NGO's as Knowledge Based Professional Organizations

- Sundar Vadaon

Voluntary Organizations, NGOs not to profit making organizations are doing yeoman service of helping poor and the needy all over the World. As the growth of Information Technology 8v IT enabled services have revolutionized the development of nations, its impact on catalyzing and influencing the process of development by the NGOs can also be seen.

In the area of globalization and liberalization, it is an open world, with open competitions in the global village, where in the NGOs are required to reorient their approaches, and convert their organizations as Professional Organizations.

One of. the very important ways of achieving the goal of converting NGOs as professional organizations is through the process of making the NGOs as "Knowledge Based Professional Organizations". Need less to say the functionaries of the NGOs in the "knowledge based professional organizations" are required to be moulded as knowledge workers, and acquiring knowledge being regular, continuous and endless the organizations are required to be learning organizations and live and organic organizations on the path of sustainable development.       

For NGOs to become "knowledge based professional organizations" they are required to evolve Long term, Short term and Annual Plans. They must access the information regarding planning for NGOs, through internet of various professionally managed NGOs across the globe, and analyze the best models available and arrive at a suitable, locally relevant model of planning.

Analysis of functioning of International NGOs will give insights to up coming NGOs and also provide knowledge regarding the status of functioning of International NGOs.

For NGOs involved in advocacy, social mobilization and unionizations of people, analysis of best practices available all over the World and replicating or implementing the best practice will save time and resources of implementing a methodology based on the rich experience gained by others.

One of the important areas is to prepare a Human Resources Management and Development Plan as well as Training Plan. Replication of best practices available will enable the up coming NGOs to grow better and offer the_. best quality services, to the satisfaction of stake holders.

Other important area is Capacity Building of the NGOs. Analysis and implementation of best practices for building the capacities, in the areas of infrastructure, technical expertise, managerial skills, resources mobilization, stake holders participation, impact assessment, stakeholders satisfaction of the services being offered will enable NGOs build their capacities in various spheres of management of NGOs.

The most impart area for NGOs is the knowledge required regarding individual philanthropy, different methods of fund raising and International donor agencies. Once the methodology of accessing of funds are available to the NGOs they can easily access funds and successfully run the organizations.

 The NGOs also should be aware regarding individual philonthory, charities of faith based organizations, corporate social responsibility and arrive at implementation of resources mobilization plans.

Similarly the areas of multisectoral coordinations and convergence are also required to be known to the NGOs. Analysis and implementation_ of the best practices of net working can enable the organizations to grow at a faster pace and also offer good quality services.

In the areas of Education, IT enabled packages of Education, Games, Recreation, Animation and creative approaches will enable NGOs to implement child friendly education practices.

Analysis of success stories and failure stories of implementation of projects of various organizations will enable the NGOs to learn from the experiences of other organizations. It will enable NGOs not to commit the same pitfalls of a few NGOs.

In the areas of Natural Resources Management 8s Development including prevention of pollution, pollution control and treatment, GIS and GPS based packages will be of immense value and a scientific and professional approach can be followed by the NGOs.

In Agriculture, In Animal Husbandry Dairy Development and Human Development based on the forecast of weather and rainfall patterns local level planning and implementation of the projects can be done.

By keeping the professionals of the organizations with up to date knowledge in their subject matter specialization, will enable NGOs to convent them as professional organizations.

 Analysis of the expertise of other organizations in MIS, impact assessment, social audit, indicators of development will enable NGOs to offer high quality services and achieve the god of satisfaction of the clients.

In the areas of Human Development indicators, millennium development goals, International Conferences on Environment and social development the knowledge of the current scenario across the globe will enable NGOs to be functioning with current and up to date knowledge.

Analysis of areas of own expertise and experiences over a period, and replication of approaches will enable NGOs to become professional organizations.

 The most important area is research fundings in any field of activities. If the research funding are put in to practice NGO functioning will be very dynamic and suiting to the current need in the World.

Ultimately the need of the hour is for the NGOs to become "knowledge based professional organizations", knowledge being power and knowledge workers being assets to the organizations, organization with knowledge will progress prosper and the apposite unfortunately have to perish in the long run.