5. Interests, objectives, roles, level of effort, and responsibilities of the prospective partner organization(s);
This section is also very important. Here you have to demonstrate that your project serves core business interests. In our project example one,
Business objective: To get skilled manpower for business expansion.
Role & level of effort: Their role may be to provide professional experts for training, arrange the venue, give jobs to women who pass the training.
Responsibilities: Define their responsibility precisely i.e. they may be responsible for organizing the whole training and your responsibility may be to motivate participants and/or their parents to take part in the training. In example 2, Stromme Foundation will provide seed money for credit fund; ABC private company will buy homemade products and provide professional experts for training; XYZ Pharmaceuticals will be responsible for supply of contraceptives; you will be responsible for managing credit fund, women’s group, training etc.
6. Proposed cash and in-kind contributions and resources from prospective partner organizations, broken down as follows:
a. Leverage (defined as private sector contributions and resources eligible to be counted toward the 1:1 leverage requirement – See Appendix I: The Leverage Requirement)
State cash and in-kind contribution that each partner is intended to contribute to the project. You also have to attach a commitment letter from the partners.
b. Cost-share – if applicable (contributions and resources from the prospective implementing partners/award recipients; exclusive of leverage)
Mention your (NGO) contribution to the project. Remember, your contribution will not count against 1:1 ratio of private sector contribution. But if you can show your contribution, then it will increase non-USAID contribution and thus increase your chance.
c. Contributions and resources from other partners (e.g. PIOs, host-country governments, bilateral and multilateral donors, etc.)
If you can leverage resource from the government or other sources then include their contribution here.
7. Description of how contributions and resources identified under #6 will support specific alliance activities and how such support will contribute to particular outputs, outcomes, results and intended impacts;
In this section you have to demonstrate how contribution from partners will support your alliance activities. For our example 1, IT outsourcing firm can provide professional experts to facilitate training sessions, bear expenses for organizing training and thus will contribute to outputs, results and impacts i.e. number of women trained (output); number of women engaged in job (results) and ultimately contribute to impact “women empowerment in Bangladesh”.
