Simavi : an effective and sustainable organisation
Simavi has a flexible organisational culture, characterized by a strong willingness and ambition to learn and innovate which proves important to the sustainability of the organisation. To achieve its goals and to comply with the demands of this time and age, the organisation and its personnel continue on a path, assimilating and adapting to new circumstances and opportunities.
As donor, Simavi does not take on too much of a directive role. Although the value of quality assurance systems, result oriented planning and monitoring and evaluation are recognised; Simavi intends to limit the related costs in terms of both time and money and retain its flexibility and responsiveness toward partners. Simavi elects to take a pragmatic and practical approach in assessing what is advisable and effective for which partner at which level.
The Simavi office presently has a departmental structure that reflects its three sides: a project department, communication & fundraising department and a financial department. All three departments are lead by a head and together with the Director they make up the management team assisted by an office manager. The departments operate relatively autonomously. This structure is well suited to performing the primary processes, of serving Simavi’s core activities in relation to communication and connection between the North and the South. Within the project department there is a matrix structure in place, in which a majority of staff members have a thematic function.
The final responsibility for the Simavi Foundation lies with a Board that consists of at least five and at most seven members, of which at least 40% have a medical or health technical background.
