Strategic Planning Workshop for National

Transcript:Strategic Planning Workshop for National:
Strategic Planning Workshop for National Partnerships Introductions – hopes and concerns Introductions Hopes and expectations Workshop objectives To understand strengths and weaknesses of Girls Not Brides national partnership. To set clear objectives for the Girls Not Brides national partnership. To make action plan for Girls Not Brides national partnership. To ensure roles and responsibilities of members in Girls Not Brides national partnership. How will this workshop be run? We want to learn from you so… Not much lecturing! Lots of discussion, analysis and working things out collectively Participatory approaches Flexibility – we have an agenda but this will be reviewed daily and amendments made for the following day A workshop repot will be prepared to capture the outcomes of the sessions. Monitoring groups Each day a ‘monitoring’ group (4-5 people) will review the workshop and give feedback to inform the next day Group should review the day and provide feedback to facilitators on what works Facilitators need to amend agenda for following day based upon recommendations Timeline Timeline exercise – 1 hour Map your biggest achievements/biggest advocacy activities on this timeline How did the partnership/organisation change internally (e.g. growth of membership, funding, governance) Map what were the key obstacles you faced as a partnership EXTERNAL environment: What was happening in the policy environment with regards to CM? E.g. when did the issue emerge on the agenda/when did the issue grow on the public agenda? Who was for us/against us? SWOT Analysis SWOT Analysis- assessing ourselves and our environment. An exercise to help us understand our qualities and limitations as and partnership and analyse the environment in which we work. S= Strengths (internal). Think about what makes our partnership strong; which assets and qualities do we have? W= Weakness (internal). What are our limitations? Where can we not deliver and what needs to improve? O= Opportunities (external). What are the opportunities for us to make a difference or have influence/power. What opportunities do we need to make use of to achieve our goal? T= Threats (external). What are the risks we face? How do they influence our work? And how can we mitigate them? SWOT Analysis Group exercise- 30 mins Divide into 3 groups Fill in the SWOT analysis as a group (30 mins). Use the handout as a guide. Write down you SWOT analysis on a flipchart. Vison and Values We exist because they want to make a difference in