Good Practice Funding
This website is a key tool for improving government agency processes and practice when funding community, voluntary and Maori organisations. Each section has a 'related resources' area featuring case-studies, useful links and further reading. We welcome your suggestions of additional resources.
Funding Relationships
Good relationships between government funders and community agencies/non-government organisations (NGOs) help to achieve good results from funding. Such relationships need to be built on mutual understanding and respect, and clear expectations of each other. Instruments such as memoranda of understanding or relationship frameworks can help achieve this.
Funding Options
Funding agreements are tools to enable parties to agree their expectations of each other. Choosing the right tool means considering all options including contracts, grants and letters of agreement, and founding these on respectful relationships.
Managing Risk
Managing risk is part of all funding whether you are the funder or being funded. Being well-equipped to understand and manage risk is essential. This section looks at how to assess and manage risk.
Monitoring and Evaluation
How well are we doing and how well did we do? Knowing whether you have got what you thought you were going to get is important. Knowing how well you are using government funds is essential. Learning from experience builds our capacity to make better decisions in the future.
