A Handbook on Resource Mobilisation for Civil Society Organisations in the South

by Richard Holloway

This is a clear and practical guide aimed at the managers of civil society organizations, including non-governmental organizations, citizens' movements, cooperatives, trade unions and other grass-roots organizations primarily in developing countries, on how to mobilize funds and other resources and in doing so become financially self-reliant.

The author examines a numerous and varied options, covering earned income, local foundations, governmental sources, foreign agencies, the corporate sector,microcredit, the internet and social investments, setting these within a strategic overview of planning and management effectiveness.

Endorsements

Provides an excellent conceptual framework for the various approaches to resource mobilization'
PAIBOON WATTANASIRITHAM, Director General, Chief Executive Officer, Government Savings Bank, Thailand

'The general impression of diminishing foreign sources of funds for the non-profit sector makes this handbook all the more relevant and indispensable'
RAJEEV DUA, Chief Executive Officer, South Asian Fund Raising Group

'Successful resource mobilization is not easy and this handbook comes as a valuable guide in charting a viable course which will no doubt inspire many'
DOROTHY GORDON, Executive Director, Integrated Resources Group, Ghana

'Superbly detailed and commendably practical guide to assist Southern civil society organizations in the development of effective and energetic resource mobilization'
MARK SIDEL, Associate Professor of Law, Research Fellow, University of Iowa

'Richard Holloway has done an excellent job, managing to reconcile the simple with the profound in this complex subject. I certainly intend to draw from the reflections obtained from reading this excellent work tool in my own writing and our training programmes'
DANIEL YOFFE, Professor, School of Eductation, Universidad Austral, Argentina

'An extremely useful and timely publication. The use of case studies is very appropriate, and the cases serve to very competently illustrate the contentions in the text'
NILOY BANERJEE, Head, National Local Resource Mobilization Network, India