APN Participates in a Regional Workshop for Capacity Building on the Subject of Financial Management | The Arab Group for the Protection of Nature
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العربية تشارك في ورشة العمل الإقليمية لبناء القدرات بموضوع الإدارة المالية

APN’s Farah Qaddourah and Mohammad Qteishat participated in a regional training workshop organized by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Office of West Asia on the 29th  and 31st of January in 2014 at the Landmark Hotel in Amman .

The workshop was attended by delegates of environmental organizations and members of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature from Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, as part of the MAVA program to empower and strengthen the institutional capacity of non-profit organizations.

The workshop addressed the subject of financial management in strategic planning and its role in the registration and restriction of operations, financial analysis and financial reporting of all types, and methods and mechanisms of fundraising and how to deal with donors.

Participants were divided into small groups to work on solutions to hypothetical situations.

Farah Qaddourah’s intervention focused on the importance of attracting local funding rather than applying for funding from foreign institutions which have their own terms and agendas. Receiving this type of funding creates a culture of dependency. She spoke about how APN has been successful for 10 years without ever having to apply for foreign funding.