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PROJECT BASED LEARNING ON NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION SHEKHAR SINGH 18GSOB1010015

Under supervision of ALKA SHARMA

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

SESSION:2019-2020 GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY GREATER NOIDA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA.

Non-governmental Organization A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government and a term usually used by governments to refer to entities that have no government status. In the cases in which NGOs are funded totally or partially by governments, the NGO maintains its non-governmental status by excluding government representatives from membership in the organization. The term is usually applied only to organizations that pursue some wider social aim that has political aspects, but that are not overtly political organizations such as political parties. Unlike the term "intergovernmental organization", the term "nongovernmental organization" has no generally agreed legal definition. In many jurisdictions, these types of organization are called "civil society organizations" or referred to by other names.

The number of internationally operating NGOs is estimated at 40,000. National numbers are even higher: Russia has 277,000 NGOs; India is estimated to have around 3.3 million NGOs.

CHARACTERISTICS OF NGO

According to Bhose (2003) the important characteristics of NGOs are Voluntary, Legal status, Non-profit oriented, Independent, Flexible, Quicker in decision making, High motivation, Freedom in work, Catalystic in approach and People centred.

There are some specific characteristics of NGO-

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An NGO is a non-profit making, voluntary, service-oriented/ development oriented organization, either for the benefit of members (a grassroots organization) or of other members of the population (an agency). It is an organization of private individuals who believe in certain basic social principles and who structure their activities to bring about development to communities they are servicing. It is a social development organization assisting in empowerment of people. An organization or gropup of people working independent of any external control with specific objectives and aims to fulfil tasks that are oriented to bring about desirable change in a given community or areas or situation. An independent, democratic, non-sectarian people’s organization working for the empowerment of economic and/or socially marginalized groups. An organization not affiliated to political parties, generally engaged in working for aid, development and welfare of the community. An organization committed to the root causes of the problems trying to better the quality of life especially for the poor, the oppressed, the marginalized in urban and rural areas.

8. Organizations established by end for the community with or without little intervention

from the government; they are not only a charity organization, but work on socioeconomic-cultural activities.

PARTNERSHIP OF GOVERNMENT AND NGO

The NGO Partnership System (NGO-PS) is a platform of interface between Voluntary Organization (VO) / Non Governmental Organization (NGO) and key Ministries / Departments / Government Bodies. Later it is proposed to cover all Central Ministries / Departments / Government Bodies. The key Ministries/Departments/ Government Bodies in the first phase are         

M/o Culture M/o Health & Family Welfare M/o Social Justice & Empowerment M/o Tribal Affairs, M/o Women & Child Development D/o Higher Education D/o School Education & Literacy Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB)

This is a free facility offered by the Planning Commission in association with the National Informatics Centre to bring about a greater partnership between the government & voluntary sector and foster better transparency, efficiency and accountability.

Benefits to the relationshipNGO's gains:   

Financial resources Management experience Networks with policy makers

Government's gains:   

Specialised services without the work Reduced cost Ability to tap into local knowledge

FUNDING SUPPORT PROVIDERS FOR NGO

The agencies that are supporting and funding NGOs in India ( specially the one which I have chosen) are-

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Abilis Foundation Action Aid India American India Foundation Ashoka Innovators Caritas India Sir Ratan Tata Trust Rajiv Gandhi Foundations And many more are there.

Business Model for NGO.

The best business model for a NGO is the one which  

maximizes all available revenue sources encompassing profitable product-go-tomarket and customer success strategies. every not-for-profit and for-profit business must first

(a) find their value others can recognize and financially appreciate and then (b) sell it to them.

Types of NGOs

A number of NGO variations exist, including:     

BINGO: business-friendly international NGO (example: Red Cross) ENGO: environmental NGO (Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund) GONGO: government-organized non-governmental organization (International Union for Conservation of Nature) INGO: international NGO (Oxfam) QUANGO: quasi-autonomous NGO (International Organization for Standardization [ISO])