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The primary goal of the NGO Planning for Sustainability Projects
Call for Interest is to transfer skills in self-financing to
NGOs through this two-year pilot project. NGO leaders seldom
have any training in how to start and manage a business. This
project will allow up to sixteen (16) selected NGOs to receive
training and technical assistance to initiate and implement self-financing
ventures with the assistance of the NGO Support Organizations
and the Business Advisory Committee.
Phase 1: Feasibility Studies
During the First Phase of the Project - Feasibility Studies
(five months (5)), the selected 16 NGOs, through on-site consultations
and group trainings, will be assisted in conducting an analysis
of the financial and market feasibility of their proposed self-financing
idea. .
Each selected NGO will sign an Assistance Agreement with SNFP
Team and (with support from the SNFP Partners) will develop a
Feasibility Study for their proposed venture. Immediately upon
being selected, the SNFP Team will organize a Winners Training
Workshop and site visits designed to prepare plans for the venture.
During the course of the First Phase of the Project - Feasibility
Studies the SNFP Partners will work closely with each NGO
to prepare a feasibility study, including: 1) assessment of the
NGO's core capacity, skills and readiness for self-financing;
2) preparation of pro forma financial projections (expenses and
revenues) for their proposed venture; and 3) assessment of the
market potential for their proposed venture.
Phase 2: Business Plan Development
At the end of the First Phase, the Evaluation Committee (consisting
of the SNFP Team and Business Advisory Committee members) will
evaluate each Feasibility Study. If the NGO has developed what
could be considered a viable Feasibility Study and has illustrated
the commitment, capacity and organizational flexibility necessary
for venture start-up, it will receive a Venture Planning Grant
within the range of 1,000 - 2,000 EUR (depending on the
size of the NGO, nature and scale of its venture activity) to
further develop their feasibility studies into full business
plans during the Second Phase of the Project - Business Plan
Development (three months (3)).
During the Second Phase of the Project - Business Plan Development,
the NGO Support Organizations and Business Advisory Committee
will continue to provide planning, management and other technical
assistance to the selected NGOs to finalize the business plans
and prepare the NGO to implement their venture.
Phase 3: Business Plan Implementation
Upon successful completion of the Second Phase of the Project
and based on the Evaluation Committee recommendation, the NGOs
will be eligible to receive a self-financing Venture Grant (up
to 10,000 EUR) to start up or expand their self-financing
venture. The self-financing Venture Grant shall be earmarked
for self-financing start-up expenses as identified in the NGO
Business Plan. The Venture Grant must be matched by NGO resources
(financial, human or other in-kind) at a variable level appropriate
to an individual organization's size and as suggested by the
Evaluation Committee.
Not all sixteen NGOs will necessarily require, qualify
for , or apply for a Venture Planning Grant and Venture Grant.
The Third Phase of the Project - Business Plan Implementation
will commence upon receipt of the Venture Grant by the
NGO. During the Third Phase of the Project, the SNFP Team will
closely monitor the implementation of the NGO Business Plan process
and assist NGOs in successful execution of the planned venture. |
