2. QuickTime and adecompressorare needed to see this
picture.Background Why NGO Mania? There is no comprehensive
database of registered civil society organizations in BiH Estimates
range between 6,000 and 12,000 but no one really knows Nobody knows
how many of these CSOs are active and nobody has a clear overview
of who does what, where and how A few CSO databases exist but they
are incomplete, they are not updated, and are really basic. 3.
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Initial Vision - What is our goal?Our goal is to promote civil
society partnering and volunteering. But to find partner
organizations or organizations to volunteerfor, one needs to know
where the organizations are located andwhat they do. 4. QuickTime
and adecompressorare needed to see this picture.The initial concept
How will it work?NGO Mania is a crowd-sourced, map-based database
of CSOsand CSO projects CSOs fill in and maintain their own profile
Different filters enable civil society actors to search
throughthese profiles and to access the contact details of
theorganizations they are looking for 5. QuickTime and a
decompressor are needed to see this picture.Customer segments Who
will use thesite? Civil society organizations Civil Society
activists / people wanting to volunteer International organizations
/donor institutions 6. QuickTime and adecompressorare needed to see
this picture.Market evaluationCivil Society OrganizationsCivil
society activists / people wanting to volunteerInternational
organizations /donor institutions 7. QuickTime and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.Hypothesis What we believed? 1.
Civil Society actors are interested in finding out more aboutcivil
society organizations and projects 2. CSOs are interested in
sharing and uploading information ontheir projects 8. QuickTime and
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interviews How we checkedour hypothesis? We conducted 22 face to
face interviews 12 civil society organization staff 5 young
activists 5 international organizations staff 9. QuickTime and a
decompressor are needed to see this picture.Insights what we
learned?1. There is a strong interest in such a database from all
customer segments, which found the tool useful for the following
reasons:CSOs- find partner organizations- find volunteers- promote
their projects- find info on ongoing projects- find info on other
CSOs 10. QuickTime and adecompressorare needed to see this
picture.Individuals find info on CSOs find info on ongoing projects
find volunteering opportunitiesInternational org / Donor
institutions find out about projects find partnersRespondents
however expressed concerns about the amount andquality of
information that can be generated using a crowd-sourcedmodel. 11.
QuickTime and adecompressorare needed to see this picture.2. CSOs
expressed an interest in uploading their own profile. Withlimited
staff and resources, however, they expressed fears of notbeing able
to regularly update the information.Overall, we learned that there
is a demand for suchinformation. The problem is in ensuring that
this information ismade available and regularly updated. 12.
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Revised hypothesis Based on what we learned from f2f interviews, we
reflected on how to encourage CSOs to regularly update their
content. We came up with two new hypothesis: 1. The more CSOs are
drown to the website, the more they are likely to update their data
2. CSOs will update their content it is worthwhile for them to do
so. 13. QuickTime and a decompressor are needed to see this
picture.Outcome How we revised our plans? How do we drew CSOs to
our website? >> We add additional features to turn NGO Mania
into the n 1 go to page for CSOs (i.e. job/grant opportunities,
learning hub etc.) How do we make it worthwhile for CSOs to upload
information? >> We encourage donor institutions to consider
this information when selecting partners and grantees 14. QuickTime
and a decompressor are needed to see this picture.Survey We
prepared an initial survey but had to hold it back in light of the
information we received from the f2f interviews. Based on the
information we received, we are now redesigning the concept and
reviewing the questionnaire, which we will deliver in the upcoming
week. Keep posted for more
