Grantee Capacity Building on Governance & Leadership and Resource Mobilization Facilitator at Coalition on Violence Against Women (COVAW)

Objectives of the Workshop.

To strengthen the leadership skills of the organization’s board members.

• Adaptive leadership to changing environments.
• Inclusive leadership that values diverse voices & perspectives.
• Ethical & transparent leadership.
• Creation of long-term visions and setting achievable organizational goals.
• Establishment of clear roles and responsibilities for board members.
• Conflict resolution and effective communication.
• Safeguarding at the oversight management level.

To enhance knowledge and understanding of program teams on resource mobilization and partner (donor) engagement.

• Overview of resource mobilization concepts and importance.
• Practical illustration of mapping out potential partnership and funding opportunities.
• Introduction to practical and relevant strategies for securing grants/funding.
• Enhance compelling proposal writing skills and creation of project budgets and logical frameworks
• Strengthen negotiation and networking skills
• Donor/Partner relationship management.
• Organizational communication and fundraising techniques.

To Co-develop resource mobilization strategies.

• Train participants to develop practical resource mobilization plans.
• Align resource mobilization efforts with organizational thematic areas.
• Co-develop a standard resource mobilization plan template for MEAL.

The facilitator will be responsible for the following;

• Working with COVAW to design a program for the four days.
• Preparing workshop training materials and content.
• Delivering the training for the four days.
• Preparing the workshop report at the end of the training.

COVAW will be responsible for the following;

• Managing and supporting the facilitator throughout the process.
• Reviewing & validating the training report.

Timeline & Venue:

This training is tentatively scheduled for 10th to 13th February 2025, at the Zebu Resorts and Hotel in Narok Town.