Internally, Defenders Coalition seeks to consolidate its position as a dynamic, effective and sustainable organization. We will mainly focus on further strengthening/ diversifying our resource base, human resource and leadership capabilities, as well as our internal systems, policies and structures. The key issues that this strategic  focuses on include exploitation of ICT; profiling and visibility and utilization of Coalition’s networks.This pillar consolidates organisation’s position as a ‘dynamic, relevant, effective and resilient institution’.

Management and Governance

The Coalition’s structure is made up of a number of key organs that include the General Assembly, the Board of Trustees and the Secretariat. The General Assembly is the supreme organ of the Defenders Coalition  and consists of all registered members. A reference group comprising  elected geographical and thematic focal point persons inform client focused programme development and implementation. The trustees are responsible for providing policy direction to the organization while the secretariat, which is headed by the Executive Director, is responsible for implementing the policies and programmes of the Coalition.

The Executive Director heads the Secretariat and is responsible for implementing the policies and programmes of the Coalition as well as coordinating her day-to-day operations.