Document provides a comparative look at women’s political participation in specifiic countries as well as at the obstacles women confront in politics, and outlines 95 best practices to promote gender equality in party politics.

eNewsletter describe la diferencia entre gobernabilidad y gestión, y por qué es importante para el proyecto en general.

USAID toolkit exploring the connections between livelihoods and conflict; This ""toolkit"" explains the connections between livelihood and conflict and aims to provide USAID missions with access to concrete, practical program options, lessons learned, and information about potential partners, mechanisms and monitoring and evaluation tools for implementing more effective conflict programs. The document concentrates on how violent conflict can affect individual and community access to essential resources and how an approach that focuses on strengthening that access can help people survive and recover from conflict. Livelihoods, or individuals' or households' access to resources is often a primary factor in motivating violence. In some cases, if livelihood support is offered early enough, conflict may be avoided.

Manual to support peacebuilding and reconciliation; The manual aims to provide Caritas Internationales workers, and other NGO workers, with flexible training suggestions and materials to support and enhance their efforts in peacebuilding and reconciliation. It is designed for both trainers and novices. More specifically, the manual goals are to: Provide ideas and resources for effective peacebuilding trainers; Provide interactive materials that cover the basic conceptual dimensions of peacebuilding; Provide training modules that identify and enhance skills needed for peacebuilding and reconciliation work; Provide trainers with flexible options that allow them to tailor training to fit participants' needs and their local context.

Document provides nonprofit CBO board and staff members with specific tools and resources for building an effective board. Specifically, the document will explore the roles and responsibilities of board members, focus on the difference between governance and management, examine the importance of board selection and composition and provide models for orientation and training of board members.

Strategic Planning Workbook; American Red Cross

Civicus Toolkit on Strategic Planning; Janet Shapiro; Toolkit

Assessing Impact: Planning for Miracles -- Report on lessons learned from women peace activists and practitioners; Judy El Bushra with Ancil Adrian-Paul and Maria Olson; 2005

This document provides sample language and guidelines that should be included in a succession plan for an organization's executive director, in the even of a long or short-term absence.