RESULTS Educational Fund is inviting interested candidates to get registered for the 2011 Global Microcredit Summit to be held in Valladolid, Spain from November 14-17, 2011. This will be the 15th global or regional summit organized by the Microcredit Summit Campaign. In February of 1997, the Fund … [Read more...] about Registration open for the 2011 Global Microcredit Summit to be held in Valladolid, Spain during November
MFC invites applications from national microfinance networks for Social Performance Start-up Fund
Microfinance Centre (MFC) is a grass-root network of 110 member institutions that play an active role in shaping the microfinance industry in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. Members range from banks, non-governmental organizations, social and commercial investors, to development … [Read more...] about MFC invites applications from national microfinance networks for Social Performance Start-up Fund
Opportunity International consolidates its Community Banking in the DRC with TFM’s contribution
Opportunity International, a leading network of microfinance institutions in the world, has announced its expansion plans in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after getting a contribution of $250,000 from Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM). This contribution is aimed at supporting the Opportunity … [Read more...] about Opportunity International consolidates its Community Banking in the DRC with TFM’s contribution
Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards in Russia
The Russian Microfinance Center and the Citi Foundation announced the opening of nominations for the sixth annual Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards. Nominations will be open from 1 November until 30 December 2010. The aim is to encourage the best microentrepreneurs and the most effective … [Read more...] about Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards in Russia
Have your say for DFID-World Bank’s plan to increase microfinance services in the Sub-Saharan Africa
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the World Bank are in the process of setting up a Microfinance Capacity Building Facility for Sub-Saharan Africa, known as MICFAC. It aims to increase the outreach of microfinance services – such as savings, loans, insurance and money … [Read more...] about Have your say for DFID-World Bank’s plan to increase microfinance services in the Sub-Saharan Africa
How to write a proposal for a Community Livelihoods Development Project
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 … [Read more...] about How to write a proposal for a Community Livelihoods Development Project
How to define “problem” in a project proposal
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 know why these problems … [Read more...] about How to define “problem” in a project proposal
Why NGOs should ask “Why” when writing project proposals?
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 out to the cause of the problem. There can be many … [Read more...] about Why NGOs should ask “Why” when writing project proposals?
Analyzing Problems: Cause-Effect Relationship – NGO tool for writing proposals
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 … [Read more...] about Analyzing Problems: Cause-Effect Relationship – NGO tool for writing proposals
The Framework for NGOs to identify Problems, Causes, Issues & Solutions while writing project proposals
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 your … [Read more...] about The Framework for NGOs to identify Problems, Causes, Issues & Solutions while writing project proposals
