Organisation
Our working method
ETM always works in partnership with local associations in the countries where we operate, often at their request, and commits to working with these organisations under contracts whose objectives are in line with our organisation’s specific priorities and offer sufficient guarantees of long-term sustainability. We sign contracts with them and monitor their implementation. Ethics plays an important role in our work and our relationships.
Organisation
Empowering ToMorrow’s Generation has 34 full members, 20 of whom contribute regularly and on a voluntary basis to its operation. It employs 3 full-time staff.
Our members have different educational backgrounds and come from different walks of life and language communities. The work is carried out in French and Dutch. Among us are economists, lawyers, sociologists, doctors, nurses, psychologists, educationalists, historians, primary school teachers and social educators.
We are part of the development NGO sector, working to defend the rights and place of children, young people and women in developing countries, and to raise awareness among the Belgian public and mobilise it around the realities faced by people in these countries.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is made up of 5 members. Meetings are held at least 4 times a year. The working pace of the ad hoc and specific working groups depends on the topics addressed, the circumstances and the deadlines (with the possible help of external experts.)
Decision-making
The general assembly meets every year to decide on:
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amendments to the articles of association
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the appointment and dismissal of directors and, where applicable, auditors
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the approval of budgets and accounts
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the voluntary dissolution of the association
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the exclusion of members
ETM’s strategy is to give priority to supporting sustainable initiatives. Requests for help and projects submitted by members are therefore assessed according to strict criteria, whether they are the subject of a co-funding application or are financed from ETM’s own funds.
Each submission is handled by two members, who prepare the application with the local partner or partners. It is then presented to the board of directors, which assesses whether it is admissible and whether it is appropriate to seek public co-funding.
Funds are allocated according to the following logic:
Appeals for donations are made in relation to specific projects, through ETM Magazine or specific initiatives by members. For earmarked, non-specific donations, bequests and income from ETM’s general initiatives, the allocation of funds is decided by the board of directors. Within the framework of the strategy, the budget and the projects approved by the board of directors, operational management is delegated to the secretary general.
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Organisation chart
ETM’s permanent (salaried) structure consists of:
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The general secretariat, responsible for day-to-day management and for the coordination and management of projects/programmes, and of an administrative and accounting unit.
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The director reports directly to the board of directors.
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The president is actively involved in the NGO’s work together with the secretary general, and handles relations with official bodies, international donors and anyone who may add value to the association.
The volunteer members work in pairs to manage each education project and each partner-funding project (from appraisal through to monitoring and final evaluation). Working in pairs ensures continuity of monitoring even when one of the two members is unavailable. It also allows constant exchange between projects, since each member is responsible for at least two projects, each with a different partner member.