In light of the changing political and economic climate in which we work, including reduced Dutch government budgets for development assistance, SNV has revised its corporate strategy in 2011.
The revised strategy was approved by the Dutch Ministry of Development Cooperation in November 2011 and will guide our operation and development to 2015.
SNV will concentrate its work on issues related to food, energy and water. These three areas pose some of the most urgent development challenges for people living in poverty and are all areas in which SNV has a proven track record. Specifically, we will focus on three sectors – Agriculture, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, and Renewable Energy.
By focusing on three key roles, in combination with our local presence, we aim to boost the effectiveness, scale and sustainability of our work in the years to come. These three roles are: Advisory services - through which we create solutions with local impact; Knowledge networking - which expands knowledge bases for sustainable poverty reduction; and Evidence-based advocacy - which improves the enabling environment.
To achieve impact at scale, SNV has also started to move away from individual assignments with clients and towards implementing a programme approach with our local partners, built around a strategic framework of local and international priorities.
We recognise that sustained poverty reduction requires poor men and women to both contribute to and benefit from growth while having access to quality basic services. With this in mind, our work will continue to enable the four factors we have learnt are essential for successful development - inclusion, local ownership, contextualised solutions, and systemic change.
SNV aims to make a lasting difference in the lives of approximately 50 million people living in poverty over the period 2011-2015.