Contact INTRAC Training: Telephone: +44 (0) Website: Twitter: #INTRAC_UK Defining the value of UK- based INGOs Presentation of Survey Results 24 March 2015 Contact INTRAC Research: Telephone: +44 (0) Website:

Survey Overview  69 respondents from:  UK 60  Non-UK 8  Unspecific 1 Bond membership category Response PercentResponse Count A <£100, %2 B £100,000 - £500, %7 C £500,000 - £2m 17.4%12 D £2m - £5m 11.6%8 E £5m - £20m 11.6%8 F £20m - £40m 4.3%3 G >£40m 13.0%9 Non member 27.5%19 Information not given 1.4%1 Other (e.g. Private sector, funder, public sector, researcher) 0.0%0 answered question69

‘Mega-trends’ influencing NGOs

What roles INGOs will be playing? Which of these possible roles for UK-based NGOs do you think your organisation will be playing in 10 years' time (multiple choice)? Answer Options Response Percent Response Count Providing 'on demand technical expertise and capacity building 75.4%52 Acting as a knowledge hub 58.0%40 Speaking up for those who are unable to claim their rights themselves 52.2%36 Fundraiser for local partners 49.3%34 Transnational advocacy towards UK policy-makers 42.0%29 Working in the UK on issues of international solidarity 33.3%23 Peacebuilding and work in fragile states where local civil society is compromised 18.8%13 Addressing humanitarian crises wherever they arise 17.4%12 We will no longer exist 4.3%3 Other (please specify) 34.8%24 answered question69

 Global reach but driven from the global south  Greater focus on capacity building, organisational development and facilitation  Greater expertise and specialisation  Expanding networks, alliances and cross-sector relationships  More advocacy, campaigning and influencing  Diversified funding and fundraising roles  More engagement in humanitarian and peacebuilding work What will be different about roles in 2025?

What will be distinctive about the role that INGOs will play? Unique contributions of INGOs lie in their:  Focus on the marginalized  Local presence and links  Partnerships and approaches to partnership  Expertise, often gained over a long period of time  Ability to ply a bridging role  Long-term visions  Values  Efficiency

 More flexible, predictable, unrestricted and creative funding  Capacity building and learning spaces within INGOs, amongst INGOs and for their partners  From competition to collaboration: more multi-sector relationships, and greater collaboration within the NGO sector  Representation and political support to create an enabling environment in the south and the north What support is required to get from here to there?