Grant Management
In recent years we have seen dramatic shifts in public sector management and reform, with stronger links to development assistance: donor funding is moving further along the road toward budget support in many countries. Budget support as a mechanism for aid delivery provides greater flexibility to recipient governments, while reducing the transaction costs for donor agencies.
It is imperative however for both recipient and donors that the accountability of disbursement and management of funds can be demonstrated. Grant-making facilities provide a useful "middle road", and are increasingly being used by donor agencies as a means to enhance the participation and contribution of civil society, research organisations and academic institutions into development.
We can assist our clients by drawing on our growing experience of managing large and complex grant programmes to effectively meet the strategic objectives of the programmes at the same time as building the capacity of grant recipients.
...we manage large and complex grant making facilities to effectively meet the strategic objectives of the programmes and at the same time building the capacity of grant recipients....
Our specialist team can:
- Design and implement grant application management procedures, guidelines and assessment criteria.
- Conduct pre-assessments of the applicants prior to submission for funds.
- Act as the communication hub for potential applicants, government departments, funding bodies and project leaders.
- Monitor and/or evaluate funded projects and provide advice on how to improve the impact of project interventions.
- Develop dissemination strategies to transfer the knowledge gained from funded projects to policy makers and appropriate target audiences.
Relevant case studies of our recent work are provided here.
