“The Role of Strategic Planning in Sustaining the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations under Funding Constraints” رسالة ماجستير

Abstract

It is worthy to mention that the research idea came after US president Donald Trump's decision in 2018, to cut the financial support for both the Palestinian Authority and NGOs, since the financial support has been used as a political card to change some official attitudes, based on that a collapse that have occurred among the PNGOS in terms of closing programs and staff downsizing. I came up to tackle the sustainability approach as way out of such threat. Consequently, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate the mediating role of strategic planning in the impact of conditional funding on achieving sustainability in the Palestinian NGO sector. The descriptive-analytical approach has been used throughout the structured interviews. The sample consisted of 20 key workers from INGOs, NGOs, and CBOs. (28) questions designed by the scholar in light of previous studies were used to assess the following research questions: _.  What are the attitudes of the INGOs directors working in the Opt. towards the sustainability of the projects in the present of fundraising obstacles? V  What is donor’s role in building the financial and managerial capacity for PNGOs?  How can Strategic Planning improve the PNGO’s financial and administration Sustainability? And which methods can be adopted? To accomplish the research, I employed a participatory approach and used one main method to complete the research:  conducting structured interviews with PNGOs key workers In addition, the research used a number of steps to achieve its overall goal and sub-objectives, including a literature analysis, data collection, and interviews with members from international NGOs, national NGOs, and community-based organizations (CBOs). This conclusion may be useful in making future funding decisions. Particularly for the development agencies that may have previously relied on grants as their primary financing source, now is the time to change to a strategy that mainly relies on mutuel contributions and NGOs' aspirations. The correct financing option can be found by studying the various types of sustainability that are accessible and how they can be used to best fulfill the needs of the NGOs. At the end, I'd like to use this opportunity to express my gratitude to all of the organizations and individuals that helped make this research a reality. We expect that the information made accessible as a result of it would assist various parties in creating their implementation plans based on reliable data. I also hope that it will encourage lawmakers to better plan the NGO sector's participation in future strategies, interventions, and plans.