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Title: A Look At Sustainability A Support Organization


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SUSTAINABILITY A Support Organizations
Perspective
Elmer H. Lighid
International Council on Management of Population
Programmes
2
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What is SUSTAINABILITY?
What is SUSTAINABILITY?
What is SUSTAINABILITY?
3
No such term in the dictionary
4
Closest term is
SUSTAIN
5
Maintain
P R O L O N G
Continue
Keep going
6
What the literature says
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From Biology
It is not the strongest species that survives,
nor the most intelligent, but the ones most
responsive to change.
Charles Darwin
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From Political Science
Why are some princes successful and others are
not? Is it a matter of luck?... It is those
princes who match their actions to circumstances
that survive and others do not.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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From Business
Successful organizations are LEARNING
ORGANIZATIONS.
PETER SENGE The Fifth Discipline
10
From Management
Great organizations have superior performance,
distinctive impact and lasting endurance
JIM COLLINS Good to Great for Social Sectors
11
ICOMPS VIEW ON SUSTAINABILITY
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Our View of Sustainability
  • The ability to continue, maintain and prolong
    our institutional structure and production of
    benefits for our intended clientele in pursuit of
    our mission and vision.

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Our View of Sustainability
  • Sustainability is not an END
  • It is a MEANS to an end fulfill Mission and
    Vision
  • Longevity and relevance

14
How Do We Measure Sustainability?
  • Organizational Viability
  • Program Effectiveness
  • Financial Security
  • Enduring Impact

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Organizational Viability
Financial Security
Program Effectiveness
Sustainability
Enduring Impact
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Organizational Viability
  • Relentless adherence to vision, mission and
    values
  • Effective governance and management
  • Sound processes and systems

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Financial Security
  • Appropriate revenue model diversity, 25 rule
  • Core fund building minimum target, investment
    of surplus
  • Standard financial management system

18
Program Effectiveness
  • Alignment of programs to mission and vision
  • Achievement of objectives
  • Program management competency
  • Extent of Innovation

19
Enduring Impact
  • Institutionalization of interventions
  • Intimacy with constituency
  • Empowerment skills transfer, exit strategy

20
How Do We Go About It?
  • Utilization of an tailored tool on sustainability
  • Examine ICOMP to determine sustainability profile

21
Organizational Viability
Perfect Score
Actual Score
3.2
2.9
Program Effectiveness
Financial Security
3.3
3.0
Enduring Impact
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How Do We Go About It?
  • Establish targets and indicators to improve
    performance
  • Monitor the progress of interventions
  • Revise, drop or develop new strategies as
    appropriate

23
Lessons Learned
  • Financial concern always emerged as a
    sustainability issue but in many cases, its main
    cause emanates from non-financial factors
  • There are different mechanisms to become
    sustainable. Choose the one which suits you best
  • Sustainability does not happen overnight. It may
    require trial and error, persistence and proper
    strategies

24
  • There are different ways to climb a mountain, but
    when you get there, the view is the same

25
A Brief Look a ICOMP
Mission
Contribute towards
achieving excellence in the management of quality
population programs at country, regional and
international levels. Population within the
context of poverty and development Vision Excell
ence in population program management
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Leadership and management development for RH and
HIV/AIDS programmes
Excellence in Program Management through
Managing innovative RH programmes
Strengthening civil society role in RH
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Key Messages
  • Sustainability is a means to an end not an end in
    itself
  • It goes beyond financial realm consists of
    interrelated dimensions
  • There are different pathways to sustainability.
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