umewe typically supports not-for-profits, professional associations, and start-ups with governance and operations issues and projects.

Corporate governance is a philosophy, an approach, and a process. Good governance is not restricted to a specific type of organization, and all governance models and systems throughout the world are the product of legal, regulatory and best practice elements.

Governance models must reflect the needs of an organization, fit with missions, beliefs, and values, and must consider both internal and external relationships. Fundamental to governance is the clarity it brings to the strategic direction, decision-making responsibilities, and accountability for achieving results.

Methodology
Consultation and recommendations using a broad and participatory approach in building consensus, along with the provision of resources and experience including anonymous real life success and failure examples.

Strategic Planning and Implementation

  • Provide vision and leadership to the strategic and day-to-day program implementation of the organization.
  • Providing or recommending a strategic planning framework
  • Supporting Boards to plan and execute financial planning including budget and bookkeeping.
  • Supporting Boards to build and sustain a funding plan to achieve the short-term and long-term objectives of the organization.
  • Review, writing, and revision of bylaws, policy, and operational manuals.
  • Supporting Boards to maintain their records, filing, virtual offices, and websites.
  • Supporting and advising on job descriptions for board members, committees, and volunteers.
  • Supporting and advising on recruitment of board, and committee members.

Board Development and Relations

  • Governance audit and reviews.
  • Review and recommendations of board regulatory and governance structures.
  • Governance capacity building amongst the main stakeholders.
  • Supporting Boards though executive recruitment and Board development with terms of reference and a recruitment processes as well as job descriptions for the organization.
  • Supporting Boards through organizational restructuring and change management.
  • Supporting Boards to recognize and appreciate the opportunities available to them.
  • Surveys, interviews, validation of critical mass for change.

Networking and Connecting

  • Engaging stakeholders throughout the sector
  • Advocacy and relationship building.