[CivilSoc] Int'l Workshop, "Fundraising and Community Development," Kyiv, May 25-29

[Moderator]

Center for Philanthropy, Kiev, Ukraine
International Fundraising Consultancy, London, UK
INTERNATIONAL FUNDRASING WORKSHOP - III
Fundraising and Community Development
May 25-29, 2003
Ukraine, Kyiv
WORKSHOP UPDATE AND REGISTRATION INFO
Workshop participants will get the information and materials on the
International Fundraising Summit and Conference of the association of
Professional Fundraisers (March 22-26, 2003 Toronto, Canada). This is
possible due to the generous support of the International Renaissance
Foundation (Ukraine).
Officers of the Embassies of Finland and the Netherlands in Ukraine will
speak on their experience of supporting NGOs and their communication with
the fundraisers.
About the Workshop Series
Goal of the Workshop Series:
* to address a fundamental problem facing NGOs in NIS and Eastern Europe.
This is their ability to remain financially viable and independent entities.
* lack of know how in raising income locally and internationally restricts
the ability of NGOs to determine their * own programs to meet needs and to
fund their growth and development.
History:
The first International Fundraising Workshop (IFW) was conducted for 70
participants from NIS in Crimea, Ukraine, on June 4-9, 2001. The IFW was
designed to equip the participants with an understanding of the basic
techniques of fundraising and how they can be adapted to suit their own
country. The Second International Fundraising Workshop was conducted for 90
participants from NIS in Crimea, June 4-8, 2002. The series of workshops has
maintained a focus on the topic of partnership building in fundraising.
The Workshop-III will pursue the philosophy by putting fundraising in the
arena of community building, it will not only be a vital resource
development instrument for NGOs.
The motto of the Third International Fundraising Workshop: "Raising
Funds-Raising Community"
Justification:
Taking fundraising as primitive money generating techniques in the
post-authoritarian society with the tradition of State being responsible for
satisfying citizens' demands may be obsolete. Money is not necessarily the
focus of the problem; what is in short supply is the organizational ability
to build a community of committed volunteers and supporters. This strategic
approach to fundraising has a lot in common with community development
practice: to succeed an organization needs to build public support and
conscience, which is a precious resource, difficult to raise and easy to
lose. It involves the development of ethics of interaction, building
long-term relationships with donors, step-by-step nurturing the commitment
to your cause. Money for your organization can be seen as money for the
community, which is to be invested via your organization for solving the
most important issues.
Workshop program includes:
Strategic Thinking about Local Resources
Ethics as the Requisite of Fundraising Success
Legal Issues of Fundraising
Creating Donors' Commitment to your organization
Using Different Techniques of Collecting Small Donations
Working with the Local Administration and Business
Creating Community Models of Long Term Sustainability
There will also be repeats of the popular sessions on International
Fundraising and High Quality Applications to Large Scale Funding Agencies.
Each participant will receive the opportunity to present a successful
fundraising case. A competition to present a Fundraising for Community
Building Case will be conducted among potential participants. Following the
wish of participants of the first two IFWs, the representatives of
givers/donors will be invited to share their attitudes to fundraising and
fundraisers and to learn more about NGOs values.
At the workshop representatives of local NGOs will receive first hand
knowledge from world recognized experts for the lowest possible charge: they
conduct trainings pro bono for the NGOs of developing countries, usually
charging a lot in developed democracies. The Organizing Committee of the
Workshop is composed of Fundraising Experts from the UK, USA, Ukraine and
NIS.
At this workshop participants will be invited to become part of the recently
established association of NIS fundraisers by joining the Institute of
Fundraising, headed by John Baguley.
The workshop will run for four days and will be an excellent composition of
lectures, round table discussions, case studies, and trainings. Participants
arriving early in Kiev will have the opportunity to visit the famous NGO
FAIR on Sunday 24th to learn about and make contacts with Ukrainian NGOs. As
an additional pleasure the participants will visit the marvelous capital of
Ukraine in chestnut blossom with its Day of Kyiv citizens, fairs, festive
spirit, and music in the streets.
PARTICIPATION
Participants from NGOs, Social Projects, Local Government from NIS/CIS,
Eastern and Southern Europe are invited to apply for participation.
Participants will be registered on the first come first served basis.
Participation fee is USD 200, which includes 4-day lunches, 3 dinners,
inner-town transport, conference rooms rent, hand-outs, and tuition payment.
Participants will be offered the selection of nice and comfortable hotels
for 5 day accommodation at a discount to regular price costs.
LANGUAGES
English, Russian (translation is provided).
Registration form and details can be obtained from the Center for
Philanthropy office:
e-mail: office at philanthropy.org.ua
www.philanthropy.org.ua