Description
Sustainability is crucial for all institutions involved in international development. This book offers much-needed practical guidance on how to achieve it.There are 3 main kinds of sustainability and a section of the book is devoted to each: 1. Making the impact of the organization’s work sustainable. 2. Ensuring continuity of Funding. 3. Making the organization itself sustainable to remain viable. Achieving all three creates a virtuous spiral.The book is distinctive in taking an organizational rather than technical or impact-based approach to sustainability. It is based on very extensive international research and offers many practical examples of sustainability and the difficult trade-offs involved Introduction * Part I: Change that Endures – Sustaining Development Impact – What does Sustainable Development Mean for NGDOs? * Interventions for Sustainable Local Impact * Framework and Indicators for Sustainable Local Development * Part II: Maintaining Activities – Strategies for Sustaining Resources * Options, Strategies and Trade-offs in Resource Mobilisation * Mobilising Non-financial Resources * Commercialisation – a Profit-making Non-profit * Mobilising Finance from Other Sources * Strategic Choices for Sustaining Financial Resources * Part III: Institutional Stability – Regeneration and the Viable Organisation – Regeneration Through Learning * Regeneration Through Organisational Change * Regeneration Through Leadership * The Leader’s Legacy – Creating a Virtuous Spiral * Appendix: Levels in Sustainability Systems * Notes * References * Further Reading * Index
