III . Opening and management of the administrative structure

As we know, associations are constituted by the gathering of people who wish to develop activities of social interest, or others, in favor of a certain group or of society in general, without the pretension of obtaining profit or any other type of financial benefit.

It is through the constitution of an administrative structure, that the association gains legal personality and can exercise different activities, as well as apply for funding and other tax benefits. 

• Constitution of the working group (Let’s develop a project!);
• Group meeting to define the name, mission, values;
• Define what objectives to achieve.

• • Bylaws – These define the association, its mission, vision, the role of each member in the association and the general process of operation;
• By-laws – These complement the by-laws with more specific details such as: they define the organization’s guidelines, principles and rules of operation;
• Activity Plan- Plans the annual activities to be developed and describes the objectives to be achieved, the programmes to be carried out and the resources to be used;
• Activity Reports and Accounts – These describe the objectives achieved, the degree of achievement of activities and resources; it reports the activities carried out as well as the financial statements for the previous year.

The How-Now-Wow matrix  is  a  selection  tool  in  which a group weighs up each idea based on two parameters. Draw a 2-by-2 matrix – the horizontal axis represents  the  originality  of  the  idea;  the  vertical  one  how  easy it is to implement.

Label the quadrants as follows:

NOW – blue ideas:  easy-to-implement ideas that solve  problems  and  result  in  incremental benefits

HOW – yellow ideas:  those that are  a  breakthrough in terms of impact, but im-possible  to  implement  right  now  given  your current resources.

WOW – green ideas:  those that have the  potential for orbit-shifting change and that you can implement given your resources.

100$ test 

Add all of your ideas generated during brainstorming in a matrix  with a  space  for  a  potential  in-vestment  in  each  one.  Give each team member a hypothetical $100 to invest as they prefer – either everything into one idea or divided between more than one. Get them to write down why they made this decision, since it can be great input for decision making. After doing this individually, share your investments with the  group,  see  which  idea  has  the  most  money and go for it!

• Governing Bodies

• General Assembly (highest body)
• Management (Executive Body)
• Conselho Fiscal (Supervisory Board)

• Members 
• Volunteers