Network Capacity Assessment Tool (NCAT)

Goal

The SEEP Network designed the Network Capacity Assessment Tool (NCAT), now in version 4.0, to perform organizational assessments of regional and country-level networks devoted to microenterprise development (MED).

Method of Assessment

The NCAT provides a framework to assess MED networks operations in the following six areas:

1. Governance/Guiding Principles
   
2. Operational Structures and Processes
   
3. Human Resources
   
4. Service Delivery and Membership Participation
   
5. Network Financial Sustainability
   
6. External Relations
   

After the NCAT rating report is completed, a network can refer to it to identify its organizational strengths and weaknesses and schedule appropriate remedial interventions to strengthen its overall capacity. The report then becomes a baseline against which future changes can be measured over time.

For more information, contact dolan@seepnetwork.org .