16/9/2011
Secretary General Report and Finance
Secretary General Report
The ISCA Secretary General Report in the Delegate File 2011 consists of the below elements.
They are supplemented by ISCA Annual Report 2011 (distributed to all delegates), which gives a broad overview of recent priorities, projects and financial status. At the General Assembly I will further give an oral report with some additional views on ISCAs work.
• Activity Report
o Illustration: Projects Overview
o Illustration: Project Scoreboard
o Illustration: Fundraising Status
o Illustration: Income Sources
o Illustration: Financial development 2007-2010
• ISCA Accounts 2010
• ISCA Budget 2012 for adoption (and revised budget 2011 for information)
• ISCA membership fee 2012 – for adoption
Activity Report
ISCA and in particular the ISCA secretariat has over the last years consciously developed to become a project organization. We have pursued this systematically, as it means
- We increase efficiency by using project management tools
- We increase financial turnover by attracting external project funding
- We increase involvement of members as more members are being involved in specific projects
- We increase outreach as projects are a good way to engage other sectors and organizations
- We increase impact, by being a “doer” in grassroots sport
At the same time, being a project organization raises some questions
- Will we keep focus on members that are not part of projects?
- Will we keep focus on activities that are not part of projects?
- Will we develop activities in continents where project funding is not readily available?
- Will we contribute well enough to the political messages of ISCA?
These questions need to be addressed on an on-going basis. And in 2011, the Executive Committee decided to establish a Political Project Group with the purpose of strengthening the link between the Executive Committee and the ISCA (project) secretariat, among others to address the above questions. Vice president Herbert Hartmann is chair of the Group.
Financially, the projects are posing a challenge albeit a positive one: Project funding from external resources covers only 60-80 % of the costs. So ISCA invests some of its own unrestricted resources in the projects. But the unrestricted resources are limited, and so there is also a limit to how many projects ISCA can actually “afford” to implement.
It is also a challenge that projects entails some financial risk. If the projects are not managed well, there is a risk of overspending or of less donor support than expected. This is why the Executive Committee has decided that ISCA over the next four years should aim to build an equity of up to 20% of turnover. This is a solidification and a buffer which is comparable to other organizations.
As for future prospects in developing ISCA activities, I would highlight some interesting opportunities that ISCA could pursue
- assisting ISCA members to fundraise and implement their own international projects
- ISCA being partner in other international organisations’ projects
- ISCA working more closely with corporate partners
- ISCA working more on a consultancy basis or as an expert in consultancy projects in grassroots sport (typically in developing countries)
- ISCA working more systematically to increase the number of donors for each project, eg by approaching foundations.
ISCA is and should be an organization in development. We combine “walking” with “talking” and have raised the bar for how much an international umbrella in grassroots sport can do in both areas. The General Assembly is the time for ISCA members to review this development and to give guidance to the priorities needed in the years to come.
Jacob Schouenborg
Secretary General
 | Projects Overview (XLS, 37. KB) |
| Project Scoreboard (LSX, 11.44 KB) |
| Fundraising Status (LSX, 12.35 KB) |
ISCA membership fee 2012 – for adoption
The ISCA Executive Committee suggests an unchanged membership fee structure for 2012:
Fee Group 1 : Annual fee 1,000 USD
• National organisations with an operational activity budget
• International organisations with an operational activity budget
Fee Group 2 : Annual fee 500 USD
• Regional and local organisations with an operational activity budget
• National organisations with an activity budget at a minimum level
• Regional and local organisations in economically privileged countries
• Universities
• Ministries
Fee Group 3 : Annual fee 200 USD
• National organisations in economically less privileged countries
• International organisations with very limited resources
• Local and regional organisations with limited resources
• Associated members
Fee Group 4 : Annual fee 25 USD
• Local and regional organisations from developing countries / economically less privileged countries
• Local and regional organisations without an operational budget
| ISCA Accounts 2010 (PDF, 0.22 MB) |
| Revised budget for 2011 and budget for 2012 for adoption (PDF, 22.70 KB) |
