NGO & Project Management Technology · Intermediate level

Intermediate level · Module 6: Proposal and M&E Plan Project · Lesson 1 of 3

Reading a Call for Proposals

Understand exactly what the funder wants.

In this lesson you will

  • Analyse a call for proposals
  • Plan a response

Key concepts

eligibilityprioritiesscoring criteriarequirements checklist

The lesson

Read the call carefully: eligibility, priorities, budget limits, required documents, deadline and scoring criteria.

Build a checklist of every requirement.

Plan the response around the scoring criteria.

Step by step

  1. Read the call.
  2. Build the checklist.
  3. Note scoring criteria.
  4. Plan the response.

Practice activity

Analyse the provided call.

Expected result: A complete requirements checklist and plan.

Check your understanding

  1. Why build a requirements checklist?

    Show answer

    To make sure nothing required is missed.

  2. What should the response be organised around?

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    The scoring criteria.

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