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 The NSD page is now available in English, so feel free to share it with your teams !
To help you create organisational development projects with the NSs in line with the FRC's specific expertise in OD, the department has put together some standard activity sheets for you to use as inspiration! A new sheet has just been added: find an IGA project for a Guest House here.
From 20 to 22 October 2025, the FRC's Compliance and Audit Department co-hosted a regional workshop with the Swiss RC for French-speaking African NSs on ‘Fraud and Integrity Risk Management’. The FRC also sponsored six members from four NSs (Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Comoros) to travel to Lomé to participate in the workshop.
Our content is constantly evolving as projects progress, so feel free to check back regularly !
What does National Society Development mean?Â
National Society development, as a driver of local action, helps National Societies to establish and maintain a responsible and sustainable organisation that delivers, through volunteers and employees, relevant local services to meet the needs, reduce the vulnerabilities and strengthen the resilience of the community, in full compliance with the Fundamental Principles.
Definition inspired by the Policy on the Development of National Societies - IFRCÂ
How can National Society Development Support be understood ?Â
‘National Society Development Support is defined as any support provided by an external actor to a National Society, based on the request and priorities of the National Society, that purposefully contributes to helping the National Society to achieve and maintain a sustainable organisation able to deliver relevant, quality, and accessible services in full respect of the Fundamental Principles.’
 Our ambition behind NSDÂ
 Our ambition behind NSDÂ
Supporting the development of National Societies is nothing new for the French Red Cross: managing the World First Aid Reference Centre since 2012, creating regional intervention platforms (PIROI - 1999; PIRAC - 2005; PIROPS - 2007) and their associated disaster preparedness and response programmes, and the RIPOSTE programme (2019) are just a few examples.
However, the ambition behind this theme is new: by 2030, the French Red Cross aims to become a leading organisation in supporting more locally-led action.
To this end, the French Red Cross has chosen to strengthen its approach, expertise and resources in the area of National Society Development.
Please feel free to explore the specific logical framework for the NSD theme for the period 2023-2025 to gain a deeper understanding of how the French Red Cross plans to develop this theme, which is at the heart of its partnership with other National Societies.
 NSD site layoutÂ
 NSD site layoutÂ
Easily explore all SNSD pages and resources, grouped together in the index below. Simply click on the links to go directly to the sections you want and quickly find the information and resources you need.
⮡ Country-level initiatives
⮡ Initiatives by topic
⮡  Project level initiativesÂ
I want to build an NSD programming
⮡ Preliminary steps:
🢒 I am getting to know the NSD Framework and developing my skills
🢒 I want to deepen my knowledge of the link between NSD and Localisation
⮡ Steps to follow:
🢒 I lay the foundation for an NSD approach
🢒 I am structuring FRC support for the organisational development of the HNS
🢒 I am developing and monitoring an OD programme
🢒 I raise funding
🢒 I communicate about my NSD initiatives
⮡ For further information
🢒 I want to know moreÂ
If you would like to add essential resources or for further information, please contact the NSD department:
sdsn.doi@croix-rouge.fr
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