Training on proposal writing

The volunteer will be in charge of designing and implementing a training on proposal writing for CEDT’s team.

Community Empowerment and Development Team (CEDT) pursues the objectives to strengthen urban and rural poor communities to improve their conditions. Since 2015, CEDT is implementing a Natural Resources Management (NRM) program. The team supports rural communities living in to be recognized as Community Protected Area or Community Forestry procedures. Following a conservation purpose, the recognition guarantees local communities exclusive right on sustainable use of natural resources, in return for management and patrolling of the area. CEDT is currently looking for funds to pursue its activities on NRM.
However, the team is limited to 4 people, including an executive director, a financial officer and two project managers, and has a small experience on proposal writing and faces difficulties to understand some of the criterias of the calls for proposals.
The team is also learning in doing and does not have a mapping of the priorities or strategy on proposal writing.
The mission’s goal is to provide CEDT’s team with general knowledge on proposal writing, so the team’s members can better support the executive director.

The volunteer intervention must cover those topics:
• Analysis of CEDT’s team capacities and needs in proposal writing
• Based on the first analysis outcomes, design a training for the team on proposal writing.
• Under the supervision of the trainer, examples of proposals will be written by the team
• A guide including recommendations and tips for the CEDT’s team will be written by the trainer

The following topics might be covered:
• Introduction to proposal writing (goals, main challenges, the different steps, etc.)
• How to get ready before writing a proposal (writing about the organization, …)
• The actual proposal (problem statement and project rationale, project goal, project objectives, strategies and activities, performance indicators, etc…)
• Budget and proposal packaging

Training location: CEDT’s office

Training hours:

– Day 1 : the volunteer is welcomed by the team, learn about the context and assess the team’s skills regarding proposal writing
– Day 2 & 3 : design of the training
– Day 4 to 8 : implementation of the training to all the team with practical exercises- – could be adjusted upon volunteer recommendation – half days training will be easier for the team.
– Day 9 to 10 : writing of recommendations

CEDT team: 4 people (women)
– 1 Executive director
– 1 Financial officer
– 2 project managers

The executive director has a good level of English.
Other members of the team speak limited English. They can understand English but don’t speak well.
Understanding: 5 to 7/10
Writing : 3/10
Speaking : 2 to 3/10