Managing budgets in a Think Tank
Eva Cardoso, an experienced think tank administrator writes about managing budgets for think tanks. She uses the project cycle to describe the various stages of budget design, monitoring and...
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What happens when foreign donors leave (and they will)? Domestic funders wanted
Foreign funding for think tanks has raised a few eyebrows lately. There is an increasing concern that this involves meddling with domestic politics. In developing...
Think tanks should not be afraid to borrow money
Should think tanks borrow money from a bank? They could be missing out on a great opportunity to take the initiative and invest in their future for lack of knowledge and adversity to risk.
The art of creating time: invest, don’t spend
Are some organisations too successful for their own good? How can think tanks take a brake from donor led project funding to develop their own agendas and take the initiative on the projects...
Fair is Fair: on contracts and sub-contracts
Contracts stand between think tanks and the funds they need. But these contracts are hardly ever developed for think tanks -or with think tanks in mind. They pose enormous challenges for...
How to improve your capacity to write proposals: Grupo FARO’s Committee for Project Approval
Like many think tanks, Grupo FARO from Ecuador, finds it hard to decide what proposals to develop and how to make sure those they develop are 'winning proposals'. Finding...
Financial Management: Sustainability and Accountability – the Managing Think Tanks Series
Think tanks are usually in a constant search for funding, particularly those in developing countries where local sources of funding are virtually nonexistent. Thus,...
Managing human and financial resources: a Ray Struyk masterclass
Ray Struyk, author of Managing Think Tanks, has been very kind to share (and the Carnegie Endowment has been kind to let us publish it) this short video prepared for a group of think tanks...