China Nonprofit Organization Capacity Building Program

In partnership with the Center for Civil Society Studies (CCSS) at Peking University (PKU) and Sun Culture Foundation of China, Hauser Center facilitates scholars to:
• Use theory and research from China and elsewhere for executive development programs that enhance Chinese CSO/NPO capacities;
• Carry out joint action-oriented research initiatives that build intellectual capital for capacity-building on critical problems
• Build the capacity of both CCSS and the Hauser Center to deliver effective executive education for nonprofits in China.

China NPO Executive Workshop in Beijing • January 11-14, 2009
Christopher Stone, Hauser Center Faculty Director, and L. David Brown, Associate Director for International Programs, delivered the Advanced Training Workshop for NPO Executives in China, together with faculties from the Center for Citizen Society Studies (CCSS) of Peking University (CCSS). Over 50 NPO executives attended the four-day training on the subject of Accountability and Legitimacy, and Cross-Sector Partnership.

Below is a collection of Chinese web content on this program (in Chinese)
• Overview of this program
• Background
• Coverage of January 2007 Advance Workshop for Chinese NPO Executives with Dr. L. David Brown and Dr. James Honan
• Dr. L.. David Brown speaks in an interview (Starting at 1:58)

Forum on Philanthropy and Social Innovation in China, Beijing 2009
At the invitation of Sun Culture Foundation and Peking University in China, Christopher Stone and David Brown both spoke at the Forum on Philanthropy and Social Innovation in China on January 15, 2009. Professor Stone also met with a number of press to talk about Hauser Center, and the mission of the joint program on capacity building for China's nonprofit organizations (NPOs).

The press release of the forum emphasized China's need for capacity building for its NPOs, by quoting the founding director of the Center for Civil Society Studies of Peking University, Professor Li Jingpeng. It then introduced the joint training workshop between PKU and Hauser Center: "It was for the purposes of enhancing the management capacity and sustainability of philanthropic organizations of China to go with the rising enthusiasm for philanthropy of the Chinese public, Sun Culture Foundation facilitated the long-term partnership between Peking University and Harvard University. They will carry out intensive training twice a year, using case studies and results of academic research, to help executives in the philanthropic sector improve their understandings, and learn specific management skills of fundraising and project operations... Through the case study method, and by exposing advanced learning institutes to real cases from the workshop participants, this joint training program has filled the void in advanced thinking in the field of philanthropy (in China)."

Sina.com, a major Chinese portal website, created a special site to cover the entire event. For full coverage see this article (in Chinese). This news release was widely distributed by China's two major news agencies, the Xinhua News Agency, and China News Agency, and was then adopted by some influential Chinese media, including the People's Daily website.