A strategic plan can be a very useful promotional material for an NGO, but more than that it is a very important tool for organizational development. Establishing an organization with a mission and objectives is just one part of the work; running it in the right direction is equally important. A strategic plan . . . → Read More: Strategic Plan for NGOs
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 Comments are closed  Free Resources for NGOs  agency, build, donor agency, material, mission, objectives, organization, strategy, towards, understanding Deadline:February 4, 2012 Countries/Region:UK,SILICON VALLEY, NEW YORK ,EUROPE , INDIA Astia is a global not-for-profit organization built on a community of men and women dedicated to the success of women-led, high-growth ventures and to the eradication of the need for the organization within the decade. The Astia method is . . . → Read More: Call for Applications – Astia’s 2012 Global Entrepreneur Program Astia is currently inviting applications for Astia Global Entrepreneur Program 2012, specially meant for exceptional women-led high growth start-ups who know that success is about growing a business and thriving even in today’s tough market. Astia was founded in 1999, and is a not-for-profit organization that encourages women’s full participation as entrepreneurs and . . . → Read More: Astia inviting Applications from Women-led Organizations for the Global Entrepreneur Program 2012 UNICEF headquarters, its Eastern and Southern African Regional Office (ESARO) and West and Central African Regional Office (WCARO), in collaboration with TDR, with the purpose of developing regional implementation research platforms and supporting a number of research activities in targeted African countries have issued a call for letters of intent for the Joint . . . → Read More: Call for Letters of Intent: Joint UNICEF-TDR Implementation Research Project to strengthen the equity strategy in Africa The United States Agency for International Development Mission to Indonesia (USAID/Indonesia) invites applications from Indonesian and U.S. institutions of higher education for supporting partnership between higher education institutions of two countries. There are two components of this APS. The Component I focuses on partnerships which support fields of applied science. Component II focuses . . . → Read More: USAID invites applications from institutions of higher education for supporting Indonesia’s development strategy through partnership activities Comments are closed Grants and Resources for Education, Indonesia activities, applications, education, institutions, partnership, strategy, USAID The World Bank Institute is seeking young persons between 18 and 30 years belonging to an African Commonwealth country and involved in youth parliaments, NGOs or youth dealing with environment or climate change. Eligible youths can apply to be part of a selected group the Youth Parliament – Climate Change special . . . → Read More: World Bank Institute’s Call for Applications for Youth Leaders Wanted for Climate Action UN Women in partnership with the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) recently launched a joint strategy on gender and mediation with the purpose of increasing the participation of women at all levels of resolving many issues faced by the world community in modern times. In this context, they have . . . → Read More: UN Women seeks your contribution in preparing the Global Database of Women’s Peacebuilding Organization 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Grants and Resources for Gender and Women Development, Guides contribution, information, organizations, participation, peace, strategy, women Project Strategy seeks information about the activities and their timeline. To complete this section, you need to identify the project activities. In most cases, the activities have to be identified in consultation with the beneficiaries. The communities with whom we work may not have a clear idea of project goals or objectives, but . . . → Read More: Project Strategy: Trust Fund’s Small Grants Programme on Indigenous Issues Comments are closed UNFPII 2011 gender equality, gender sensitivity, health and hygiene, idea, indigenous, information, strategy The European Instrument For Democracy And Human Rights (EIDHR) Strategy Paper 2011-2013 has identified for its Objective No. 2 “Strengthening the role of civil society in promoting human rights and democratic reform, in supporting the peaceful conciliation of group interests and in consolidating political participation and representation” the country-based support schemes (CBSS) for . . . → Read More: Funding opportunity under EIDHR for strengthening the role of civil society in promoting human rights and democratic reform in the LAO PDR One comment - (Comments are closed) Laos call, civil society organizations, EIDHR, funding, grass root level, lao pdr, peaceful conciliation, society, strategy The International Land Coalition (ILC) has published a resource book called “Securing Women’s Access to Land” which is a comprehensive advocacy toolbox that can be used by organizations advocacy and action-oriented research. Specifically, the advocacy toolbox is useful for small organizations which have limited funds. The strategies outlined to carry out . . . → Read More: Download the ILC’s Advocacy Toolbox for Securing Women’s Access to Land 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Free Resources for NGOs, Guides land, research, resource, strategy, women The Open Society Institute’s Returning Scholars Fellowship Program, as part of a conscious strategy to combat “brain drain” in the social sciences and humanities, supports talented young scholars who, after earning a postgraduate degree abroad, seek university positions and academic careers in their home countries. The program operates in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia . . . → Read More: Open Society Foundation’s Returning Scholars Fellowship Program Comments are closed Scholarships academic, development, Open, open society foundation, partner departments, scholars fellowship, society, strategy The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Liberia is seeking applications from U.S. non governmental and non US non-governmental to implement the program entitled “Rule of Law”. The Grantee will be required to develop and implement an actionable strategy utilizing a results-oriented approach to build rule of law . . . → Read More: USAID seeking applications for “Rule of Law” in Liberia One comment - (Comments are closed) Liberia funding opportunity, Grantee, mission, opportunity number, sector, strategy, USAID, usaid mission The Open Society Foundations / University of St Andrews Scholarships provide opportunities for independent postgraduate study at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, UK, for applicants from Indonesia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Scholarships are available for study for the master’s in international strategy & economics, the master’s in Middle East and . . . → Read More: Call for Applications: Open Society Foundations / University of St Andrews Scholarships The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Award (CCPH) recognizes exemplary partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions that build on each other’s strengths to improve higher education, civic engagement, and the overall health of communities. The intent of the award is to highlight the power and potential of community-campus partnerships as a . . . → Read More: Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Award 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Latest Funds for NGOs community, higher educational institutions, justice, strategy The video focuses on new projects that the EU has been implementing in the fields of refugee protection, border management and legal migration in its eastern neighbouring countries and in particular in Moldova and Ukraine. Videos (EuropeAid) Strengthening livelihoods, especially ensuring food security and increasing income opportunities for local communities, is one of the core responsibilities of NGOs working in poor and developing countries. As many efforts are made in this direction, small organizations continue to face challenges in developing a plan or a project proposal to raise funds to . . . → Read More: How to write a proposal for a Community Livelihoods Development Project Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs community, community interaction, community livelihood development, fact finding, fgd, focus group discussions, goals and objectives, how to frame objectives, How to Write a Proposal, how write proposals for NGOs, information, LFA, livelihood development, livelihoods for the community, logical framework analysis, marketing linkages for agriculature farmers, microenaterprises for women, microfinance, ngo evaluation tools, ngo monitoring tools, ngo problems, project beneficiaries, project proposal, proposal formats, proposal writing for ngos, savings and credit activities, security, self-help groups management, solutions for NGOs, strategy, Strengthening, writing a project justification, writing a proposal, youth training in alternativel livelihoods Defining the Problem The foremost part of any proposal is to identify and analyze the problem we have seen in our area. These are the general problems that we may notice in our project area. But simply writing down these problems will not help. We need to be analytical to . . . → Read More: How to define “problem” in a project proposal Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs community interaction, community livelihood development, fact finding, fgd, focus group discussions, goals and objectives, how to frame objectives, how write proposals for NGOs, LFA, livelihoods for the community, logical framework analysis, marketing linkages for agriculature farmers, microenaterprises for women, microfinance, ngo evaluation tools, ngo monitoring tools, ngo problems, project beneficiaries, proposal writing for ngos, savings and credit activities, self-help groups management, solutions for NGOs, strategy, writing a project justification, youth training in alternativel livelihoods How to find the cause of the problem we are seeing around us One of the ways to analyze a problem or trying to find the cause of the problem is to ask oneself: “Why this is happening?” By continuously asking oneself this question, we can reach . . . → Read More: Why NGOs should ask “Why” when writing project proposals? Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs cause, community interaction, community livelihood development, employment, fact finding, fgd, focus group discussions, goals and objectives, how to frame objectives, how write proposals for NGOs, LFA, livelihoods for the community, logical framework analysis, marketing linkages for agriculature farmers, microenaterprises for women, microfinance, ngo, ngo evaluation tools, ngo monitoring tools, ngo problems, ngo projects, problem, project beneficiaries, proposal writing for ngos, savings and credit activities, self-help groups management, solutions for NGOs, strategy, work, writing a project justification, writing project proposals, youth training in alternativel livelihoods We should not stop immediately after identifying just one cause. Remember that there are a chain of events that lead to a certain problem, and these events should be noted down. We have to address all possible causes to effectively get rid of the problem Problem Why? Cause Again Why? Further Causes A . . . → Read More: Analyzing Problems: Cause-Effect Relationship – NGO tool for writing proposals Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs community interaction, community livelihood development, fact finding, fgd, focus group discussions, goals and objectives, how to frame objectives, how write proposals for NGOs, LFA, livelihoods for the community, logical framework analysis, marketing linkages for agriculature farmers, microenaterprises for women, microfinance, ngo evaluation tools, ngo monitoring tools, ngo problems, project beneficiaries, proposal writing for ngos, savings and credit activities, self-help groups management, solutions for NGOs, strategy, writing a project justification, youth training in alternativel livelihoods The above table can become larger as we keep identifying more causes to the causes we have already identified. Once we think that we have arrived to the root of the cause and there is a possible solution that can be applied to it, we can stop and start writing the proposal. The solution is . . . → Read More: The Framework for NGOs to identify Problems, Causes, Issues & Solutions while writing project proposals Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs adequate financial resources, cause, community interaction, community livelihood development, fact finding, fgd, focus group discussions, goals and objectives, how to frame objectives, how write proposals for NGOs, LFA, livelihood opportunities, livelihoods for the community, logical framework analysis, marketing, marketing linkages for agriculature farmers, microenaterprises for women, microfinance, ngo evaluation tools, ngo monitoring tools, ngo problems, occupation, project beneficiaries, proposal writing for ngos, savings and credit activities, self-help groups management, solutions for NGOs, strategy, water, water scarcity, work, writing a project justification, writing project proposals, youth training in alternativel livelihoods Once the above-mentioned problem framework is ready, a lot of clarity will be achieved. With this framework, we know the problem, we know the effects and we know the root causes of these all. Besides, we also know the solution i.e. what we need to do and also for whom it needs to . . . → Read More: Writing the Problem Description in a NGO proposal for a community livelihood development project Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs community interaction, community livelihood development, fact finding, fgd, focus group discussions, goals and objectives, how to frame objectives, how write proposals for NGOs, LFA, livelihoods for the community, logical framework analysis, marketing linkages for agriculature farmers, microenaterprises for women, microfinance, ngo evaluation tools, ngo monitoring tools, ngo problems, project beneficiaries, proposal writing for ngos, savings and credit activities, self-help groups management, solutions for NGOs, strategy, writing a project justification, youth training in alternativel livelihoods However, we need to remember that after examining the problem and analyzing its cause and effect relationship, we also have to collect facts to support our observations. Your proposal can instantly get rejected if you do not supply facts because nobody is going to believe you until you have made references to the . . . → Read More: Compiling Facts for Projects while writing proposals Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs community interaction, community livelihood development, fact finding, fgd, focus group discussions, goals and objectives, how to frame objectives, how write proposals for NGOs, LFA, livelihoods for the community, logical framework analysis, marketing linkages for agriculature farmers, microenaterprises for women, microfinance, ngo evaluation tools, ngo monitoring tools, ngo problems, project beneficiaries, proposal writing for ngos, savings and credit activities, self-help groups management, solutions for NGOs, strategy, writing a project justification, youth training in alternativel livelihoods In some cases, research may just be not available. Suppose your project is about preventing human trafficking in your project area, but you may be surprised that there is absolutely no research data available about this. This can be very challenging. In such a case, NGOs themselves can undertake a quick . . . → Read More: How NGOs can collect facts when research is missing…Community interaction through focus group discussions Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs community interaction, community livelihood development, fact finding, fgd, focus group discussions, goals and objectives, how to frame objectives, how write proposals for NGOs, LFA, livelihoods for the community, logical framework analysis, marketing linkages for agriculature farmers, microenterprises for women, microfinance, ngo evaluation tools, ngo monitoring tools, ngo problems, project beneficiaries, proposal writing for ngos, savings and credit activities, self-help groups management, solutions for NGOs, strategy, writing a project justification, youth training in alternativel livelihoods Once the Problem Description is ready, we need to write another separate paragraph for Project Justification. Project Justification is about trying to explain why we need to implement a particular solution to the problem we have narrated above. We need to tell donors why this is the best solution to address the problem. . . . → Read More: How to write a Project Justification in a proposal on community livelihood development project Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs community livelihood development, goals and objectives, how to frame objectives, how write proposals for NGOs, LFA, livelihoods for the community, logical framework analysis, marketing linkages for agriculature farmers, microenterprises for women, microfinance, ngo evaluation tools, ngo monitoring tools, ngo problems, proposal writing for ngos, savings and credit activities, self-help groups management, solutions for NGOs, strategy, writing a project justification, youth training in alternativel livelihoods Once the Problem Description and Justification part of the proposal is complete, a good part of our work is done! We have explained the problem and we have justified the intervention. Now, we only need to explain how we are going to implement the intervention. The process of explaining the intervention . . . → Read More: Proposal Components in a Community Livelihood Development Project Comments are closed Free Resources for NGOs community livelihood development, goals and objectives, how to frame objectives, how write proposals for NGOs, LFA, logical framework analysis, marketing linkages for agriculature farmers, microenterprises for women, microfinance, ngo evaluation tools, ngo monitoring tools, ngo problems, proposal writing for ngos, savings and credit activities, self-help groups management, solutions for NGOs, strategy, youth training in alternativel livelihoods “The African Network for Strategic Communication in Health and Development (AfriComNet) is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the fourth Annual Award for Excellence in HIV and AIDS Communication in Africa” The purposes of the award are: Recognise outstanding contributions made by individuals/organisations in the field of strategic HIV/AIDS . . . → Read More: The call for nominations for the fourth Annual Award for Excellence in HIV and AIDS Communication in Africa The term, “Informal Economy” was first used by Keith Hart (Informal Income Opportunities and Urban Employment in Ghana” in Journal of Modern African Studies) during the 1970s to describe the temporary economic strategies adopted by migrant workers in Ghana. Over time, various definitions have come into place. ILO’s Kenya Report (Employment incomes and . . . → Read More: What is Informal Economy? 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 Comments are closed How to Write a Proposal amp project, format, funding, outputs, project implementation, project rationale, proposal writing, Statement, strategy, writing a proposal |
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