MPA Specialization Course: Cooperatives and Civil Society Governance Area

Specialization

Cooperatives and Civil Society Governance Area

CGG 651 NGOs Studies

Course Objective
          The objective of this course is to provide the students with an understanding of the theoretical and practical understanding of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Students will be able to analyze and conduct research in the area of nonprofit sector and their roles in developments.


Contents
1. Introduction: Concept of volunteerism; Concept of development and Sustainable Development; People-centered Development; Concept and meaning of civil society governance; Role, functions and types of Civil Society organizations such as NGOs and INGOs.
2. Emergence of NGOs: Concepts and Theories—government failure theory, contact failure theory, partnership theory, social origin theory; Role of NGOs for social capital formation; NGOs as the development partners; Examining NGOs as Alternative Institutions.
3. Growth of NGOs in Nepal: A brief account of Traditional Welfare Services in Nepal; Development of Modern NGOs in Nepal; Growth of Modern NGOs in Nepal; Types of NGOs in Nepal; Governance of NGOs in Nepal
4. NGOs as Development partner: NGOs in National Development Policies; NGO Policy and its Implementation; NGO Financing; Local Resource mobilization by NGOs in Nepal; Role of INGOs and Donor agencies promoting NGOs in Development; NGOs in local planning process; NGOs’ contribution in various sectors-empowerment of targeted community, participation, community development, service delivery, environment conservation, social development.
5. Governance of NGOs in Nepal: Legalization of NGOs/INGOs working in Nepal; Role and functions of Non-profit Boards; Transparency and accountability of NGOs; Code of Conduct; Monitoring and evaluation of NGOs in Nepal; Issues and challenges of NGOs in Nepal; Case Studies.


Reference
Chand, Diwakar (1991). Development through Non-Government Organizations. Kathmandu: Institute for National Development Research and Social Service
Chitrakar, Ami (1996) Working with NGOs. Nepal IUCN.
Dhakal, Tek Nath (2006). NGOs in Livelihood Improvement: Nepalese Experience. New Delhi: Adroit Publishers.
Ed. Vartola, Juha/Ulvila, marko/Hossain Farhad and Dhakal, Tek Nath. Development NGO, Facing the 21st Century Perspectives form South Asia. Kathmandu: Institute for Human Development.


CGG 652 Cooperative Management

Course Objective
          Cooperative businesses exist in a wide variety of sectors and represent a distinctive model for organizing labor, capital, and knowledge to produce goods and services. Entrepreneurs, especially social entrepreneurs should choose the best organizational model to achieve their objectives. This course equips the student with the practical knowledge of cooperatives; a type of organization creates both social and economic value.

Content
1. An introduction to cooperative, Historical development of cooperative throughout the world, Cooperative as an Alternative Model
2. Management Systems in Cooperative Sector, Models of Cooperative Management, Value-based cooperative management.
3. Human Resource Management in Cooperative Organization
4. Cooperative Finance: Financial Analysis and Funding of Cooperatives, Cooperative economies, Cooperative in turbulent time.
5. Governance considerations in Cooperatives, Legal, Social and Policy environment

Refernce
Kamat, G.S. (2011). New Dimensions of Cooperative Management. New Delhi: Himalaya Publishing House
Thakuri, Chandra B. (2010). An Anatomy of cooperative Movement in Nepal. Kathmandu: Upkar Prakashan.


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