Member Services: Capacity building and training

The main objective for PAtc is capacaty building and training af staff, board members and volunteers from our 240+ member organizations. The overall goal is to facilitate high-quality development projects and partnerships between Danish CSO's and partner organisations in the South.

Through an annual fee of €150 - $400 the Danish CSO members all have access to PATC´s services which can be divided into three core activities: advising, training and funding. It is however important to emphasize that only Danish members can apply for funding through the Project Fund.

PATC recieves financial support from the Ministry og Foreign Affairs for running the advice and training service which aims to strengthen the organizational capacity of the member organisations in relation to the planning and implementation of development interventions and to improve the cooperation with their partners in South.

Advice, training and support

Funding

Capacity building of the member-CSOs. Advising individual CSOs in relation to their projects E.g. their ability to organise and implement desired activities including monitoring revision and strengthening their organisational strategy.

Participation in networks. PATC facilitates networks among CSOs with common interests (regional, thematic etc.).

A wide range of courses seminars and workshops addressing our Danish members.

Collecting and distributing relevant development news and information through courses, website, publications, newletters etc.

Safeguarding the interests of the small CSOs in the Danish political context (lobby and advocacy).

Administering the Project Fund for small scale projects and partnership development.

“The Project Fund supports activities and projects carried out by popular organisations from Denmark in cooperation with partners from developing countries.

The fund is administered by the PATC on behalf of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Applications to the fund are assessed in line with the present guidelines which, in turn, adhere to the principles prescribed by the ministry’s “Strategy for Danish Support to Civil Society in Developing Countries”(henceforth “the Civil Society Strategy”)