Making Philanthropy Developmentally Effective

这个项目建立在之前的两个研究项目的基础上。第一份报告(ES/1033890/1)调查了科伦坡的“慈善状况”，重点是慈善和慈善在支持发展方面的实际和潜在作用。这表明，大多数慈善活动发生在特定的社会群体中，并加剧了现有的社会差异。干预措施相对没有计划，主要是简单形式的社会保护，而不是解决贫穷和边缘化的根本原因。这项研究旨在通过知识交流会、培训讲习班和政策说明影响利益攸关方。我们还鼓励各国际机构通过分发我们的政策说明和访问主要参与者，支持土著慈善组织与当地发展组织之间的联系。在研究过程中，很明显，慈善部门内部有相当大的需求，要求在斯里兰卡组织、公众和企业部门之间制定更可持续和有效的活动。这导致了第二个项目(ES/L007819/1)。我们的概念框架基于一项关键发现，即尽管许多斯里兰卡慈善机构和慈善家往往缺乏有效慈善、企业社会责任和社会业务的最佳“原则”和“实践”知识，以实现真正的变革。这是一系列培训日、相关活动和材料的基础。讲习班是与企业社会责任斯里兰卡公司共同举办的。我们的参加目标是105人：130人参加了讲习班，反馈非常热烈。在实施后一个项目和随后的讨论中，很明显需要更多的培训课程。在科伦坡，这包括协助捐助者和受援国建立可持续的联系，并提供知识和技能，使利益攸关方能够参与有效的决策。该项目将举办一系列高级讲习班，解决这些问题。与上一个项目一样，将提供斯里兰卡所有三种正式语文的培训材料。讲习班期间提出的问题之一是需要某种在线登记或地图，使捐助者和受益者能够相互互动，认识到潜在的合作领域和协同增效的领域。这将通过使用开放源码软件(Ushahimi)建立网络并将其存放在BC或CSR斯里兰卡以确保可持续性来解决。另一个需要将国家和半官方组织与慈善和私营部门结合起来。为此，将在系列讲习班开始和结束时举行政策论坛，既是鼓励政府参与和确保各项宗旨和目标反映国家发展优先事项的一种方式，也是促进采纳我们的调查结果的一种方式。申请参加我们研讨会的人数来自斯里兰卡北部和东北部，我们对此感到惊讶。在这里，有一个持续的重建进程。慈善组织很活跃，但方式相对不集中，对发展知之甚少。当地组织发现，很难与捐赠者建立和保持伙伴关系。人们对上一个项目期间举办的讲习班表示了兴趣，在本项目期间，将在贾夫纳举办一系列经修订的讲习班。在我们的第一个项目中，我们试图让主要捐赠者对我们的研究及其对政策的影响感兴趣。这与亚行的一些活动产生了共鸣，亚行表示有兴趣与我们合作，鼓励较大的慈善组织支持较小的机构。为满足这一需要，将在新加坡与亚行联合举办一次研讨会。

This project builds on two previous research projects. The first, (ES/1033890/1) investigated the 'philanthroscape' of Colombo focusing on the actual and potential role of charity and philanthropy in supporting development. This indicated that most charity takes place within specific social groups and reinforces existing social differences. Interventions are relatively unplanned and mainly consist of simplistic forms of social protection rather than address underlying causes of poverty and marginalisation. The research aimed to influence stakeholders through knowledge exchange meetings, training workshops and policy notes. We also encouraged various international agencies to support links between indigenous charitable organisations and local development organisations through distributing our policy notes and visiting major players.In the course of the research it became clear that there was considerable demand within the charitable sector for assistance in defining more sustainable and effective activities amongst Sri Lankan organisations, the general public and the corporate sector. This led to a second project (ES/L007819/1). Our conceptual framework was based on the key finding that while many Sri Lankan charities and philanthropists often lack knowledge of best 'principles' and 'practices' of effective philanthropy, CSR, and social business to deliver real change. This was the basis for a series of training days, associated activities and materials. The workshops were mounted with CSR Lanka. Our target for participation was 105: 130 attended the workshops and the feedback was overwhelmingly enthusiastic.Whilst implementing this latter project and in subsequent discussions the considerable demand for further training sessions became evident. In Colombo this involves assistance in generating sustainable linkages between donors and recipients and making available knowledge and skills enabling stakeholders to engage in effective decision making. This project will mount a series of advanced workshops addressing such issues. As in the last project, training material will be made available in all three of Sri Lanka's official languages. The target number of participants is 50 decision makers.One of the issues raised during the workshops was the need for some sort of online register or map allowing donors and beneficiaries to interact with each other, recognise potential area for collaboration and areas of synergy. This will be addressed through establishing a network using open source software (Ushahidi) and lodging it with either the BC or CSR Lanka to ensure sustainability.Another is the need to bring state and parastatal organisations into conjunction with the charitable and private sectors. To this end, policy forums will be held at the start and end of the workshop series, both as a way of encouraging governmental involvement and ensuring aims and objectives reflect national development priorities, but also as a way of promoting uptake of our findings. We were surprised at the number of applicants for our workshops from the north and northeast of Sri Lanka. Here, there is an ongoing process of reconstruction. Charitable organisations are active but in a relatively unfocused way and with little understanding of development. Local organisations are finding it difficult to create and maintain partnerships with donors. Interest has been expressed in the workshops mounted during the previous project, and during this project a series of revised workshops will be held in Jaffna. The target number of participants is 50.In our first project we attempted to interest major donors in our research and its implications for policy. This resonated with some of the activities of the ADB which has expressed interest in working with us to encourage larger philanthropic organisations to support smaller agencies. To meet this need a seminar will be held in Singapore in association with the ADB.