The African CSO Excellence Awards 2018
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The African CSO Excellence Awards is a joint initiative between EPIC-Africa and the Rockefeller Foundation. The Awards highlight the importance of organizational capacity to achieve program impact. The African CSO Excellence Awards reward organizations that demonstrate excellence across eight key elements of organizational capacity: Strategic Ability and Adaptability, Leadership and Governance, Financial Health and Management, Human Resources and Staff Development, Operations, Communications, Partnerships and Alliances, Monitoring and Evaluation.
Eligibility:
All legally registered not-for-profit, or other classification of social purpose organization, founded and led by Africans, composed in majority of African staff and working on major challenges impacting Africa are able to apply. Under this definition, international NGOs operating in Africa are not eligible for the Awards but their local partners who fit this description are encouraged to apply.
Why Apply?
Your organization will get an opportunity to fundraise on the international GlobalGiving Platform with a series of capacity building workshops for three members of staff.
You will get media visibility and networking opportunities through the African CSO Excellence Awards community.
The Awards also offer your organization the chance to:
- Assess your organizational capacity.
- Receive a confidential capacity diagnostic report to help benchmark your organization.
- Increase your visibility to local and international funders.
- Increase your credibility by demonstrating transparency and accountability.