National Council of YMCAs of Bangladesh:
The National Council of YMCAs of Bangladesh in brief NCYB is the collective body of 12 Local YMCAs situated in a different part of the country. The NCYB has been established in 1974 by the five (5) local YMCAs. Later on with the direct initiative of NCYB seven (7) more local YMCAs have been established at different part of Bangladesh.
The key role of the National Council of YMCAs of Bangladesh is to assist all members of local YMCAs to strengthen their own movement so that they are able to attain their mission. NCYB also provides technical assistance to local member YMCAs in designing and implementing community-based development programs.
Vision:
This is our desire for every citizen of Bangladesh to enjoy equal opportunity, live in harmony and peace, and enjoy economic justice.
Mission:
“The YMCAs of Bangladesh seek to unite the young people who adhering the Paris Basis and Challenge 21, desires to work towards building an eco-sensitive just society based on equal opportunity for all.”
The strategic direction of NCYB
(i) Movement Strengthening
The National Council of YMCAs of Bangladesh adopts the Global Operating Plan, a strategy devised by the World Alliance of YMCAs, as a guiding principle for Movement Strengthening Process of the YMCAs. The strategy is based on three pillars; all the components of the Strategic Objectives shall encompass these three areas for the YMCAs to develop.
- Mission Clarity
- Institutional Viability
- Social Relevance
(ii) Resource Mobilization
Resource Mobilization is another challenge for the YMCAs of Bangladesh, both at the local and national levels. Since the inception of the Bangladesh YMCAs, it has been heavily dependent on international financial support for all its development programs. As such a dependency model has been developed in the past few decades.
Now it has been realized that such a working model cannot contribute to the sustainability of the YMCAs. As such Resource Mobilization has become a challenge for the Bangladesh YMCAs, in terms of tapping internal resources.