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Financial Management Service Foundation
 
Introduction
 

Financial Management Service Foundation (FMSF) is a development resource organization involved in the Financial Management, Legal Issues and Governance of Development Organizations in South Asia.

FMSF believes that “accountability of development organizations is of paramount significance and strives for enhancing the same through its various initiatives and activities.

Currently, FMSF is involved in financial monitoring of development projects, capacity building of Non- Government Organizations (NGOs) in the areas of financial management, legal regulations and governance related matters.

FMSF conducts various research activities and provides consultancy services regarding legal and financial issues to a number of NGOs.

Some of the other areas where FMSF renders its services are:

Accompaniment and Mentoring support
Financial as well as Governance Reviews & Evaluations
Prefunding Appraisals - Click here to view the concept note
 
History & Background
 

The Financial Management Service Foundation (FMSF) is an offshoot of the Financial Management Service (FMS), a unit set up by the Evangelischer Entwicklungsdientst or EED (formerly known as Evangelischer Zentralstelle fuer Entwicklungsdienst or EZE) in the year 1995.FMS was established in India to ensure that partners in India, Bangladesh and Nepal were able to fulfill their obligations to EED and enhance their capacity in financial management reporting systems.

During the year 1986, EED (then known as EZE) & ICCO (Inter Church Organisation for Development Cooperation) initiated a "Programme for Strengthening Accountability of NGOs in India", with a primary objective to strengthen the financial management and accountability of its supported partner organisations in India.The long-term aim of this "programme" was to improve the accountability and financial management of their supported partner organisations in India

Subsequently EZE was also faced with the problem of not being able to close the files of various projects even after the project period was over as certain reporting requirements could not be complied with.

Following two partner consultations in Chennai during the years 1993 and 1994, EZE decided to establish this service unit in the name of Financial Management Service of EZE.

This initiative of EZE in more ways than one synchronized with the overall need of the voluntary sector in South Asia (India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka) to:

have a facilitating body which can assist the voluntary organizations to improve their accounting and reporting requirements.
have a resource organization which can help in capacity building, sharing information and involved in research to develop Financial Management and related governance systems specifically for NGOs.

In the above scenario, FMS / FMSF was established and started functioning since 1st January, 1995 . During the initial years the functions of FMSF were oriented towards fulfillment of the requirements as per the mandate from the two partner consultations.

From an EZE representative office, FMS became Financial Management Service Foundation (FMSF), in the year 2000.

Financial Management Service Foundation (FMSF) has since been involved in providing support to NGOs in the Indian Subcontinent as well as overseas resource agencies in the field of Monitoring, Financial Management, Legal Regulations and Related Governance

 
Vision and Mission
 

Vision

We aspire for a reality in development co-operation where there will be overall and wholistic accountability among all the constituencies

 

Mission

FMSF is a resource organization which seeks to promote accountability in South Asia by

Enhancing the capacity of partners and development stakeholders in financial management & Governance.
Advocating Social Accountability through networking and influencing policies.
Research & Information Dissemination
 
Core Areas on Intervention
 

The three major core areas of FMSF’s activities are:

Financial Monitoring
Training, Research & Publication
Consultancy, Assessments, Reviews & Evaluations
 
Board of Trustees
 

The Board leads the organization. It has the ultimate authority for directing the affairs of the organization and to ensure that the objective for which it has come is being achieved.

Composition: FMSF has a highly multi-skilled Board of Trustees. EED, Germany is a permanent invitee to the Board.

1.
Chairman – Bishop (Dr.) C.L. Furtado
   
 

He is a retired Bishop of Church of South India. He has rich experience of governance of faith based as well as secular Voluntary Organizations. He has an outstanding track record of management of various organizations.

   
2.
Trustee - Ms. Rosemary Viswanath
   
 
She is an Organizational Development expert having rich experience in the Voluntary Sector. She is a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore with dual specialization in Personnel Management & Organization Behavior and Habitat and Human Settlements. She heads an organization, “EQUATIONS” – a campaigning, advocacy and research organization working on the impacts of tourism. She has been involved in many study and evaluation processes that has contributed in strengthening organizational processes of NGOs and has wider knowledge of the grassroot realities of the development organizations.
   
3.

Trustee - Mr. C.B. Samuel

   
 
He is an experienced resource person and is heading a network of voluntary organizations known as PRABHAAV. He has been involved in various mentoring and counseling processes in the Leadership Development in NGOs. He has also been involved in building capacities in the areas of programme and governance matters in the development organizations.
   
4.

Trustee - Prof. (Dr.)Vidya Rao

   
 
She is the professor of the Department of Social Welfare Administration at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences,(TISS) Mumbai. She has done her Master’s in Social Work from University of Michigan, USA, & her Ph.D (Social Work) from Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She brings in rich academic background and contributes in FMSF’s capacity building initiatives to be more effective. She has also conducted various training programs on District Planning, Tribal Development and NGO Management
   
5.
Trustee - Ms. Monica Sudhir
   
 
She is a Consultant – Learning & Development, INSIGHTS. She has over 20 years of experience enabling teams to excel, with an intense passion for facilitating excellence and empowering people to maximize their performance. She is also a Freelance Consultant in Learning & Development. She is also a Faculty in Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Northern India Regional Council, she has trained more than 12000 Chartered Accountants in General Management, Communication for Organizational Excellence, Leadership Skills, Time and Stress Management, Negotiation Skills, Team Building.As Faculty, Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Northern India Regional Council, she trains Company Secretaries on an ongoing basis in Behavioural Management.She has been accredited as Trainer for the Team Score Card and Team Centered Leadership Trainer’s Course by Pinnacle Management Group Incorporated, USA, in June 2008.
   
 
Staff Team
 

TEAM FMSF has a multi-skilled and multi-faceted team with qualifications and experiences from diverse backgrounds. The Team comprises of Chartered Accountants, MBAs & MCAs who make valuable contributions to the functioning of the team as well as the organization. The expertise of the team lies in capacity building, training, legal issues, research and monitoring of projects.

 
 
Executive Director
Mr. Sanjay Patra
 
email: sanjay.patra@fmsfindia.org
   
Head of Resource Desk Ms. Anuradha Singh
  email: anuradha.singh@fmsfindia.org
   
Head of Programme Desk Mr. Sandeep Sharma
  email: sandeep.sharma@fmsfindia.org
   
Programme Managers Mr. Prabhat Kumar
  email: prabhat.kumar@fmsfindia.org
   
  Mr. Hari Krishna Pasupuleti
  email: hari.pasupuleti@fmsfindia.org
   
I.T and Admin Officer Ms. Renu Arora
  email: renu.arora@fmsfindia.org
   
Senior Project Monitoring Coordinators Ms. Aarti Sharma
  email: aarti.sharma@fmsfindia.org
   
  Ms. Sapna Singh
  email: sapna.singh@fmsfindia.org
   
Project Monitoring Coordinators Mr. Abhishek Chandra
  email: abhishek.chandra@fmsfindia.org
   
  Mr. Maneesh Jain
  email: maneesh.jain@fmsfindia.org
   
Finance Coordinator Mr. Lalatendu
  email: lalatendu.samanta@fmsfindia.org
   
   
Knowledge Management Facilitator Mr. Satyajit Das
  email: satyajit.das@fmsfindia.org
   
Research, Training and Development Facilitator Ms. Bushra Khan
  email: bushra.khan@fmsfindia.org
   
Support Team Mr. Ram Bahadur
  Mr. Rajman Yadav
  Mr. Dharmendra Singh Rawat
  Mr. Anil Sharma
   
 
Annual Reports
 
Towards Responsible Stewardship
Annual Report 2010 - 2011
Looking within ...
Annual Report 2009 - 2010
Celebrating our journey together.....
Annual Report 2008 - 2009
 
Promoting Development Effectiveness
Annual Report 2007 - 2008
Creating Synergies
Annual Report 2006 - 2007
Social Accountability Report
Annual Report 2005 - 2006
 
One notch higher - raising the bar
Annual Report 2004 - 2005
Reflection 2003 - 2004
Annual Report 2003 - 2004
Ripples....
Annual Report 2002 - 2003
 
 
Our Partnerships
 
Key Strategic Partner    Other Partnerships
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