Strategic revision 2024-2025

Phase Oct - Jan 2024: 3 priority strategic projects defined:

1. Redesigning partnerships with Belgian NGOs 
   • Lead: Björn Macauter & Marc Despiegelaere
2. Exploring models for access to finance for African entrepreneurs
   • Lead: Björn Macauter, Matyas Boyen & Jean Claude Delcroix
   • 16/10/2024: Launch Project II - presentation including
     • Our track record in financing African SMEs.
     • Projects outside our regular operations where OVO has collaborated as either a lead or partner, with insights on 'access to finance' that can inform our future efforts

3. Improving HR governance

• Lead: Karen Peersman, Anne-Lise Passelecq & Rita Bastiaenssen
• Organisatie van 5 interactieve workshops (november 2024) voor input over volgende HR governance topics:
  1. Efficient meetings and information/decision-making flow: team leader Stefanie Vanlerberghe
  2. Conflicts of interest: team Leader Luc Bonte
  3. Expertise and volunteer management: team leader: Karen Kammeraat
  4. Diversity: team leader Veron Nsunda
  5. Volunteer satisfaction & involvement, communication with volunteers: team leader Marina Cools
• Online Q&A to present findings from these working groups to all volunteers
• Survey to all volunteers on key topics
• A policy plan was drafted a presented to the Board on 20/1 and approved