Network Strengthening 


Project Manager:  EuroNPUD Project Executive Mat Southwell

The Project Team: EuroNPUD’s Chair, Operations Manager, Finance Officer and Organisational Development Consultant.


Project Objective: 

  • To develop EuroNPUD as a registered NGO with strong operating procedures, good governance oversight and well managed and audited finances. 

  • To develop technical resources that support the leadership development of drug user organisers in Europe. 


Project Description:

Network Strengthening Project leads the organisational development of EuroNPUD. This has resulted in the independent registration of EuroNPUD as a limited company in Europe and move to full independence from 1 January 2023. EuroNPUD benefited from being hosted and supported in its development by the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD).  EuroNPUD continues to be a proud member of INPUD following our move to full independence. EuroNPUD’s journey to full independence has also been supported by the activities of the Robert Carr Fund Harm Reduction Consortium led by principal recipient the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC). The RCF Harm Reduction Consortium has supported network members to review their governance and financial management capacity and develop their approach to fundraising. Both INPUD and IDPC lead RCF consortiums and both consortiums developed together NGO In A Box, a website that gathers and makes available organisational policies and procedures that can be adapted to support the work of developing Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). 


The Network Strengthening Project also leads on EuroNPUD’s Finance Strategy and coordinates its fundraising activities. The Network Strengthening Project also coordinates the development of technical resources that support organisational development and guides the development of EuroNPUD management development programme. 


Resources:

EuroNPUD is building technical resources that set out the standards of our own development work while supporting other drug user organisations to apply the same learning. The first tool in our Network Strengthening Project is the Strategic Plan Development Guide which defines how EuroNPUD sets and structures our strategic planning process and strategy. 


  • NGO In A Box

  • EuroNPUD Strategic Plan Development Guide

  • EuroNPUD Project Managers Guide

  • EuroNPUD Constitution