Master Class of the NGO Summer School 2024
What is the NGO Summer School Master Class?
Our mission as the Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law is to help people freely associate and develop their civic causes. From our 23 years of experience, we know that it costs a lot to realize civic initiative in Bulgaria. It takes dedicated people, often with unique interdisciplinary knowledge, who can do VAT by heart, who have read and understand at least 30 laws, who are good advocacy strategists and excellent public speakers… And many more superpowers that NGO leaders need to have to overcome apathy and ignite enthusiasm in people.
To help develop and build on these superpowers among CSO leaders, we are launching an entirely new training program from 2024 – the NGO Summer School Master Class.
The five-day training course will cover specialized sessions on: strategic planning, campaigning for civic causes, financial planning, human resource management, public speaking and compelling rhetoric, as well as other topics important for good governance and assessing the impact of NGO work.
The master level of the Summer School for NGOs aims to build on the knowledge and experience of those of you who hold a leadership position in the NGO sector. Attending the training course will help you improve your leadership and transform your team into an organisation that is truly:
Sustainable: learning, strategically planned, with a motivated team;
Independent: financially stable, with clear policies and professional standards.
Influential: with a voice that is heard and a vision that is seen.
The first edition of the NGO Summer School Master Class will take place from 10 to 14 June 2024 at the Balchik Palace.
Application deadline: 16 May 2024, inclusive
What are the topics of the NGO 2024 Summer School Master Class?
The Master Class is a natural extension of our efforts to develop the knowledge and skills of people in the civil society sector. The advanced course comes in response to the expectations of the alumni community from the 11 previous editions of our training program for young NGO leaders – NGO Summer School and the needs shared by current leaders of multi-member teams.
Therefore, the topics are tailored to the needs of today's drivers of civic activism:
Strategic advocacy
NGO strategic planning and strategic action
Hope-based communication campaigns
Global trends in the exercise of the right of association
Financial planning and financial sustainability
Contracting services with public funding
Human resource management
Internal policies and standards for good governance
Current tools for citizen participation for social impact
Countering contemporary forms of curbing citizen activism
Public speech and compelling rhetoric
Assessing the impact of NGO work
Mentoring programe to develop advocacy strategies
And don't forget the most important thing – like any friendly community of like-minded people, we won't miss having fun and dreaming together. To strengthen the bonds of trust and the environment for collaborations between activists.
The Master Class lecturе team includes the legal and financial experts of the Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law, as well as professionals with long experience in the fields of sociology, communications, journalism, project evaluation.
What are the applying conditions?
In order to participate in the Master Class, you are required to meet 3 criteria simultaneously:
Currently lead (as a manager/director/chair) or manage multi-year projects (at least 2 projects) of an association or foundation (as a program director/project manager),
Have at least 2 years of experience in running an association or foundation, respectively in project management.
Be able to attend the entire 5-day training course (from 10 to 14 June 2024).
It is important to know that:
Apply online HERE.
For participation in the training course a participation fee* of 200 BGN is payable.
The costs for accommodation** (in a double room from 10 to 14 June 2024), meals, coffee breaks, training materials and the training course are covered by the organizer.
Transport costs are at the expense of the participant.
Places are limited to 18 participants.
Application deadline: 16 May 2024
*The participation fee is equal to 20% of the training cost for one person. The rest, which covers the cost of accommodation (in a double room from 10 to 14 June 2024), meals, coffee breaks, training materials and the training course, is provided by a BCNL project supported by the America for Bulgaria Foundation.
Accommodation in a single room: If a participant expressly requests to be accommodated in a single room and if such an option is available, the participant will be accommodated on payment of an additional fee of 240 BGN.
TheSummer School for NGOs 2024 Master class is implemented with the support of the "America for Bulgaria" Foundation
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