- BFD is governed by a Board of Trustees having international and national representation.
- BFD values accountability and transparency as integral to quality management.
- BFD has fully accountable and transparent management and financial practices.
- BFD values its staff and is committed to retaining well qualified and experienced staff through staff training and incentive programs.
- BFD management is shared between BFD central office and semi-autonomous branch offices
- BFD central office provides strategic program development, marketing and financial accounting.
- BFD branch management is responsible for implementation of project activities
- BFD focuses on field-based staff achieving real outputs with low administrative cost ratio.
BFD Business Model
BFD is a multi-disciplinary organization operating delivering services in 5 main sectors to BFD target communities. The demands of financing these operations require a diverse set of financial models. Three are of major importance.
- Partnership: Proposals to agencies, tender responses, joint ventures: done under contract agreements
- Commercial: Supporting farmers cooperatives in agriculture business activity in the market place
- Sponsorship: Public donations, endowments
BFD prefers to partner with clients to provide a service that results in sustainable community development. ie
Clients and Donors >>>> work with BFD >>> to assist Benificiaries
- BFD conducts its business by working with clients and partners to develop and implement fully-costed activities that deliver outcomes consistent with BFD strategic aims.
- BFD positions itself to deliver development outcomes
- BFD is a service organization working with agencies and other donors as clients and partners, and aims to deliver benefits to the community.
- BFD works directly with donors and partners to identify and implement project activities in support of mutually agreed goals
- BFD seeks to broaden its programs and project scope by marketing the organization's mission, unique capacity, skills and experience to a wide range of stakeholders.
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