Planning and funding

Service Commissioning

• NGO Council Future Focus: An Exploration of Service Commissioning (pdf, 427 KB)
• NGO Council Future Focus: Summary of Service Commissioning Models (pdf, 133 KB)

NGO Council Future Focus: Commissioning Principles Thinkpiece

A second paper explores different sets of commissioning principles to guide good practice – it includes common themes of equity, transparency and collaboration, which some NGO Council members also shared at recent MBIE workshops to develop guidelines for procurement of social services.

• NGO Council Future Focus: Commissioning Principles Thinkpiece (pdf, 274 KB)

Planning and funding

This discussion paper provides an initial NGO perspective on possible re-organisation of the planning and funding environment resulting from recent changes to the health system. It is for use by government and the NGO sector – to inform debate about important principles and implementation issues to consider in the time of change. The paper was sent to the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Stephen McKernan by the Chair of the NGO Working Group in March 2010. The NGO Working Group received a written response from Chai Chuah, the National Director of the National Health Board, within three weeks.

• An NGO Perspective on the Re–organisation of the Planning and Funding Environment: A Discussion Paper by the NGO Working Group (pdf, 202 KB)

Financial pressures

In 2004/05, the NGO Working Group highlighted several issues relating to increasing financial pressures on NGOs, which had implications for their financial viability, the quality of service delivery and the health and wellbeing of their communities.

• Current Financial Pressures for NGOs: An Overview from the Health and Disability Sector NGO Working Group (pdf, 145 KB)