Similarly, any women-empowerment projects require proposing NGO to justify that it has got the right skills to execute such a project. For example, if your organization has proposed to implement a project on ‘ human rights empowerment’, the donor agency is going to assess if it has got some previous experience in human rights and at what level. Donor agencies are interested to know how the organization proposing to implement a project is positioned with its skills and capacity. ‘Capacity’ is also another important component of a project proposal. Further, the monitoring and evaluation process defined inside a proposal determines the ability of the agency to assess the impact the project will create in the long-run. In fact, big donor agencies dedicated several pages of their proposal format documents on ‘results analysis’ to identify and understand that every penny spent will generate some impact at the ground-level. ‘Impact’ is necessary because of which most proposals seek enormous information about the expected results. Transparency is about involving stakeholders, sharing ideas and building the project with every real activity connected to your goal and objectives. What does the Donor Look inside the Proposal Budget?įor every donor, it is important that there is ‘transparency’ in the process of developing and implementing a project. But what is that single page in the proposal to which every donor would turn and look into before giving a final decision? There is an introduction part, a background story, an explanation to justify the project, there are of course goals, objectives and strategies. This is a very important question because a project proposal is a lengthy document comprising of several different components.
The reasons why we need a budget is not just to plan your project expenses but also convince your donors that you will deliver value to whatever money they give to the project. In other words, “it is a program explained in monetary terms.” So understanding and developing a proposal is an important exercise of your proposal development process. If the budget is too high, the donor agency may either ask you to reduce it or in some cases, also reject the entire proposal if it is a highly competitive application process. A budget is also one of the final determining factors for a project to receive its funding. In fact, the budget determines the boundaries of the project. We also feel that the project needs can be fulfilled only if a budget is available for them.
We have decided to develop a project proposal because we have understood and realized that there is a budget to support it.
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