigate those risks in the design, negotiation, implementation, and evaluation phases of decision-making. This includes strategies for assessed funding negotiations, e.g., early informal discussions with influential member states in each regional group] or negotiating with donors for earmarked and flexible voluntary funding, incl. strategically working with CSOs and government agencies in the design phases and using quality evaluation to ensure continued financing;

• Use the risk register template to evaluate and mitigate risks for their own programmes and projects.

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