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The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams

ALBOANs dreams for the future

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ALBOAN took the first step in 1994 with the strong conviction that we all live in a incomplete world which might be and also should be changed. We have witnessed over these years the complexity of the globalization system leading to deep inequalities and carrying on injustice, inequality and social exclusion. This situation continues to be a daily reality and it becomes clearer in the global and local current crisis. Although some countries have experienced a decline in the number of people living in extreme poverty, most development policies have severe constraints helping to enhance the unevenness throughout the world and putting the environmental sustainability in check.

Now more than ever, it feels necessary to meet the challenge of building up a more inclusive and equitable society. In an ever-changing environment and uncertain, we wonder where are we willing to journey?, what part should organizations like ours have to play at this moment and in this context?

These are the questions which have guided our strategical reflection, where we have devoted a particular effort to analyze the context1. In a change of epochs that impinges the solidarity and the international cooperation, our starting point must be the reality so that our dream becomes likely.

The planning exercise has been carried out together with the contributions, the watchful

1 The electronic version of the context analysis is the complete one and can be found online at our web: http://www.alboan.org/planificacion/contexto.pdf

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eye and the (following sheet) interests of the key players closer to ALBOAN (partner organizations from the South, public institutions, education sector, social foundation, etc.) and its final stage has included the organizations review in an innovative manner in order to adapt it to the challenges we must address.

Therefore, this Strategic Plan features a rebirth exercise of the organization to adapt their mission, priorities and organizational structure to the challenges posted by the new context. Its lifetime (period of validity) is planned from 2014 to 2018, however, to respond to the changing environment, it has been conceived as a flexible tool which will be revised in 2016 based on the results from the strategic goals together with the surely changes in context.

Success through a positive mental attitude.Think good, feel good.

Mission

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This is /We are the Jesuit NGO on international cooperation operating in the Basque Country and Navarra. Along with many people marginalized by the system we live in, we work towards the construction of a global citizenship eager to speak out/condemns on injustice resulting in disparities /inequalities all over the world and also keen to nurture the culture of communal welfare and to transform the structures which generate global and local poverty.

For this purpose, we join in networking with people and teams from around the world. Our special collaboration into our collective building-up focuses on the following issues:

Quality education.

Economic-productive sustainable and fair development.

Humanitarian action in recurring crises.

Democracy in favor of excluded people.

Our whole activity includes three cross-cutting themes: spirituality as a dimension of the human development extent, our commitment with the gender equity and the citizen engagement /involvement.

Vision

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We are encouraged to move forward over next years by succeeding for ALBOAN being firmly rooted, loved, ac-knowledged, sustainable, bright and bridge builder.

Firmly rooted into the new consolidate project planned by Societatis Iesus-Company of Jesus2 through its local and land proponents.

Loved by partners and social foundation, those whom it acts in association with.

Acknowledged by its added value monitoring institutions, shaping and building up the global citizenship.

Sustainable thanks to a committed team and to the steamed and diversified financing.

Bright, because of its proposals and for being a hopeful communicator.

Bridge builder between our life style and the dehumanization cutting-edge.

ALBOAN

2 Following the unification of the Spanish Jesuit Provinces, which became reality on the 21st June 2014, ALBOAN is together with Entreculturas NGO the Company of Jesus cooperation area over the country. Due to this reason, the planning process have been carried out as shared between both institutions.

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Values

We consider the development as a joint building process where, apart from activities and results, the style, the relationships and the ways of doing it are essential. The starting point to achieve a common welfare culture and solidarity communities is to transform ourselves, as human beings and as organization.

In order to cope with the challenge mentioned, we need to cultivate these core values3:

Care for people: The human beings and their development are the main con-cerns of ALBOAN. Our commitment with the mission implies building hu-man and organizational relationships founded on affection, confidence and mutual respect. All of them, next to the support culture, are the main factors in peoples personal and professional growth.

Truthful and transparency: Honesty, beyond the accountability legal con-straints, embraces communication policies, strategy, activities, results and the appraisals flowing from the ALBOAN know-how / work

Innovation and creativity: Since a new necessary world must be built on hope, we will attempt to explore and undertake new approach and proposals suitable to the new challenges. The new global reality (see next sheet) requires new solutions. We will focus particularly in teaching innovations.

3 Here is a basic overview of the document on Values. The electronic version of the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.alboan.org/planificacion/valores.pdf

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Competency and Professionalism: The complexity and scope of the injustice and inequality we live in require efficient and skilled people, endowed with high standards of performance dedicate to bring about a culture of common good.

Commitment and Consistency: Bitterness of a world that is still very unequal together with our eagerness to be a channel for par-ticipation require our commitment and institutional and personal consistency. ALBOAN will become an area where it is likely to live in harmony in our personal, professional and social relationships.

Happiness and life celebration: As we journey on, we celebrate the shared life and we live the joy that springs forth from the grat-itude of receiving so much good at personal and institutional level and also the enthusiasm we receive from the excluded in their daily struggles.

All these values are just as essential and mutually reinforced so that we achieve the desired institutional style. When the time to imple-ment them came, it is primordial to bear in mind the different per-ceptions, understandings and experiences among women and men.

Take the first steep now. It is no necessary to be getting the full way, but just give it. The rest will appear as you walk across it / go along.

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Strategic goals/objectives/aims/targets

General Directorate International Cooperation Study and training proposals Social revitalization and

campaigns Management and Human Resources/People Advocay and Networks Public Action and Participation

Functional groups

Work teams. The Strategic Goals and their associated strategies are presented below. In order to them being carried out, the organization has renewed its inner structure and at the same time a matrix-based sys-tem making it easy the whole institution alignment has been introduced. With the aim of making this new organization system visible, functional or cross-cutting groups concerned for each strategy are mentioned.

Communication Gender Financing SpiritualityCross-cutting groups

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Since its inception ALBOAN has been committed to achieving this aim devoting a large share of its resour-ces to provide access to quality education all over the world and to support educators and educational cen-ters when they struggle to mainstreaming the educa-tion in values along the educational project.

We remain committed to education as a means of ma-king real the social change. Nevertheless, the changes affecting the educational pattern and the new gene-rations of students features encourage us to promote the innovation to develop new approach tailored to the classrooms reality and at the same time to imple-ment youth participation areas so that young people is allowed to exercise active citizenship. The starting point for the development of strategies described bellow will bear in mind what we have learned over many years through work experience with centers and the connexion among global and local educational experiences.

Fostering a transformer high quality universal education which enables people and groups participating to the construction of a new global and inclusive society.

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How do we do that?

In close cooperation with teaching centers in the region for the curricular mainstreaming on the education in values and civic competencies through innovative approach.

CContributing to the development of the educational processes implemented by our partnerships working in the South to meet the specific needs of vulnerable groups.

Consolidating a network of educators committed to the

mentioned right.

Claiming the right to a quality education for everyone in our country and all over the world is secured through citizen initiatives, communicative and advocacy actions.

Developing a youth network committed to the justice on the basis of volunteer groups from the educational centers, universities and associations in Euskadi and Navarra.

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Contributing to the generation of local and regional socio-economic development experiences which facilitate the redistribution of wealth and are environmentally sustainable.

This planning aims to strengthen the promotion of local and regional socio-economic development experiences through an alternative approach.

In years to come, networking will be a major focus to contribute to the development of political, and socio-economic processes in communities of several countries supported by social organizations. At the same time, ALBOAN will make out among local citizens, consumption and investment alternatives which allow to support and make other sus-tainable and equal development patterns visible.

How do we do that?

Supporting our partner organizations work by financial aid, experiences exchange and knowledge generation needed to implement and improve socio-economic development processes carried out by communities and local cooperatives.

Making known the limits of the current development model leading to inequality and exclusion through proposals for action and advocacy aiming at building up a new social conception where another possible, sustainable and equal development pattern exists.

Setting in motion institutional campaigns so that citizens are aware of the consequences in the South of our consumption model based in the access and control over the natural resources.

Strengthening a network of businesses which supports productive projects in the South and generates good corporate behavior working as development actors.

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There are now 45 million people who had been forcibly displaced around the world (30 million internally displaced and 15 refugees), out of which 80 per cent are women, girls and boys. Struggles to gain access and control over the natural resources have driven most of the ar-med conflicts arising these displacements.

ALBOAN has been with these populations for years through its partnership with the Je-suit Refugee Service (SJR-JRS). For the coming years we will continue strengthening the duty carried out by this international institution and raise the advocacy work in our close en-vironment so that our society understands the increasingly relationship between our develo-pment pattern and the recurring crises affec-ting every year millions of people.

Assisting refugees and displaced people living the recurring crises situations, supporting humanitarian action on the ground and inform on where we live [our surroundings] about the causes behind it.

How do we do that?

Supporting the task made by the humanitarian aid in emergency situations encouraging solidarity among the Basque and Navarra societies.

Helping to reinforce the job done by the Jesuit Refugee Service (SJR-JRS) for the accompaniment in recurring crises situations.

Showing our close/nearby citizens the linkages between the refugees problem and our development pattern, through the difficulties of accessing and control the natural resources.

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This goal offers one of the greatest challenges to the strategic plan. For years, ALBOAN has been encouraging active citizenship from the South for public policies affecting them to be drawn up and monitored; in the world around, ALBOAN is actively involved in making and monitoring policies related to international cooperation.

However, the disrepute of politics in our society next to the scarcity of mechanisms and means of civic participation for the construction of the public sphere, set significant challenges for us as an organization aiming at building a global citizenship. This planning will serve for us to develop new ways of training and experiencing raising awareness on the active and global citizenship; we will explore the potential of collective development in education and taxation.

How do we do that?

Developing a mainly focused on young-adults structured training strategy.

Promoting citizen participation in making and monitoring public policies coordinated with other bodies/institutions.

Supporting the South processes related to the civil society - dialogue with the State, the civil societys fight against violence and the complaints of human rights infringement.

Handing over citizens integration experiences into the South reality seeking being significant for their own citizenship personal process construction including the spiritual dimension.

Strengthening the civil society to reach this target contributes to create democratic systems in which the common good in favor of the most vulnerable populations is priority.

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ALBOAN is committed to the awareness/acknowledgment of gender inequalities between women and men next to the commitment to gender equity in all of their activities. For years, in this way the organization has developed a work-intensive process materialized in its gender policy, in the pro-equity plan, the allocation of resources to the development of pro-equity processes into the partners organizations and setting up discussion platforms, training and joined-up thinking.

With a view to the current planning, we are still keeping the development of the pro-equity plan, strengthening particularly the activation of pro-equity processes with organizations in their environment and in other countries. In order to make out these accomplishments, the organization has available a set of indicators registered in all the areas under the leadership of the gender team.

Encompassing cross-cutting gender equity along with our activity and those of the interested organizations whom we work together with.

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How do we do that?

Promoting women empowerment in ALBOAN through training and participation in positions of power.

Including gender cross-cutting into ALBOAN performance and those of partner organizations.

Disseminating the context of social inequality suffered by

women all over the world.

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One of the keys for ALBOANs future as organization is founded on its ability /capability to take an active part int the new apostolic plan made by the Societatis Iesus. Following the unification of the Provinces, materialized the 21st June 2014, the organization is founded in a local and landing platforms network. ALBOAN is an integral part of Euskadi and Navarra platforms, which jointly form the Loyola Territorial/Landing Platform.

The alliances with other cooperation organization in the State (Entreculturas) and with Deusto University will be mainly strategic.

How do we do that?

Providing support to the Unified Apostolic Project from the approach of the cooperation area and inside the territorial context of the Local Apostolic Platforms and those of the Territorial Apostolic Platform.

Launching a strategic alliance with Entreculturas to further the common horizon defined as an international cooperation area belonging to the Social Sector of the Societatis Iesus in the Spanish State.

Strengthening the strategic alliance with Deusto University

allowing and making easy both sides enrichment.

Being involved in the cross-cutting project of Societatis Iesus for Spain in a local rooting manner, contributing to deploy new opportunities in borders/frontiers.

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Having a human team in place fully identified with the mission and qualified to face new challenges is the main key to ALBOAN achieves its dream. Thus, processes related to the present goal will be considered as strategic.

Two of the challenges stand out in the current plan. The first is devoted to provide collectively meaning to the community of solidarity term within the framework of strengthening the teams identity. This is a key issue, as ALBOAN does not produce goods but it endeavors fostering values, horizons, mysticism. Our main duty is not technical but motivational as it seeks to change people.

Secondly, regarding the field of training in capabilities, the assessment mentality of the professional performance and the teams creative and innovative skills will be areas of major concern. They allow us the change we dream of to become a reality and likely to manage it.

Aiming at developing ourselves as an unskilled supporting community [community of solidarity], committed and integrated, which offers insight into institutions identity.

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How do we do that?

Strengthening teams identity and its commitment to the mission.

Strengthening teams capabilities through training and

performance assessment inside the organizational culture by putting a premium on continuous improvement and creativity.

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In times of serious government funding cutbacks next to a call into question effec-tiveness of the international cooperation, it is imperative to work up new sources of funding allowing to move forward in long-term development process as those we have been supporting so far.

Financing might come from new private or public institutions, companies o big donors. Financial help may be supplied directly to ALBOAN or by forging straight alliances with the partners from the South.

How do we do that?

Promoting new initiatives to attracting private and institutional funds.

Organizing / conducting cultural, festive and celebrative events aiming at raising awareness of Euskadi and Navarra citizens on ALBOAN showing in a positive and hopeful manner/way that another different world is likely.

MImproving oversight of time management, resources and accountability.

Bringing about an evaluation culture for learning from the experience.

Strengthening financial sustainability in a manner that is consistent with missions development built on a locally rooted broad-based social structure .

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Indicators Responsible for Measurement Objective 2016 2013Total volume of activity Head of Administration Monitoring 7.769.410% of private returns/income Head of Administration 50% 67%Qty of people and private institutions who support us financially Head of Administration 8.000 7.022Private income from memberships (people and institutions) and donors Head of Memberships 3.500.000 3.086.590% of income from memberships Head of Memberships 27% 24%% of funds sent to the SOUTH Head of Administration 75% (> 70%) 72%% of funds allocated to Public Action and Participation Head of Administration 8< Dato

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Score CardIndicators Strategic Process

Memberships associated to campaigns Institutional campaignsNumber of centers and groups implementing it Institutional campaigns

Receipts gained from new institutions, companies, important donors or departments of public institutions

New financial support

Number of geared programs, still executing or implemented with other works of the Province or with the International Societatis Iesus. Strength of the Societatis Iesus United Project

Budget volume devoted to common programs with other works of the Province or International Societatis Iesus networks.

Strength of the Societatis Iesus United Project

Level of EC staff/team satisfaction with strategies and joint work with ALBOAN Strategic Alliance /Partnership with EntreculturasLevel of UD staff /team satisfaction with strategies and joint work Strategic Alliance /Partnership with UDNumber of people taking part in actions on the impact of the institutional campaign Institutional campaignsNumber of educators actively taking part in the Educators Network Young and Educators NetworksNumber of young people taking part in the Young Network Young and Educators NetworksActors taking part or engaging in COMPARTE processes COMPARTEQty of organizations and partnerships working in favor of gender equity (North & South) Gender equity among the partners-organizationsNumber of participating processes in public policy-making and monitoring (North & South) Citizens participation in making & monitoring public policieQty of new or renewed proposals for education Educational /Pedagogical InnovationQty of ALBOAN s North process involving partnerships from the South SeveralQty of ALBOAN s programs which include faith and justice dimension Cross-cutting from Faith & JusticeInputs/Investment Ratio inside the team and the activity to be financed New financial supportLevel of hired workers and volunteers satisfaction in AALBOAN Skilled and committed teamNumber of ALBOAN s workers dealing with land and sector work spaces Support for the building up of PAULevel of teams identification with the Solidarity Community Members Cross-cut,Skilled and committed team-Spirituality