Global Operating Plan
For Strengthening the Movement
What is the
Global Operating Plan?
The Global Operating Plan (GOP)
is the world Movement’s initiative for
YMCA Movement Strengthening
The goal of this movement strengthening is to
enable YMCAs throughout the world to
increase capacity for providing meaningful
and relevant programmes to local
communities.
2006
The Movement
Strengthening Initiative is
built on 3 pillars:
1. Mission Clarity
2. Social Relevance
3. Institutional Viability
Mission Clarity
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Understanding the major issues currently
affecting the local community and how the
YMCA can relate to these
Developing and understanding the YMCA’s
own spiritual identity and interfaith dialogue
Building the YMCA’s vision in order to
positively influence their local communities
Development of gender equality and youth
centred leadership and programming
Social Relevance
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Socially relevant programmes that respond
to critical issues and developing needs in the
community
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Programming related to the Challenge 21
priorities - for challenge 21 priorities cut and paste this link:
http://www.ymca.int/index.php?id=114
Institutional Viability
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Leadership recruitment and development
Human resources, risk management and
organizational development
Developing relationships and linkages
between the YMCA and other organisations
Development of core resources and
infrastructure
Participatory decision making
Self critical analysis
Accountability
Development of the three pillars of movement
strengthening will be accomplished through
the two strategies of:
• Country Focus
• Knowledge Focus
and complemented by the three cross cutting
components of Resourcing, Communication
and Monitoring and Evaluation.
1. Country Focus…
• ..is a mechanism for strengthening key National
Movements (NM) who are selected by the Area
Organizations.
• NM is then assessed to identify strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities and challenges in the
three key areas of mission clarity, institutional
viability and social relevance.
• A multilateral Country Focus Working Group is
formed to develop an action plan to address the gaps
and support plan implementation.
COUNTRY FOCUS STRATEGY
SELECTED MOVEMENTS
Africa
2003
2004 - 2006
Angola, Ethiopia,
Sierra Leone,
Zambia, Ghana,
Gambia, Africa Alliance
East Timor, Sri Lanka
Russia, Ukraine,
Belarus
LACA
Georgia, Albania,
Macedonia
Ecuador, Uruguay, El
Salvador, Caribbean
Jordan (proposed)
Asia
Europe
LACA
Middle E.
2. Knowledge Focus...
The Knowledge Focus Strategy works on an issue
basis, strengthening the movement by fostering a
culture of exchange and sharing within the
movement. It is to identify best practices in
YMCAs around the
world and making this
knowledge accessible to
the rest of the movement.
MAPPING KNOWLEDGE
The World Alliance is mapping knowledge and
expertise in the movement on specific themes.
This knowledge will be made available to the
whole Movement through the web, together with
a space for exchange, discussions and sharing of
information to help connect people with expertise
with those needing.
Cross Cutting Components…
The 3 complementary, cross cutting
components of the GOP are:
• Resourcing
• Communication
• Monitoring & Evaluation
The leaders of every GOP initiative are to
include these components into their action
plan, as each of them is vital for the success.
The guiding principles of the
Global Operating Plan are:
• National Movements are the primary agents for
their own self-growth.
• International cooperation through multilateral
approach
• Subsidiarity (tasks and decisions are best taken as
close to the “grass roots” as possible)
• Selectivity (using criteria that will generate a
multiplier effect)
• In order to achieve best results, a process is
continuously reviewed and adjusted
How to support GOP
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Help promote education and understanding of
the GOP in your YMCA
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Participate in a Country Focus Working Group
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Share your expertise
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Contribute to the World Fellowship Fund