<aside> ℹ️ As part of the preparation for the Connection Sessions, you may consider taking the ODYO Assessment to take an in-depth and thorough analysis of and reflect upon your organization's strengths and needs. Among others, the assessment results will be very useful for you (and, depending on your current situation, your existing board members) to review what are the pressing issues to be addressed and improved upon this year.
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ODYO is created by the European Commission in helping youth organizations in the EU to better serve the youth. The self-assessment matrix allows the organization to examine the organization's current capacity and reflects which area of the organization requires further development.
Though this assessment matrix is originally targeting youth organizations in the EU, the assessment tool provides for very good insights on how to run an organization efficiently and effectively. This tool is still applicable to any organization outside the EU and with beneficiary other than youth. We believe the assessment tool is beneficial for SIPs to do a preliminary capacity health-check.
In the ODYO Toolkit, there are a total of 10 indicators in assessing your organization (click the ▶️ to expand the sections):
Please register to take the assessment test: http://www.odyotoolkit.eu/account/