Brainforest in Yaoundé

MM ESSONO ONDO Protet (Program Coordinator) and AUBIANG Placide (Accountant) traveled to Yaoundé.

Brainforest was represented by MM ESSONO ONDO Protet (Program Coordinator) and AUBIANG Placide (Accountant) during a training held from October 28 to 31, 2013, in Yaoundé (Cameroon), conducted by Management Accounting for Non-Governmental Organisations (MANGO) and organized by the Forest People Program (FPP) with the support of the NGO FERN.

The program for this training was as follows:

– A workshop on reviewing the basics of financial management for NGOs (October 28-29)

– A MANGO FM8 training: The fundamentals of Grant Management: How to satisfy funders? (October 30-31).

The objective of this training was to help leaders and financial managers of NGOs improve resource management effectively and efficiently in order to achieve objectives and meet commitments made to partners.

It also helps NGOs to better report to donors and funders as well as other partners.

Finally, it provides tools for NGOs in the race for increasingly scarce resources, but also prepares them for long-term financial viability.

For the Brainforest team, this training was very enriching as it provided more tools for the daily management of organizations, offered a broader view in the relationship with funders during the review and negotiation of contracts, execution of activities, reporting and monitoring-evaluation, grant closure, and finally, management of relationships with stakeholders.