Organic Governance and Quality Development project is supported by Erasmus +, Key Action 2 programme. The project consortium includes: YMCA in Czech Republic, YMCA Europe, YMCA Scotland, YMCA Slovakia.
The partners have collected and discussed best practices on various aspects of governance:
- structures and functions of governing bodies
- internal policies
- youth empowerment
- impact and health assessment templates
- succession planning and
- intergenerational approach.
We invite you to build your own Journey within this ! Follow the links, and they will lead you to articles, documents, educational elements, evaluation templates, etc.
The Content of the Manual
- Introduction
- Organic Governance Survey results
- Good Governance
- Impact and Strategic Planning
- Quality Standards and Evaluation Templates
- Examples of Internal Policies
- Empowerment and Participation
- Movement Strengthening Tools
- Conclusions
The Project Team highlights that this Manual would not happen without commitment of a big number of people and organisations. We would like to Thank Everyone involved!
Special Gratitude goes to:
- Organic Governance Group of YMCA Europe
- Movement Strengthening Committee of YMCA Europe and its Chair Paul Smillie
- Executive Committee of YMCA Europe
- All YMCAs provided their best practices
- All Authors of the articles
- Erasmus + National Agency in Slovakia
- YMCA Europe Staff Team and Olga Lukina as a compiler
- Communications Team of YMCA Europe
- Designers
The Inspiration of the Manual:
Good Governance is Like:
- Stones – hard and firm for a good basement
- Air – transparent and unconditional
- Water – creates paths for a good flow
- A fruit tree – first needs efforts and patience to bring rich harvest
- Fire – not always predictable and easy manageable
- Soil – rich and fertile to let plants grow
- Love – requires mutual agreement and respect
- Music – has a structure and rules to create beauty and harmony
- Wind – lets a ship go
