Category: Governance

Project Governance is a very popular theme with project managers seeking to deepen their general knowledge.

PM4NGOs’ partner organization, the Association for Project Management, has a library of resources on the subject of project governance.

You can access these resources using the following link:

APM Project Governance

The wealth of information provided in this webpage includes definitions, case studies, blogs and publications.

For instance, we especially enjoyed the article entitled “Goldilocks goverance – the story of the three bears”

This fable uses the children’s narrative to explain how the key to successful governance lies in getting the right formula – not too hot or too cold, but just right!

Read this blog and access other resources at the APM website.

By Oliver Carrick

“No. We’re not talking about that now. Would anyone else like to participate?”

So spoke the President of a local NGO to the monthly meeting of project beneficiaries.

Participation has so many forms that the word alone can seem meaningless. But let’s distinguish between two key types of participation: Participation as a means of performing project work, and participation as an end goal of the project itself.

Many of us who have worked in local development have been privileged enough to see the effects of the empowering initiatives which have people’s participation as an end goal. In the best-case scenario locals and beneficiaries engage in a cycle of learning by doing which improves their confidence and their skills to participate again in ever more complex tasks. The end goal is building local capacities, knowledge and experience by participation in development projects and initiatives.