Enterprise Development Center (EDC)

SSM OVERVIEW

The SSM is designed to boost the existence, development and sustainability of Not-for Profit Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and entrepreneurs in the social sector.

SOCIAL SECTOR MANAGEMENT (SSM)

As part of the Transformational Leadership Programme, the Africa-America Institute provided scholarships for the capacity building of NGOs and social entrepreneurs in Nigeria. The SSM is designed to boost the existence, development and sustainability of Not-for Profit Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and entrepreneurs in the social sector.
Application is open to social entrepreneurs operating in the following sectors:

Health
Environment
Education
Social Entrepreneurs

Duration

The program consists of 13 modules to be delivered in 20 days (10 days in class and 10 days online) over a period of 4 months.

Modules

This module makes use of entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture for social change and it also looks at how to set objectives, the venturing process and the social sector management itself.

This module is designed to introduce participants to legal, tax and other regulatory issues in establishing and managing a social enterprise and it will help them develop the skills to anticipate and recognize the problems, and to equip them with sufficient knowledge to fashion out solutions.

With this module participants would understand the importance of developing a vision and mission statement and the need for the employees combined effort in achieving its goal and expose participants to strategies for marketing their vision and mission statement.

This module is designed to enhance the capacities of social entrepreneurs to be effective in leadership roles. It will equip them with practical leadership skills and help them identify areas where they need to change to enable them become better leaders.

This module is designed to enhance the capacities of social entrepreneurs to be effective in leadership roles. It will equip them with practical leadership skills and help them identify areas where they need to change to enable them become better leaders.

As Non-profit organization, project management is crucial as it involves budget and project implementation. In this module participants will be able to see the need to plan, gather information assign and set targets within the limits of the budget.

This module is designed to generate interest in and commitment to the strategic planning process of the organization. The case study approach is brought to play in this module to help participants understand the best approach to developing a suitable strategy.

Participants will be equipped with the tools that help in soliciting for contributions such as money or other resources needed to carry out their project by requesting for donations from individuals, corporations or governmental agencies.

With this module participant will be introduced to different ways and techniques of being creative in developing avenues for resources.

This module helps organizations and employees to build and become credible when they demonstrate sound management practices and provide quality service to the community and people they offer service

This module helps the social entrepreneur to develop not just a business plan but unfold the necessary process to be undertaken for a successful implementation.

This module has been designed to help participants develop usable financial recording systems for their organizations and how they can manage these systems effectively to ensure sustainability.
 

OUR PARTNERS

EDC’s strength lies in it’s network of partners and collaborators, hence a lot of emphasis is being placed on partnership building, collaboration and constantly searching for value-driven initiatives / projects with high societal impact.

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