Strategic Planning for NGOs (PART 1: What is Strategic Planning?)

Most organizations agree that planning is an essential process for good governance and management. Be it an NGO or a Government Organization or a Private corporate house, strategic planning is required by all entities towards achieving success.

Strategic planning is important, but at the same time can be a complex issue especially for new and small organizations. Looking at the NGO sector, one may find that many NGOs do not have well-drafted strategic plans and the few NGOs that have the plans are written in a very complex way. These are either too lengthy or too complicated to implement and are therefore not put into use.

A strategic plan in reality is a living document that directs the overall functioning of any organization. With this video, we provide all the details pertaining to strategic planning so that you can develop a strategic plan for your organization.