Topical Working Groups

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Topical Working Groups
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Topical working groups (TWGs)

• Goal
• Identifying and collecting best practices,
  challenges, lessons learnt
• Reflecting and generalising criteria, compiling
  an overview on what works well in different areas
  of fundraising for development and humanitarian
  issues
• Formulating recommendations on systemic
  improvements in raising funds

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Topical working groups (TWGs)

• Fundraising for humanitarian vs. development aid
• Transparency, trustworthiness and effectiveness
• Supporting mechanisms/strategies for private
  funds mobilization
• Raising private funds in digital and networked
  society
• Or other topics also possible (integration of
  awarness raising through
• campaigning with raising funds, or PR and
  marketing, etc.)

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Fundraising for humanitarian vs. development aid

• PL Connection of raising awarness with
  fundraising (PAH Water for Sudan)
• CZ People in need - How to fundraise for
  humanitarian and development issues (Direct
  dialog Club of Friends)
• SK Projects of People in Peril
• HU Interchurch one organisation comparing
  fundraising for humanitarian vs. development
  issues

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Transparency, trustworthiness and effectiveness

• PL Church-related charities
• CZ Measuring effectiveness and how to use it for
  fundraising
• SK Worst practices in direct mail for
  development issues
• HU Impact Coalition

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Supporting mechanisms/strategies for private
funds mobilization

• PL Tax legislation, incl. best practices of
  taxes
• CZ Easy Giving Coalition
• SK Charitable lottery / 2 income tax mechanism
• HU ?

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Raising private funds in digital and networked
society

• PL Pajacyk (PAH)
• CZ E-shop
• SK DMS (CZ SK)
• HU ?

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Activities of Topical working groups

• Collection of data
• Participation in Fact-Finding trip(s) and Study
  Visit(s)
• Writing case studies/handbooks for the
  Comprehensive Publication
• Reviewing case studies of the other TWG members
• Participation in final meeting of the TWG
• Generalising criteria, compiling an overview on
  what works well in different areas of fundraising
  for development/humanitarian issues in CE
• Formulating recommendations for transparency
• Formulating recommendations on systemic
  improvements in raising private funds

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Activities of Topical working groups

• Topical Working Group
• TWG Leader - PL
• Expert SK
• Expert HU
• Expert CZ

(Handbook for 1TWG) PL Case study SK Case
study HU Case study CZ Case study
Writing
Comprehensive Publication 4TWGs
Reviewing
Formulating

• Generalising what works well, lessons learnt for
  the whole TWG

Transparency Guidelines

• Recommendations for transparency
• Recommendations for systemic improvements in
  raising private funds

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Deliverables/Outcomes of the project

• Outputs
• Handbooks covering four thematic areas of TWGs
  (Comprehensive Publication)
• (16 interesting CE case studies enriched by 5
  inspirational UK examples)
• Transparency Guidelines
• (Reflecting the transparency measures and
  trustworthiness procedures in FR)
• Network of up to 20 dedicated experts on
  fundraising for development/humanitarian causes
• Project website

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Methodology

• Secondary data Desk research
• Primary data Personal/Telephone interviews
• Analysis and synthesis

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Central European case study

• 5-6 pages, 9000-10800 characters incl. spaces
  preferably in English (native language option)
• Use precise data include direct quotations from
  interviews as evidence (if possible)
• Structure
• Description of the NGDO (mission, activities,
  target groups, (hi)story)
• Fundraising situation, approaches, methods
• Interesting/innovative/inspiring campaigns/best
  practices
• Milestones (in terms of time and development)
• Successes and failures (including numbers of
  invested/raised funds)
• Strengths and challenges
• Lessons learnt
• On the level of environment (cause/issue
  attractiveness, public awarness, etc.)
• On the level of organisation
• In fundraising
• Contact data
• Recommendations for transparency (for the
  Transparency Guidelines)
• Recommendations for systemic improvements in
  raising private funds for devel/human.

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UK case studies

• Interesting fields of fundraising for
  development/humanitarian to be elaborated in the
  United Kingdom case studies
• Direct dialog
• Direct mail
• Legacies
• Social media (Facebook, etc.)
• E-shop, shops
• Other inspiring areas or ideas from the NGDO
  field are welcome.

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Comprehensive Publication

• Summary
• Project description
• Introduction to the CEE Region
• Situation in humanitarian/development work,
  Survey among CEE experts
• 16 Central European Case studies
• Fundraising for humanitarian vs. development aid
• Transparency, trustworthiness and effectiveness
• Supporting mechanisms/strategies for private
  funds mobilization
• Raising private funds in digital and networked
  society
• 5 UK Case studies (preferably relating to topics
  of the TWGs)
• Transparency Guidelines
• Recommendations for systemic improvements/approach
  es in raising private funds
• Conclusions

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Questions for members of TWGs

• Do we understand what the work of TWG is all
  about?
• What case studies have we identified to work on
  from the V4 countries?
• Will we be able to gather necessary data to write
  a case study?
• Do we have suggestions for improvements of the
  methodology?
• Do we have suggestions for the CE case study
  requirements?
• How will our TWG work in terms of management and
  communication?
• (deadlines, exchange of ideas, online meetings,
  language of text,etc.)

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Questions for non-TWGs-members

• What interesting NGDOs/campaigns from Central
  Europe would we suggest to elaborate for case
  studies in terms of TWGs?
• Fundraising for humanitarian vs. development aid
• Transparency, trustworthiness and effectiveness
• Supporting mechanisms/strategies for private
  funds mobilization
• Raising private funds in digital and networked
  society
• What output of a TWG would help you as a
  practitioner in your work?
• What sources of (existing) data could the experts
  use?
• Where else could the outputs of TWGs work be used?

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• Leading Project Coordinator/Chief Editor PDCS
  (SK) overall responsibility for coordination
  and implementation, chair of the Project Steering
  Team, organises the international conference
• 5 Country Coordinators PPF (PL), PIN (CZ),
  DemNet (HU), PDCS (SK), Resource Alliance (UK)
  implementation in the countries, coordination of
  a country TWG, organisation and logistical
  back-up of FFT, SV, coordinates national
  activities, co-organises the international
  conference
• Project Steering Team
• Leading Project Coordinator/Chief Editor
  methodology, work coordination and final
  comprehensive outputs of TWGs, regular meetings,
  preferably as part of other activities TWGs
  meetings, SVs, or FFTs.
• Topical Working Group Leader PPF (PL), PIN
  (CZ), DemNet (HU), PDCS (SK) responsible for
  the work/outputs of TWGs under coordination of
  the national partners (may overlap with Country
  Coordinators)
• Core Editorial Team

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More information

• www.ngdofundraising.net