NCA's total turnover for the reporting period was approx. NOK 2.75 billion. Norad remains NCA’s single largest donor, although during the period NCA has diversified its funding sources decreasing Norad and MFA's share. For 2018, 18.3% (NOK 169 million) of NCA's annual turnover was from non-Norwegian grants, against a 14.8% baseline (2015). At the end of 2018, NCA managed 13 country representations, two regional offices and eight humanitarian operations. NCA also has a presence in an additional four countries through joint offices led by other Action by Churches Together (ACT) Alliance members.
Lasting Impact
The diverse contexts NCA works in are characterised by complexity, but also provided opportunities for impact. Between 2016-2018, NCA and partners made significant lasting contributions to communities’ health status as 6.2 million people gained access to safe water supply, and more than 1.3 million people improved their sanitary conditions. Organised civil society structures supported by NCA have played a key role in communities’ ability to resist, absorb and recover from climate change. To illustrate, more than 41,000 households adopted better agricultural practices. NCA and partners were also able to secure people’s rights to basic services such as water, health and education by enabling local community structures to hold governments accountable and ensure implementation of public projects.
True to its mandate, NCA continued to support the most poor and marginalised, with specific attention to the needs of women and youth. Working on both prevention of and response to gender-based violence, NCA and partners were able to change dominant social norms and provide 99,000 women and children with medical and psychosocial support and care. NCA and partners' focus to increase women’s meaningful participation in peacebuilding produced results in challenging contexts (e.g. Afghanistan, Mali, Pakistan and South Sudan). Promoting a market-based approach, partners contributed to the establishment of 28,000 micro and small enterprises ensuring women and youth a viable livelihood. See our global programmes for a broader selection of results from NCA's six global programmes achieved.
Partnerships for Change
Partnering with civil society actors, including faith-based actors (FBAs), is NCA's main approach to fulfil its mandate. In the programme period 2016-2018, Strengthening Civil Society was a cross-cutting issue, addressed within each of the six global programmes. Through a tailored partner capacity development programme, NCA’s country offices have increased their core partner's capacity as civil society actors. NCA has also strengthened the vibrancy of civil society by equipping partners with the skills, outreach and networks needed to hold authorities accountable through contextually tailored advocacy initiatives. It has also increased coordination and cooperation with local and international members of the ACT Alliance, through national ACT forums and international arenas. The programme period witnessed an increased ability to partner with private sector actors for greater and more lasting change.
Innovation and Advancement in Digitalization
During the period, NCA has invested in more human resources dedicated to both innovation and digitalisation. Results from this investment include a digitalisation strategy launched in 2018, a portfolio of new digitalisation projects and a ‘Digi Board’ to govern implementation, and the development of an internal innovation fund set to be launched in Q3 2019. Results presented in the programme pages and on Results Based Management, demonstrate the uptake of these agendas in NCA’s programmes and system development over recent years.