Governance and Management
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Noolaham Steering Board (NSB) coordinates and manages the global operations of the Noolaham Movement.
The functions of Noolaham Steering Board includes:
- Collaboration
- Networking with individuals, organizations and virtual institutions
- Volunteer management
- Overall financial management of the Noolaham Movement
- Setting performance targets for parent body, chapters and teams
- Monitoring and reviewing the performance
- Global Annual Programme and Budget (G-APB) in consultation with all the chapters and parent body
- Control systems to streamline the overall global operations
- Creating Global Advisory Committee/s
Regular Executives Meetings are held to discuss on going activities, issues and to plan Noolaham Foundation's continuous improvement and growth. Most Executive Meetings take place through skype.
Noolaham's program and other activities are managed on an ongoing basis using the Noolaham Foundation's Project Management Plan. Teams are responsible for projects. Projects are divided into tasks, and tasks and deliverables are managed using a project management system.
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Legal
Noolaham Foundation is a registered non profit organization in Sri Lanka. Noolaham : Canada, Noolaham : United Kingdom and Noolaham : Australia are registered chapters (or being registered) and independent organizations. Noolaham Foundation operates in a transparent accountable manner.
Our foundational organizational document is the Articles of Association. Please also refer to the Resolutions for additional information.
Policies
The Noolaham Foundation policies are being developed to guide the Foundation towards achieving its organizational objectives. Noolaham Foundation's policies and guidelines are developed guide organizational activities, clarify principles, and to otherwise further Noolaham Foundations objectives.
Strategy Planning
Long term as well as short term strategies are developed by Steering Board.
Please refer our Roadmap 2020 for an outline of our future plans. Strategic Plan for 2012-2015 will be available online by January 2012.
Executives Meetings
The executive members of the Foundation and various others join the weekly meetings on Saturdays. The meeting is held via skype and specific topics are discussed in each meeting.
Minutes of important meetings are documented at Executives Meeting page.
Project Management
Project Management Plan describes overall noolaham foundation management plan of the activities. Project management system is created for every single activity. Internal Wiki is other management related system for Noolaham Foundation. Its weekly, monthly, quarterly or mid-year reporting system.
Operational Management
The day to day activities of the Foundation are currently being managed by various volunteers. Program Officer and Program assistants are responsible for day to day activities related to specific programs.
In future, overall operational management will be managed by General Manager.
Fellowships
Noolaham Foundation is a youth driven non-profit foundation. Our activities are carried our by volunteers and a small staff. However, there are needs for targeted work by individuals of particular expertise. The Noolaham Foundation Fellowship program offers opportunities for volunteers, students, and industry professionals to work with the Noolaham Foundation on targeted projects with well defined scope and time frame.
