NGO survival strategies in Central Asia

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NGO survival strategies in Central Asia
Counterpart International Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan
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Reasons why NGOs need to be sustainable

• Decrease donor funding in general
• Amount to be allocated in Central Asian Region
  decreases
  
• Donor focus on new markets Georgia, Azerbaijan
  and Armenia
  
• Decrease amount of the Social programs

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Financial Sustainability components

• International Grants/Fundraising
• Social Enterprise/Fee For Service
• Corporate Social Responsibility/Partnership
• Local Fundraising/State Social Contracting
• Membership Dues

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International and Local Grants

• Local NGOs 90 grant dependent organizations
• Local companies do not have philanthropic culture
  in money donations (only social partnership with
  corporations are possible in Kazakhstan
  Kyrgyzstan)
• Limited number of Donor organizations and their
  funds
  

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Social Enterprise/ Fee For Service

• Source of earned income
• Social Enterprise any social responsible income
  generating activity, the revenue from which is to
  cover organizations mission.
  
• Develop capacity of local NGOs to render SE
  (training series SE Feasibility Study Business
  Planning, TA)
  
• Initiate 0 interest loan program

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SE development component Interim Results

• 26 NGOs of Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan were
  participated in SE training program
  
• 13 business plans were submitted to get loans for
  SE development
  
• 9 business plans were approved
• SE types agricultural projects, fee-for-service,
  micro-crediting

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CSSCs/ACSSC in Kazakhstan
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Corporate Social Responsibility Opportunities

• Strategy for NGOs in Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan
• Social Partnership
• Administration of Corporates social projects
• Community engagement
• In-kind donations
• To NGOs and target groups (disable people,
  elderly people, etc.)
  
• Cost effective

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Corporate Social Responsibility Current

• Volunteerism
• Professional services
• Companies encourage their staff to volunteer
• Donation of money
• Nontransparent
• No culture

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CSR 5th P of Marketing

• Benefits of the Corporations
• Publicity
• public awareness
• loyalty of employees
• Recognition,image
• Advertisement
• Cost effective
• Increases sales
• Increases profit
• market capture

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Corporate Social Responsibility Success Story

• Kyrgyzstan Social Partnership between Leader
  NGO and the largest gold mining company Kumtor
  creation of Grant Loan Program to support NGO
  in the region.
• Kazakhstan Social partnership between Zhalgas
  Counterpart and the largest private bank
  Kazkommertsbank administration of the travel
  grants program for 1 mln. USD. To support young
  talents, sports people and disable people.