Proposal writing and grants course for CMDRR practitioners
Aim:
To provide project and programme officers, managers, grant writers, and country directors with skills, concepts and guidelines to develop selling proposals, resource mobilization and funds management.
Focus on CMDRR practitioners
Objectives:
- By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand and apply various forms of resource mobilization and grants management techniques.
- Be acquainted with the types of proposals that sell to various donors.
- Understand and apply effective grants management techniques.
- Develop eye catching concepts.
- Produce grants summaries according to various donors (EU, USAID, WB etc).
- Apply techniques of report dissemination
Topics:
- Overview of the project cycle and Project Cycle Management.
- Basic concepts in fundraising and grants reporting.
- Proposal (resource mobilization) marketing techniques
- Concepts of budgeting, monitoring, evaluation of projects.
- The Log-frame, and its link to fundraising and grants management
- Grants reporting requirements EU, USAID, UN, and others.
- Case study
Method:
Experiential learning, action - oriented learning, creativity and participatory approaches will be emphasized throughout the course to help and encourage active participation, share practical experiences and practice real issues within the organizations in a fun way.