The requisite skills & knowledge to improve proposal writing competence. Participants will understand donors’ reality & requirements, understand the contents of a call for proposal, know how to analyse a call or request for proposals or Terms of Reference and familiar with the building blocks of good quality proposal.
A good understanding of the principles of project cycle management Participants will the role of the project cycle and key activities to be undertaken at each cycle, the logical framework approach & use project management tools.
Participants will have insights into the competencies of a people manager, reflection about your personal style, qualities & challenges in leading individuals & teams recognise key aspects of communication and how to deal with conflict & resistance.
The requisite skills & knowledge to design an organisation’s theory of change. Participants will have a clear understanding of theory of change & why it is used, be able to design results chains or pathways of making change, able to use theory of change tools and understand impact measuring and apply it.
The requisite skills & knowledge to pursue organisational sustainability. Participants will understand the concept of domestic support & fundraising & what it means for your organisation, deepen relationships with local communities, expand resource base through local mobilisation, develop multi-stakeholder initiatives towards advocacy objectives, establish new cooperation with local partners (private sector (CSR), local philanthropists and less dependency on international donors.
Participants will understand the basic concepts of results based management, formulate outputs & outcomes in measurable terms, have reflected on risk management, ask the right performance questions and organisational changes required for results based management.
An understanding on how to influence factors & actors that shape policies and issues affecting an organisation. Participants will identify relevant issues for policy influencing and advocacy, will analyse the policy environment & choose the most effective strategies & tactics for policy influencing, know how to influence decision makers and will prepare an advocacy action plan to create a change.