Which INGO roles are still legitimate, relevant, and needed: Dylan Mathews of Peace Direct
Summary
How should NGOs decide what roles are most suitable for them?¬¬
How are the role shifts related to the organization’s legitimacy?
How are they related to what effectiveness means for these organizations?
In this NGO Soul+Strategy podcast episode, I interview Dylan Mathews, Chief Executive Officer at Peace Direct, on which INGO roles are still legitimate, relevant, and needed; and which are no longer.
Dylan's Bio:
Chief Executive Officer of Peace Direct since 2015
Director of International Programs at Y Care International
Program Manager at CARE
Worked on conflict countries and issues with Landmine Action, Oxford Research Group and the British Red Cross
We discuss:
• While the sector is undergoing change, once again, on several fronts (programming approaches, shifting authority/decision rights to the place of program impact representation, biz models, operating models etc.), what seems to get less attention is whether the organization should go through a fundamental role shift
• And common sense would say role and function, as well as strategy, should come before the other types of changes
• One organization which is advocating that NGOs need to tackle the fundamental question of role shift is PeaceDirect, with Dylan Mathews as its leader.
• What roles still are appropriate especially for global North founded NGOs?
• Dylan explains the nine roles that Peace Director thinks are still appropriate for intermediary NGOs
What does Dylan see as potential repercussions of a change in roles for: board competencies, and mindsets, organizational size, staff competency profiles and culture?
Dylan shares what gives him hope, and what makes him skeptical that the roles shifts Peace Direct points to will take hold among INGOs
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