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Strategic Vision
Preliminary Notes
Challenges that face NGOs
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In view of the political and economic developments
on the Palestinian level, and the emergence of the PNA, it has become
necessary for all NGOs to revise the following in a comprehensive manner:
their vision, long term and short term objectives, and their strategies.
They should be innovative in setting development programs that are in
accordance with national development priorities and respond to the
community’s needs, especially the poor and marginalized. This has taken
place in some institutions and others are following in their footsteps.
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To organize their internal structure in
accordance with the NGO Law.
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To implement an internal democratic system within
the NGOs through: internal democratic elections, common decision making,
transparency, accountability, and developing relationships between the NGO
and its members on the one hand and between the NGO and its board of
directors and its general assembly on the other.
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It is also necessary for the NGOs to realize that
they cannot be a substitute for political parties or factions.
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To increase community and popular participation
including the targeted population at the various stages of the Project
cycle (needs assessment, planning and implementation, monitoring and
evaluation).
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It is important to develop mechanisms and
strategies to reach the poorer and most marginalized categories of the
population.
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Develop a clear vision and understanding of the
nature of Palestinian society that we are trying to build.
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Develop its
administrative structure
and dispense with some of the political, individual or family composition.
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To develop its
administrative and
financial systems, so as to enhance accountability, transparency and thus
develop its productivity.
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To provide capacity building to the institution
and to the employees so as to enable them to face the prerequisites of the
future phase, and the challenges of entering a new millennium with all its
implications, possessing the necessary knowledge, skills and information
to be up to the progression required in the various fields of life. This
should enable the NGO to move away from charity work with a relief nature
to professional development work. Without the NGO losing its creativity
and flexibility.
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To combine voluntary work and civil society work
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To reach united stances in regard to some donor
agencies imposing their agendas, which do not suit, and do not respond to
the national development priorities.
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To contribute to developing coordination and
cooperation mechanisms with the PNA.
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To enlarge networking on the local level, but
also with Arab, and international NGOs.
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To contribute to developing a code of conduct
between non-governmental and governmental organizations.
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