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 … [Read more...] about How to write a Project Justification in a proposal on community livelihood development project
Proposal Components in a Community Livelihood Development Project
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 … [Read more...] about Proposal Components in a Community Livelihood Development Project
Objectives and Solutions: How to connect them while writing NGO project proposals
Objectives are more specific and measurable. We have to be very careful in writing the objectives since these have to be monitored and achieved during the project implementation period. When we read through the solutions we have listed in our framework, we can easily develop our objectives for the … [Read more...] about Objectives and Solutions: How to connect them while writing NGO project proposals
Developing Strategy for NGOs: Example Proposals
Once the Objectives are listed, the Strategy has to be written down. Strategy is the approach which has been adopted by the project to make the intervention. It is different from activities. Activities usually come under the Strategy. To develop the Strategy, look for the keywords that define … [Read more...] about Developing Strategy for NGOs: Example Proposals
Project Strategies for writing a project proposal for NGOs in a community livelihood development project
Once the Strategy has been developed, the specific activities have to be listed under each of the components under it. For example: 1) Microfinance Strategy Promoting formation of self-help groups Promoting savings and credit activities in self-help groups Training the community members in … [Read more...] about Project Strategies for writing a project proposal for NGOs in a community livelihood development project
Bill Gates Foundation has announced the $38 million new grants for microfinance development
13 January 2010 Source Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is making a contribution of $38 million in new grants to support microfinance institutions (MFIs). These MFIs spread across 12 countries will use these grants to promote thrift activities among the poor. There are some highly innovative … [Read more...] about Bill Gates Foundation has announced the $38 million new grants for microfinance development
Microenterprise Sector under USAID’s Development Grants Program
Source: DGP - RFA - Request for Applications No. M/OAA/GRO/EGAS-DGP-10-001 The DGP will support the following [under the Microenterprise sector of the USAID’s Development Grants Program]: Inclusive Financial Markets Policy Environment for Micro and Small Enterprises Microenterprise … [Read more...] about Microenterprise Sector under USAID’s Development Grants Program
Developing Country Scholarships to Participate in International Courses and Training Programmes
The CUD (Cutting-edge International Trainings and Courses for Development) Scholarship Programme for the year 2010-2011 offers support to undertake international courses and trainings such as the European Masters in Microfinance, Master in Public Health - Guidance Health and Development, Master in … [Read more...] about Developing Country Scholarships to Participate in International Courses and Training Programmes
$100,000 Grant for NGOs to Submit Proposals on Ideas for Developing Financial Mechanisms to reduce Poverty and build Sustainable Livelihoods
The 2010 Marketplace on Innovative Financial Solutions for Development (2010 MIF), organized jointly by the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the World Bank on 4th and 5th March 2010 in Paris, has issued an invitation to NGOs, governmental agencies, … [Read more...] about $100,000 Grant for NGOs to Submit Proposals on Ideas for Developing Financial Mechanisms to reduce Poverty and build Sustainable Livelihoods
Award in Social Performance Reporting for NGOs involved in Microfinance
NGOs and microfinance institutions (MFIs) can apply for the Social Performance Reporting Award organized by the World Bank’s Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) in collaboration with the Micheal & Susan Dell Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Social Performance Task Force and the … [Read more...] about Award in Social Performance Reporting for NGOs involved in Microfinance
