Sustainability plan of GNSD
Student name: Ms Ashima Mathur
Guide: Dr Sapna Narula
Year of completion: 2018
Host Organisation: Global Network for Sustainable Development, USA
Supervisor (Host Organisation): Dr Marek Wosinski
Abstract: Background: Global Network for Sustainable Development is a non- profit organization, that aims to contribute to education of the youth for sustainable development and peace. It builds global partnerships to achieve its goal and thereby achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals.
They intend to do this by creating Sustainability Clubs for Peace and building a strong network of clubs to achieve the organizations mission. The members of these clubs i.e. the students are encouraged to participate in community projects addressing sustainable development, and non-violent conflict resolutions.
Purpose: The objective of the work is to develop a sustainable plan for GNSD. The second objective is to identify different approaches for communicating sustainability initiatives taken by school. The focus of this project work was on schools in India and Nepal.
Methodology: The study is based on secondary research and involves market analysis, competitor mapping, thereby identifying the potential market segments. This was followed by internal analysis of the organization to identify areas of strength, weaknesses and the competitive advantage of the firm. On the basis of this, recommendations were given for business development.
For the second objective, important parameters for communicating the sustainability of schools were identified and a framework for sustainability report was developed.
Results: The work leads to the identification of issues and areas of business development. The sustainability reporting framework will be one of the business products of GNSD.
Keywords: NGO, strategic plan, sustainability, schools
