NEW
STRATEGIC INTERVENTION FRAMEWORK
Strategic Priority One: Strategic Capacity
Development
Strategic
Objective
To
strengthen managerial, administrative and staff capacities and effectiveness
for enhanced efficiency.
Strategy
Strengthen
systems that enhance management and staff capacity to ensure effectiveness and
efficiency.
Core Activities
- Create awareness amongst the management and
staff on the importance of capacity building through training and exposure
- Review and update the staff operational
manual
- Disseminate the updated manual to all staff
members
- Conduct phased staff training in line with
the updated operational manual
- Train management staff on NGO management and
organizational development
- Conduct on the job and medium-term training
interventions for the staff
- Role modeling by the staff
- Undertake participatory on-farm research for
various projects
- Hold on-farm demonstrations and trials with
the farmer groups
- Conduct publicity campaigns using the local
media and through public barazas
- Conduct periodic reviews of the training
interventions
- Carry out participatory performance appraisals
for all management teams and all other categories of staff on annual basis
Strategic Priority Two: Strengthening Program
Sustainability
Strategic Objective
To
develop policies and practices for enhancing the stability and sustainability
of our operations.
Strategy
Formulate
and utilize practices that enhance the stability and sustainability of our
operations.
Core
Activities
- Formulate an inclusive policy, procedures and
practices on the sustainability of SACRED Africa
operations
- Conduct a viability study on marketing and
programming components of the organization
- Establish value-adding and on-farm processing
of agricultural produce
- Initiate a seed company with a strong input
of the participating farmers’ groups
- Initiate a self-sustaining Diploma in
Community Development course for school leavers
- Make an assessment of the range of equipment
that can be rented for community use and publicize accordingly
- Undertake selective equipment and facility
rentals at reasonable and affordable market rates
- Establish a consultancy extension wing for
experienced management and staff resource persons
- Publicize the consultancy through revised
brochures and other appropriate means
- Invest in the endowment funds
Strategic Objective
To
broaden and diversify the funding base.
Strategy
Strengthen,
diversify and sustain linkages with development partners geared towards
effective fundraising.
Core
Activities
- Train
the management and staff on fundraising and resource mobilization
- Prepare
an inventory of current and potential donor partners
- Prepare
concept papers and funding proposals
- Review
and improve existing marketing and publicity strategies
- Organize
and conduct a donor symposium
- Submit
concept papers and proposals
- Send
representatives and contact or liaison persons to relevant conferences and
meetings in order to best practices that have been realized by Sacred
Africa
Strategic Objective
To
facilitate mechanisms that promote favourable perceptions and attitudes towards
appropriate and sustainable agricultural practices.
Strategy
Facilitate
mechanisms that promote favourable perceptions of, and attitudes to appropriate
and sustainable agricultural practices.
Core
Activities
- Sensitize farmers groups and communities
through field days, meetings and on-farm demonstrations as well as trials
- Develop
curricula and guidelines for training farmers’ and communities on sound
agricultural policies and practices as well as lobbying & advocacy
- Prepare
information, education and communication materials targeting potential
trainee farmers and communities
- Train
the farmers’ groups and the communities on appropriate agricultural
policies and practices
- Train
the farmers’ groups and the communities on lobbying and advocacy
- Hold
forums for farmers and other stakeholders to decide on affirmative action
and develop action plans
- Hold
review and re-planning meetings on affirmative action
- Prepare
progress and monitoring reports
- Evaluate
and report on the interventions
Strategic
Objective
To
promote effective and efficient management and utilization of available
resources.
Strategy
Promote
mechanisms for effective and efficient resource management and utilization.
Core
Activities
- Review
existing resource management mechanisms to determine any gaps
- Strengthen
the resource management mechanisms including improved procurement as well
as tendering procedures
- Keep and
update the inventories of all available resources
- Develop
and utilize specific instruments and procedures of utilizing resources
- Set
timely management targets to ensure compliance and performance
- Induct
all management and staff teams in the revamped resource management and
utilization mechanisms
- Conduct
regularized feedback meetings between the staff and management
- Institute
appropriate audits and fiscal discipline amongst all stakeholders
- Review
and/or amend agreements with the farmer groups and institute
accountability measures
- Implement
the mechanisms across the board
- Monitor
the performance and report accordingly
- Evaluate
the implementation and report
Strategic
Objective
To
lobby and advocate for favourable and stakeholder-friendly policies that
enhance agricultural productivity.
Strategy
Empower
rural communities to lobby and advocate for favourable agricultural policies
Core
Activities
- Sponsor
leaders’ forums
- Conduct
sensitization meetings for community members
- Hold
training workshops for small-scale farmers and community members
- Conduct
on-farm research, field demonstrations and trials
- Undertake
exchange visits and tours
- Facilitate
farmer-to-farmer extension
- Hold
community drama events and role-plays
- Conduct
follow-ups
- Monitor
and prepare progress reports
- Evaluate
the progress and changes
Strategic
Objective
To
strengthen mechanisms and broaden the scope of networking and collaboration
among relevant stakeholders.
Strategy
Broaden
and strengthen the scope and mechanisms of networking and collaboration among
stakeholders.
Core
Activities
- Development of policies and guidelines on
networking and collaboration
- Preparation of an inventory of the present
and potential networking partners and collaborators
- Dissemination of the policies and guidelines
amongst the management and staff teams
- Undertaking publicity and awareness creation
amongst partners and stakeholders on the operations and core activities of
SACRED Africa
- Formulation of comprehensive memoranda of
understanding with the stakeholders
- Preparation of joint proposals with some
selected collaborators
- Incorporating some stakeholder organizations
in project implementation
- Organizing of joint field days and
farmer-to-farmer extension initiatives
- Review and updates to the organization’s
website
- Undertake participatory impact monitoring and
reporting with the collaborators
- Determine best practices, document, share and
disseminate accordingly.
For more details contact the Director, SACRED Africa at sacred@africaonline.co.ke (c) 2009 SACRED Africa
