GOAL 6: STRENGTHEN INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND SKILLS

AWAN-EA’s success depends on our capacity to anticipate, understand and respond to members’ needs.But satisfying these growing needs requires us to strengthen our physical, financial and human resources.
Goal 6 focuses on two chief objectives, which are to:

• Build the capacity of AWAN-EA
• Support business development and trade capacity building

Our strategy is designed to enhance our organizational management, professionalism and sustainability. Building the capacity of AWAN-EA requires us to:

• Support the regional secretariat by recruiting additional staff and acquiring more office space and equipment
• Strengthen the technical skills of staff through ongoing training on project and financial management as well as monitoring and evaluation
• Secure additional financial resources through proposal writing, fundraising and introducing
  fees for member services
• Implement business and technical procedures to provide members with more services online
• Link budget decisions and program priorities more closely with program performance
• Enhance financial and administrative controls and improve data integrity Our efforts to support business development and trade capacity building involve:
• Facilitating training for staff in the technical aspects of trade, market access and export certification requirements
• Expanding our business-service portfolio
• Building partnerships with external institutions that can provide technical assistance and enhance business skills for women in agribusiness