Raising funds for programs and activities is central to every non-profit’s strategy, but is often challenging. One of the challenges is the inadequate capacity of the technical teams including the systems, and processes followed to prepare and submit competitive project proposals.
In Episode 11, Godfrey Senkaba discusses the critical role played by monitoring and evaluation specialists in helping their organizations’ new business or proposal development efforts. He outlines the 7 best tips as must-do’s for evaluation specialists during the prepositioning phase of a grant project proposal development process. The 7 tips below are discussed with practical examples:
- Research the donor M&E interests and/or priorities.
- Conduct an Organization DME Capacity assessment
- Review of the capacity of the local country office or local project implementer
- Provide technical /quality review of the needs’ assessment design and analysis.
- Assess/document current projects evidence of impact.
- Gather ‘market’ DME intelligence.
- Be present/maintain M&E technical visibility.
You need to check out episodes 12 – positioning, 13 – proposal development, 14 – submission, and 15 – post submission, to get a complete understanding of how to add value to the proposal development process as a monitoring and evaluation specialist or officer.
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Thank u so much Mr. Senkaba. U are a key pillar in the M&E family. I can’t wait receiving the subsequent episodes.
You are welcome, Phillip. I am glad you find the episodes helpful.
Wow my brother Godfrey Senkaba, thank you so much for a wonderful session
You are welcome, Baraka
You have always been my mentor, teacher and indeed God blesses you since you ready to help others become