Part 3 Let’s secure what you have done: preparing for the future

It’s clear that not all CSOs should drop everything and focus on LTA right away. After all, building your bases for legitimacy and systems for accountability can take a lot of energy and thought. But I do think civil society leaders are wise to pay attention to emerging issues that can be used to attack their credibility. Getting clear about missions, strategies and value creation chains is central to creating organisational learning systems that can be used to respond to accountability and legitimacy challenges (as well as to build operational capacity and enhance strategies and tactics). So leaders that invest in dealing with LTA can also help their organisations or their domains (e.g., sectors, campaigns, cross-sector partnerships)
become more effective on other fronts as well.