Let us take an example here for writing a good summary. Assuming that we are submitting a project on increasing the awareness level of women from disadvantaged groups about democratic values in a post-conflict country, we have this summary below:
“[The country] has emerged out of a conflict, but not from the challenges posed by new commitments to democracy…
As we head towards establishing one of the newest democracies of the world in our country, we are shocked by the fact that a large proportion of women from disadvantaged groups will not be participating in this people’s celebration. Why? Simply because they are not aware about the processes and the values of democracy! Our organization would like to propose to implement a project in [project area] to increase awareness and understanding levels of these women about democratic values and rights in order to improve their participation in the new political processes taking place.
The project will organize a set of capacity-building programs for the targeted women through networks and provide support in addressing women’s issues and facilitate the advocacy of women’s rights. The project will build partnerships with these networks to sustain political awareness at the grassroots and mainstream women’s participation in peace-building operations, including holding of free and fair elections, women exercising full voting rights and some even contesting them and finally, drafting of the constitution and implementing of subsequent laws addressing different forms of gender-based discrimination.”
As we can see from the above example, we have tried to be as concise and exact as possible. The first line has been made catchy to ensure the interest of the reader. The first paragraph tries to get the feel of the existing situation and what needs to be done. The second paragraph is a quick summary of the strategy and activities to be undertaken to address the situation.
