Well Grounded
| Founded | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Focus | Environmentalism |
| Location | |
Area served | Africa |
| Method | Facilitation, Mentoring, Coaching, Group development, Leadership development, Organizational diagnostics, Team building |
Key people | Cath Long, Iola Leal Riesco |
Revenue | £475,797 (2013) |
Employees | 6 |
| Website | www.well-grounded.org |
Well Grounded is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation registered in the United Kingdom that provides organisation development support to civil society organisations in Africa so that they have real and sustainable impacts on natural resource governance and community rights. Well Grounded also promotes change by connecting organisations with each other to build a strong civil society voice. Well Grounded aims to provide a unique response through their work with each organisation, based on its particular needs and priorities. Well Grounded works primarily in the Congo Basin, more specifically in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo,[1] Gabon, Liberia and the Republic of Congo.[2][3]
Internal governance
Well Grounded has two offices: one in London, United Kingdom and another in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The staff team is made up of Organisation Development Practitioners, an Operations Manager and an Executive Director. Well Grounded has a Board of Directors who are responsible for ensuring that the organisation meets its legal obligations and for approving the annual budget and major strategic decisions. All staff members participate in strategic decisions, and decisions are made using a consensus model.
Clients
Well Grounded’s clients are African civil society organisations who approach Well Grounded because they want support to improve or change how they are working. Well Grounded believes that change in countries such as those of the Congo Basin won’t take place until people living in the country and dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods have a say in the management and decision making concerning those resources. There are local organisations, both formal and informal, that are supporting communities to develop their own initiatives and to have a voice and other organisations working at a national level advocating for change. Well Grounded aims to support these organisations to become more effective to increase their impact. Well Grounded’s main areas of focus are: identity and strategy; leadership and management; and building a more diverse and inclusive civil society.
Services
Well Grounded provides organisation development by offering diagnosis, analysis and evaluation, followed by facilitation, coaching and workshops to address priorities that they and their clients identify together. Primary areas of focus include:
- Aligning values, vision, mission & strategy
- Supporting planning & evaluation
- Leadership development
- Relationship & interpersonal skills
- Team building and development
Well Grounded’s services are designed to support clients to reflect, learn and take conscious action based on their own vision, mission and values. The ultimate goal is to support the delivery of high-quality work and sustainable impact.
Collaboration
Since 2013 Well Grounded has been collaborating with Maliasili Initiatives, another non-governmental organization that does similar work to Well Grounded but in East Africa. In 2014 Well Grounded and Maliasili Initiatives worked together on a research project that looks at organisation development for African civil society organisations: what works, what doesn’t work, and how funding and support models help or hinder it. The report will be published in early 2015.[4]
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References
- ↑ http://insightshare.org/taxonomy/term/523. "Efandeli Malamu (Peaceful Cohabitation)." InsightShare. Accessed on January 15, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.blog.clientearth.org/civil_society_gets_to_grips_with_forest_governance_in_the_republic_of_congo. Faure, Nathalie. "Civil society gets to grips with forest governance in the Republic of Congo." Client Earth: January 27, 2012. Accessed on January 15, 2015.
- ↑ http://oscapvflegtcongo.blogspot.ca. Ngoyi, Jean Thibaut. "Il faut désormais engager des discussions sincères avant d’exploiter nos forêts." PGDF: December 5, 2013. Accessed on January 15, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.maliasili.org/towards-equal-partnership. "Towards ‘equal’ partnership?" Maliasili Initiatives: August 20, 2014. Accessed on January 15, 2015.