MANGO: Strategic Financial Management for NGOs: Managing for Financial Sustainability

The Management Accounting for Non Governmental Organisations (MANGO) is a small UK based charity which works with NGOs to transform their financial management.

MANGO is conducting a three-day course on Strategic Financial Management for NGOs: Managing for Financial Sustainability, from 24-26 August 2009 in Pretoria.

This course is aimed at senior managers and those responsible for strategic management, including maintaining the financial continuity and security of their NGOs. The workshop focuses on strategic financial management challenges, such as financing strategies for sustainability, building reserves, financing core costs and managing donor relationships.

Course content
The three-day workshop focuses on:

• What does strategic financial management involve?
• The key features of financial sustainability
• Financial risk analysis – knowing your ‘enemy’
• Building a financing strategy – planning for financial sustainability
• Donor dependency versus diversification of funds
• The challenge of financing and managing core costs
• Building and managing reserves – risks and rewards
• Planning for the unthinkable – using scenario planning techniques
• Managing donor relationships
• Integrating financial management into operational management

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