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Movement Strengthening Health Check Questionnaire. Data for 2020
This is an internal document. Its aim is to assist National Movements (NMs) in self-diagnostics and self-development. Based on the data YMCA Europe will be able to assist NMs to set priorities for development and produce desired changes.
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1.
Name of organization
(Required.)
General information
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2.
Is your organization officially registered as a public body?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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3.
How is your National YMCA registered
(Required.)
As federated structure with independent local YMCAs
As single legal entity covering all YMCA activities in the country
Other
Comments
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4.
How many local organizations do you have?
(Required.)
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5.
Do you have official membership (people)?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
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6.
How many official members (people) do you have?
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7.
Tick which of the following areas you provide services, programs at
(Required.)
Accommodation
Work with refugees
Employment
Peace and justice
Advocacy
Civic engagement
Social inclusion
Creativity
Sport
Training and education
Social entrepreneurship
Environment and ecology
Health and well-being
Camps
Childcare
Digital youth work
Tourism
Other (please specify)
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8.
What is the average age of beneficiaries in this program, service?
(Required.)
Accommodation
Work with refugees
Employment
Peace and justice
Advocacy
Civic engagement
Social inclusion
Creativity
Sport
Training and education
Social entrepreneurship
Environment and ecology
Health and well-being
Camps
Childcare
Digital youth work
Tourism
Other
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9.
What is the approximate number of beneficiaries you embrace by your services, programs this year?
(Required.)
Accommodation
Work with refugees
Employment
Peace and justice
Advocacy
Civic engagement
Social inclusion
Creativity
Sport
Training and education
Social entrepreneurship
Environment and ecology
Health and well-being
Camps
Childcare
Digital youth work
Tourism
Other
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10.
What is the number of employees at the National organization?
(Required.)
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11.
What is the total of employees at all local organisations?
(Required.)
People Development
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12.
Do you have enough leaders (volunteers) to run the planned services/programs?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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13.
Are they all appropriately skilled?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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14.
Do you have enough staff people to run the planned services/programs?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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15.
Are they all appropriately skilled?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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16.
Are all employees officially hired?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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17.
Is there a job description for each position?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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18.
Do you have difficulties with recruiting staff?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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19.
Do you have a high turnover of employees?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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20.
Do you have a high turnover of volunteers?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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21.
Do you have a system of staff and volunteer training?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
Financial Sustainability
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22.
Is there an annual financial report?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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23.
Is there an annual financial plan?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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24.
Has the organization got enough financial resources for the Strategy implementation?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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25.
Has your budget changed from the previous year?
(Required.)
Increased
Decreased
Stays the same
Comments
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26.
Does your organization have any debts? If yes, please, indicate a sum.
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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27.
Tick which of the following sources you use to generate income:
(Required.)
Paid services (including participation fees)
Government
Membership fees
Donations (including crowdfunding)
Grants from internal foundations (in the same country)
Grants from external foundations
Own fundraising initiatives (rental income, charity shops, merchandise, etc.)
Partners' help
Other (please specify)
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28.
What is the approximate percentage from the whole amount of generated income?
(Required.)
Paid services
Government
Membership fees
Donations (private)
Grants from internal foundations (in the same country)
Grants from external foundations
Partners' help
Other
Own fundraising initiatives (rental income, charity shops, etc.)
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29.
Do you have a deficit, surplus, balance in the current period? Please, indicate a sum in EURO
(Required.)
Surplus
Deficit
Comments
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30.
Do you run an independent audit this year?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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31.
If all income stops, will you have resources (reserves) to run your organization according to your plan within 3 months?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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32.
Tick the key budget lines of your expenditures
(Required.)
Programs, services
Office, administrative costs
Internal meetings
Salaries of staff people
Property maintenance
Membership fees to other Associations
Taxes, bank services, other
Other
Comments
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33.
What is the approximate percentage of the whole amount of expenditures?
(Required.)
Programs, services
Office, administrative costs
Internal meetings
Salaries of staff people
Property maintenance
Membership fees to other Associations
Taxes, bank services, other
Other
Strong Democratic Governance
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34.
Is your Constitution officially registered with your government?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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35.
Does your organization operate according to the Constitution?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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36.
Does the Constitution base on the principles of division of power, accountability, transparency, inclusion, equality?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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37.
Do you have an Auditing Committee?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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38.
Does the Auditing Committee fufill all its obligations?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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39.
Does the Conference/General Assembly/AGM have real power as the main decision-making body?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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40.
Do you have all the needed official documentation in order (minutes, lists, decrees, etc.)?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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41.
Was the Board elected by the Conference/General Assembly/AGM?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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42.
Board fulfills its main responsibilities such as strategic planning and overseeing, financial planning and overseeing, creating needed procedures, strategic development of the property, quality standards and control, membership and people development, etc.
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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43.
How many times has the Board met this year?
(Required.)
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44.
How many people are there on the Board?
(Required.)
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45.
How many women and men are there in the Board?
(Required.)
Women
Men
Self-defined
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46.
How many people under and over 30 years old are there in the Board?
(Required.)
Under 30
30 and over
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47.
How many Board members are serving their 1st term and how many are serving their second or more term?
(Required.)
1st term
Not the 1st term
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48.
Is the Chief Executive/Secretary-General hired by the Board?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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49.
Is the work of Chief Executive/Secretary-General evaluated by the Board this year?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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50.
Are the Chief Executive/Secretary-General and the President two different people?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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51.
Is the term of office for the President limited? Please, indicate the period
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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52.
Is this law executed properly?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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53.
Is the term of work for Secretary-General limited? Please, indicate the period
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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54.
Do you have inappropriate, unethical behavior of Board, Staff members Policy/any other document?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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55.
Tick, which procedures are adopted at your organization
(Required.)
Nomination/Election procedure
Membership policy
Procedure of accepting and expelling official members
Criteria for local organizations (so they can understand why they are accepted and expelled as members)
Procedure of accepting and expelling of local organizations to the National one
Procedure for liquidation of the organization
Procedure of hiring Chief Executive/Secretary General
Safeguarding Policy/Child protection Policy
Inclusion and Diversity Policy
Ecological/Sustainable development Policy
Conflict of interest Policy
Whistle Blowing Policy
Ethical Investment Policy
Other
Comments
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56.
We produce an annual public report about our services, programs
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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57.
Who has access to financial information of the organization?
(Required.)
Chief Executive/Secretary General
President
Board
Auditing Committee
Conference
All official members
We produce public financial report
Other
Comments
Property Development
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58.
Does your organization have property?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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59.
What is the value of the property?
(Required.)
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60.
Does your property generate income?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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61.
Do you have any risks of losing the property?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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62.
Do you have a property development plan?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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63.
Do you have difficulties with maintaining the property?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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64.
Is the property physically inclusive?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
Communication and PR
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65.
Is there good clear communication between President, Board and Chief Executive/Secretary-General?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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66.
Is there good clear communication between National and local organizations?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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67.
Is there good clear communication between National organizations and International partner organizations?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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68.
Is there PR Strategy in the organization?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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69.
Are you satisfied with how this Strategy is implemented?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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70.
Is there a commonly shared YMCA brand in your organization?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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71.
Is trade marking of the YMCA name ensured where applicable?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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72.
Has the National movement acted in a manner which is prejudicial to other national movements, YMCA Europe or the World YMCA?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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73.
Person in charge of communications in your organisation
(Required.)
Name
Position
Email
Partnership and networking
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74.
Please, indicate types of organizations with which you have joint activities, meetings (at least one in this year)
(Required.)
National government bodies
Local government bodies
Other NGOs
Other International YMCAs
Business
Donors
Other
Are you satisfied with number and quality of your cooperation with partners?
Monitoring of quality and effectiveness
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75.
Are there standards of quality for all the services/programs of your organization?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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76.
Is there a system of monitoring of the quality of the services/programs?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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77.
Is there a report on the quality of the services/programs?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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78.
Do you run a needs assessment of your target groups/members periodically? How often?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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79.
Have you introduced a new program/service to your target group this year (based on needs assessment)? Which one?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
Strategic Planning
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80.
Does your National organization have a Strategic Plan?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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81.
Are you satisfied with its quality?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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82.
Was the National Strategic plan broadly discussed with all local organizations before approval?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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83.
Is the Strategic Plan of the National organization a real document that you use and refer to?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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84.
Does your organisation have its values identified and listed?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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85.
Mission and Values are in line (don't contradict) Christian values or the values of YMCA Europe and the Global YMCA
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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86.
Does the organisation have a Risk management plan?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
Youth participation, continuity
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87.
Is there official regulation in your Constitution that at least 30-50 % of your Board members are youth under 30-35 years old?
(Required.)
Yes
No
Other
Comments
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88.
What is an approximate percentage of National staff who are under 30 years old?
(Required.)
Current Progress,
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