Organization Development

Organization Development

Project Name:

EPIC Maharashtra – Organizational Development for CBOs, CSOs, and PLHIV Networks

Project Duration:

  • October 2023 – January 2025
  • October 2022 – September 2023
  • June 2021 – September 2022

Geographical Area of Activities:

  1. October 2023 – January 2025:

20 CSO’S, CBOs, and PLHIV Networks across 10 districts in Maharashtra: Pune, Thane, Raigad, Nashik, Kolhapur, Nanded, Solapur, Aurangabad, Latur, and Parbhani.

  1. October 2022 – September 2023:

14 CSO’S, CBOs, and PLHIV Networks from two PEPFAR priority districts of Maharashtra, namely Thane (9) and Pune(5).

  1. June 2021 – December 2022:

6 CSO’S and CBOs –3 Each from two PEPFAR priority districts of Maharashtra, namely Thane (3) and Pune(3).

Funding Source:

FHI360 and USAID

Project Overview:

Since June 2021, STAPI as lead partner for EpiC Maharashtra aims to provide organizational development (OD) technical assistance (TA) to civil society organizations (CSOs), community-based organizations (CBOs), and PLHIV networks.

The project focuses on institutional capacity strengthening of CSO’s, CBO’s and PLHIV Networks for self-reliance and sustained response to HIV/AIDS.

Key Activities:

  1. Organizational Development Support:
  • Provide technical assistance for the organizational development of 20 CSOs, CBOs, and PLHIV networks across 10 districts in Maharashtra
  1. Capacity Building of Community Champions:
  • Enhance the capacities of community champions representing marginalized communities, including Female Sex Workers (FSWs), MSMs (Men who have Sex with Men), and LGBTQ+ members across Maharashtra aligned to the national community system strengthening (CSS) framework.

Major Outcomes and Impact:

  1. Strategic Planning and Perspective Building:
    • Initiated the process of perspective building and strategic planning among CBOs, CSOs, and PLHIV networks, setting the foundation for long-term growth.
  2. Organizational Growth:
  • Transitioned organizations from foundation – growth track for expand their capabilities and services.
  1. Capacity Building for Organizational Systems:
    • Enhanced CBOs’ capacities in community needs assessment program management, program quality, monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management, image building and branding and visibility.
    • strengthening of systems in areas governance, human resource and finance management systems, and legal compliances

Areas Focused during Capacity Building:

  • Organizational governance and statutory aspects
  • Financial and Human Resource management
  • Strategic planning
  • Project planning – and its conceptualization
  • Writing of project proposal and concept notes
  • Branding and Visibility for image building and branding and networking
  • Resource mobilization and developing networking and linkages.