By fundsforngos, on June 6th, 2009% The “One Woman Initiative” is an international fund for NGOs focused upon empowering women in Muslim-majority countries by providing them training, technology, information and facilitating microlending and advocacy of their basic rights. The “One Woman Initiative” has been supported by the USAID and US State Department and it is managed by CAFAmerica. This Fund is . . . → Read More: How to write a Proposal for One Woman Initiative
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Budget
The budget has to be itemized as clearly as possible, presented in the required format. It should be in line with the activities set in the project. It will be an additional advantage to mention contribution from other sources such as the community or other donors. Contribution made by the proposing organization . . . → Read More: Budget and Proposal Packaging
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Although it is the responsibility of the donor to carry out monitoring and evaluation of the project, it usually seeks the plan from the implementing NGO about it.
Monitoring and evaluation enables constant check on the activities and helps review the progress made at every step. Monitoring should be the integral part of project . . . → Read More: Monitoring & Evaluation
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Results are changes that we expect to take place after implementing the project activities. The results are generally positive experiences undergone by the beneficiaries.
Results are divided into three types:
1. Outputs
2. Outcomes
3. Impact
Outputs are immediate results that we achieve soon after the completion the project or any specific project activity. . . . → Read More: Results
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Performance Indicators
A Performance Indicator is a measure of the result. It gives a sense of what has been or what is to be achieved.
For example, the number of households keeping their surroundings clean and hygienic or the number of women participating in training programs.
There are two types of indicators, . . . → Read More: Performance Indicators and Risks & Assumptions
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Proposals are required to outline how the objectives of the project would be achieved. Here, it will be necessary to mention the strategies and the activities to be implemented in the project. There is lot of difference between strategies and activities. Strategies are broad concepts under which activities are placed.
Strategies in a project . . . → Read More: Strategies and Activities
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Project Objectives should be:
SMART: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound.
Project objectives are the specific objectives for which the project works to achieve them within a stipulated time. They should directly address the problem mentioned in the Problem Statement. They should be specific: the more specific it is the better to design activities, . . . → Read More: Writing Project Objectives
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A project goal is a very general, high-level and long-term objective of the project. It is different from project objectives because the latter are very specific and have to be addressed alone by the project. But a goal cannot be achieved by the project on its own since there will be other forces like . . . → Read More: Project Goal
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Sometimes, we may find difficulties in writing the exact problem we intend to address in the proposed project. It happens this way that the problem we are mentioning in the proposal is not a problem at all, but is actually an effect of another problem.
For example, suppose there is high child mortality rate . . . → Read More: Explaining the Problem Statement in the Proposal
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The Problem Statement/Project Rationale gives an explanation about the issue that is being addressed by the project. It also argues in favour of implementing the project in the proposed area in the existing conditions. It is very critical that we give evidence to what we are writing in this section of the proposal. Evidence . . . → Read More: Writing Problem Statement/Project Rationale in a Proposal
By fundsforngos, on December 16th, 2008% Previous A general format of the proposal consists of the following parts:
1. Problem Statement 2. Rationale or Justification for implementing the Project 3. Project Goal & Objectives 4. Strategy & Activities 5. Results: Outputs and Outcomes 6. Budget
This basic format of a proposal has expanded covering many concepts and issues, confronting project funding . . . → Read More: The Actual Proposal
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New individuals working on proposals in a particular NGO may face problems in writing about organizational background. They prefer to just copy previous information into this particular section of the proposal. However, this information may be sometimes outdated. You may have forgotten to add an important NGO activity.
Besides, many times, there are facts . . . → Read More: Writing about Ourselves: the Organization
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Before we start writing a proposal, it is important for us to do some research. No matter how small or big the project is some kind of references to existing literature or data should be made. Usually, it is expected that the NGO has enough information at hand about the problem or the project . . . → Read More: Before Writing a Proposal
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Before we start learning about proposal writing, it will serve our purpose if we outline the exact difficulties we face working on the proposal.
The following are the common problems we face while trying to write a proposal:
Confused about the format?
There are as many proposal formats as there are a number of . . . → Read More: Problems in Writing Proposals
By fundsforngos, on December 16th, 2008% A proposal is an essential marketing document that helps cultivate an initial professional relationship between an organization and a donor over a project to be implemented. The proposal outlines the plan of the implementing organization about the project, giving extensive information about the intention, for implementing it, the ways to manage it and the results . . . → Read More: Introduction to Proposal Writing
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