Documentation, research, and mapping

  • Analysis of the political, social, and economic context in different thematic areas; monitoring of trends in public policies, and advice to identify opportunities for interventions that impact a given sector or field.
  • Documentation and mapping of needs: advice on strategies to strengthen ties with grantees (including the design of interviews or questionnaires to obtain feedback).
  • Design and implementation of comprehensive capacity building plans for grantees.
Strategy design and evaluation
  • Advice on planning and implementing grantmaking strategies.
  • Progress documentation and reporting of grantmaking strategies directly in the field.
  • Design and implementation of participatory evaluation and learning frameworks (from proposing and selecting indicators and socializing them with grantees, to conducting surveys and interviews with external actors).
  • Analysis and recommendations on different approaches to support grantees.

Design and management of calls

  • Planning of RFPs with specific parameters.
  • Analysis and support in platforms selection (software, communication outlets, and networks).
  • Management of RFPs (from the initial dissemination, to the communication of results, including establishing screening criteria, evaluation of the proposals received, and analysis of RFP’s results based on expected results).
  • Scoping & assessment of varied vehicles for dispersal of funds.

Other services

  • Meeting planning and organization (logistics, facilitation, and documentation of takeaways).
  • Project implementation of various types. Examples:
    • Mapping the sources of funding for a given field or issue-area.
    • Organizing a virtual forum to receive feedback on a given program strategy.
    • Active scenario planning for implementing a successful grantmaking strategy.

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