Opportunity Identification & Proposal Development for NGOs

Overview

Proposal & Grant writing is both an art and a science.  Organizations cannot exist or sustain without having team members that have the abilities, skills and knowledge to write winning proposals. Equally important, is knowing how to get those opportunities and calls for proposals, notices for funding, grants announcements and the like to be able to review them and apply to them in the first place. This training program is designed with the full process in mind from the initial stages of identifying opportunities to qualifying opportunities, mobilizing the team, conceptualizing, developing a proposal, creating a consortium or partnerhsips, to the submittal of the proposal. It covers the needed know how, skills and tools that professionals in the field of Grant and Proposal Writing as well as leaders and managers of INGOs, NGOs, CSOs and community organizations need to be able to secure funding.

Target Group

This training course is targeting Founders, Board Members, Presidents, Executive Directors, Heads/Team Leading Fundraising, Grants, Proposals & Financial Sustainability, and Proposal Writing Consultants in international NGOs, development organizations, local NGOs and Community Based Organizations.

Learning Outcomes

• Know the different sources and platforms for grants, funding, opportunities and bids.
• Understand how to become a qualified applicant, join consortia, create partnerships and get access to the different platforms and websites.
• Practice opportunity identification, qualification and short-listing.
• Comprehend the steps to create a Project Concept Note and its components
• Understand the Proposal Development Process & Best Practices
• List the criteria that proposals get scored on and know how to utilize them properly
• Know how to develop a winning proposal
• Understand the importance of consortia and partnerships
• Analyze proposals from a donor/funder perspective to know how proposals are reviewed and selected.