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CIVIL SOCIETY CHALLENGE FUND Overview of DFID. 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE Abercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA. An Overview Of DFID. Potted history of DFID Structure of DFID Where the CSCF Fits In DFID Country Offices Policy Division - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CIVIL SOCIETY CHALLENGE FUND
Overview of DFID
1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HEAbercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA
1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HEAbercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA
An Overview Of DFID
Potted history of DFID
Structure of DFID
Where the CSCF Fits In
DFID Country Offices
Policy Division
DFID Funding Departments
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Potted History of DFID
1929: UK Government recognised responsibility for developing its
colonies
1970: Overseas Development Administration (ODA) formed
1997: The Department for international Development – headed by a
Secretary of State with Cabinet rank
1997: White Paper, “Eliminating World Poverty – A Challenge for the
21st Century”
2000: White Paper, “Making Globalisation Work for the Worlds Poor”
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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Combat HIV and AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop a global partnership for development
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DFID Structure: Leadership
Hilary Benn MP
Secretary of State for International Development
Gareth Thomas MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Suma Chakrabarti
Permanent Secretary
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DFID Structure: Organogram
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Where Does CSCF Fit In
Director General for Corporate performance and Knowledge SharingMark Lowcock
Knowledge and Communications DivisionJoy Hutcheon
Information and Civil Society DepartmentMike Green
Civil Society TeamGuy Mustard
Civil Society Challenge FundEilidh Simpson
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DFID Country Offices
Country desks were based in London Office
Development Divisions were opened in-country
Number of Development Divisions increased over the years
Eventually Development Divisions broken down into Country Offices
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Previous Development Divisions
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Current Overseas Offices
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Role of DFID Country Office
Wherever DFID has a country office we will also have a sizeable
country programme.
Country Programme – the amount of DFID support allocated to be
spent in that country
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Roles & Responsibilities of the Overseas Office
Head of Office
(Usually a Senior Civil Servant)
Country Programme Manager
Advisory Staff
Health, Education, Social Development, etc
Team of Admin staff
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Policy Division
Previous Structure of Policy Division
When it changed / Why it changed
Current Structure of Policy Division
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Structure of Policy Division
Central team
Development Effectiveness
Governance and Social Development
Human Development
Growth and Investment
Sustainable Development
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Role of Policy Division
Not a funding department
Develop new Policy
Apply and disseminate existing knowledge
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DFID Funding Departments
DFID Country Offices
Information & Civil Society Department (ICSD)
Central Research Department (CRD)
Conflict & Humanitarian Affairs Department (CHAD)
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DFID Expenditure Through UK CSO’s 2003/04
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Development Awareness Fund (DAF)
Introduced to help build support in the UK for international
development
Aims to raise public awareness of international development issues
To develop a global dimension in the school curriculum
£10,000 – £100,000 over maximum 3 years
Annual budget of £6.5m (70% goes to Formal education sector)
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Strategic Grant Agreement (SGA)
Introduced in 2002
To enable wider civil society in the UK to make a contribution to
international development
Up to £300,000 up to a maximum 3 years
Annual budget £1.2 million
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Project Partnership Agreement (PPA)
Set up in 2000 to replace Block Grants
Current Annual Budget of £54m
Strategic Funding – not linked to projects
PPAs last for 6 years – funding for 3 years
18 CSOs currently have PPAs - e.g. Oxfam, ADD, VSO and Helpage
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Central Research Department
Long term research initiatives
Cut across individual countries or regions
Must be clear opportunity and mechanisms for research to have a
significant impact on poverty
CIVIL SOCIETY CHALLENGE FUND
DFID Website
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1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HEAbercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA
www.dfid.gov.uk
1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HEAbercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA
Useful Information On The Website
List of countries who receive funding from DFID
Country profiles
Country/Regional Assistance Plans
DFID publications
Speeches/Press Releases
Sign up to free fortnightly e-bulletin
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www.dfid.gov.uk/funding/
1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HEAbercrombie House, Eaglesham Road, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8EA
www.dfid.gov.uk/funding/civilsocietycf.asp
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www.dfid.gov.uk/funding/civilsocietycfinfo.asp
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CSCF Pages of the Website
CSCF Guidelines
List of CSCF Funded Projects
Funding round deadlines
Reporting Guidelines
Payment of Funds section
Annual Audited Accounts requirements
CIVIL SOCIETY CHALLENGE FUND
History of CSCF
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Where Did It All Start?
Joint Funding Scheme
Open only to UK registered NGOs
Provided funding up to £250,000
Required additional funding – normally 50:50 support
Funded service delivery
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What Changed?
Consulted civil society sector in 1999
CSCF born in 2000
Opened to all Civil Society ie any not for profit organisations
Initial budget of £10m
Funded on a 50 / 50 basis
Initially concentrated on rights based approach
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Where Are We Now?
DFID’s main central channel of support to UK based Civil Society
Organisations
Almost 300 projects supported
Projects can receive funding for up to 5 years
Can fund projects up to £500,000
Willing to consider 100% funding
One funding round per year
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Recent Changes
Budget increased to £14m
Widened criteria
CIVIL SOCIETY CHALLENGE FUND
Meet the Civil Society Challenge Fund Team
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Management
Eilidh Simpson
CSCF Programme Manager
Steve Nally
CSCF Deputy Programme Manager
Guy Mustard
Head of Civil Society Team
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Project Officers
Colin McGinty Maggie Di Maio Robert Morrison
Pauline Scott William Taylor Karen Feechan
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Project Assistants
Jim Galloway Trisha Richardson
Anneliese Gannon Janette Kirk
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Head of Civil Society Team
Responsibility for the whole Civil Society team
Senior Management responsibility for teams managing PPAs and co-
ordination and coherence team
Consults with Ministerial team to agrees and set out CSCF policy
Chairs the CSCF decision making team
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CSCF Programme Manager
Overall management responsibility for the CSCF
Overall management responsibility for the sectorial PPA agencies
Advising and setting policy
Ensuring policy is implemented
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CSCF Deputy Programme Manager
Day to day management responsibility of the CSCF Team
Day to day management of the CSCF
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Project Officer
Responsibility for portfolio of Civil Society Organisations
Responsibility for day to day management of CSCF projects
Liaise with External Consultants on CSCF funding decisions and
Project Completion and Evaluation Reports
On-going development of CSCF processes
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Project Assistant
General support to Project Officer
Monitor the application processes and receipt of reports
Discussion on team policy
Payment of funds
CIVIL SOCIETY CHALLENGE FUND
The Application Process
Concept Note
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Concept Note: Process
Applicant submits concept note to [email protected]
Concept note passed to Consultants
Applicant receives decision letter containing feedback
Can submit 1 every 4 weeks
No official deadline for concept notes
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Concept Note: Format
3 sides of A4 in length
Font size to be no smaller than Arial 12
Series of set questions to be answered
Must include 1st column of the logframe
New applicants must send Articles of Association and Accounts
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Concept Note: Content
Section A
Applicant details
Applicant background
Section B
Project details
Project background
Project approach
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Concept Note: What We Look For
Is the applicant based in the UK?
Is the applicant new to DFID?
Does the applicant have a track record in this activity?
Are the applicant’s goals consistent with the Challenge Fund?
Does the applicant have the capacity to manage the level of
funding?
Does the concept note meet the basic challenge fund criteria?
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Concept Note: Basic Criteria
Rights based approach (RBA)
Advocacy, empowerment, capacity building
Participation, inclusion, fulfilling obligations
Innovative Service Delivery
Must include a key component of RBA
Service Delivery in a Difficult Environment
Must include an element of RBA
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Concept Note: What is a Difficult Environment?
Where government service provision is small or non-existent
Areas not reached by government services and unlikely to be
reached in the foreseeable future
Post conflict environments, particularly where systems have been
destroyed
Communities whose lifestyle does not conform to a universal service
delivery system
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Concept Note: Venn Diagram
Advocacy & Empowerment
Service Delivery in Difficult Environment
InnovativeService Delivery
1st Assessment
2nd Assessment
3rd Assessment
A
A
A
A
A = Accept
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Concept Note: Decision
Successful applicants will receive
Invitation to submit a full proposal
Feedback on concept note
Details of how to submit
Unsuccessful applicants will receive
Letter confirming decision
Feedback on concept note
Details of next steps
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Concept Notes: Common Problems
Too long
Added value of UK organisation – lack of convincing arguement
Project partnerships – not detailed or explained adequately
CIVIL SOCIETY CHALLENGE FUND
The Application Process
Proposal
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Proposal: Process
Applicant submits proposal to [email protected]
Proposal passed to DFID Overseas Offices, Country Desks and Policy
teams
Also passed to Consultants
Consultants approach applicants with questions
Decision meetings
Applicant receives decision letter containing feedback
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Proposal: Format
10 sides of A4 in length
Font size to be no smaller than Arial 12
A more detailed set of questions to be answered
Must include a fully completed log frame and budget
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Proposal: Content (1)
Section I: Basic Data Sheet / Summary
Applicant Details and basic project information
Section II: Project Rationale
What problem the project will address and why
Section III: Project Approach
How the project will address the problem
Section IV: Project Management and Implementation
Who is involved and who does what
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Proposal: Content (2)
Section V: Project Monitoring, Learning and Dissemination
Reporting mechanisms and sharing experience
Section VI: Risks
Potential problems and how you intend to deal with them
Section VII: Project Budget
Detailed breakdown of cost
Section VIII: Log Frame
Fully completed log frame
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Proposal: What We Look For (1)
Approach
RBA or Service Delivery
Poverty eradication
Targeting the poorest
Inclusion, participation, fulfilling obligations
Coherence with DFID strategy
Country Assistance Plans
Link to MDGs
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Proposal: What We Look For (2)
Feasibility
Clear, achievable objectives, which contribute to the project's goals
Explanation as to how achievement will be assessed
Lesson learning & sharing
Clear focus on learning showing that lessons learned will be effectively
disseminated
Show how the approaches could be adapted in similar situations
Sustainability
Show how financial and institutional sustainability will be secured
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Proposal: What We Look For (3)
Partnership
Demonstrate the role of southern partner
Show added value of UK based organisation
Cross cutting issues
Gender, Disability and HIV/AIDS
Completed log frame
Accurate budget
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Proposal: Log Frame (1)
Clear, concise and accessible statement of all of the key components
of a project
Clarifies how the project is expected to work and what it is going to
achieve
Identifies the main factors related to the success of the project
Provides a basis for monitoring and evaluation
The framework should develop and change as the project develops.
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Proposal: Log Frame (2)
PLAN IMPLEMENT
GOAL
PURPOSE
ACTIVITIES
OUTPUTS
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Proposal: Budget
Must be in DFID financial years
Must be in pounds sterling
Majority of expenditure should be on project activities
Monitoring & evaluation
UK Administration Costs
No unacceptable expenditure
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Proposal: Decisions (1)
DFID colleagues in country offices/desks/policy teams provide assessments
Consultants pool these assessments with their own and make overall
assessment
CSCF team review assessments
CSCF team meet with consultants
CSCF team draft list of projects to fund passed to Head of CSD
CSCF team meet with Head of CSD – funded projects agreed
List of funded projects sent to Secretary of State for information
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Proposal: Decisions (2)
Successful applicants will receive
Provisional offer of support
Unsuccessful applicants will receive
Letter confirming decision
Feedback on proposal
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Proposals: Common Problems
Too Long
Illogical Frameworks
Lack of knowledge of other work in project area
Lack of clarity on added value of UK organisation
Project partnerships not in place or poorly explained
Arguement on sustainability not convincing
Poverty targeting questionable
CIVIL SOCIETY CHALLENGE FUND
2004 Funding Round
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2004 Funding Round
388 Concept Notes
170 Proposals
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Geographical Split
149
5335 32 31
7 7
AFRICA INDIAN SUB CONTINENT
ASIA CENTRAL AMERICA
LATIN AMERICA
EUROPE OCEANIA
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Some Interesting Facts
170 proposals were submitted by 117 different CSOs
85 CSOs had only 1 proposal under consideration
34 CSOs had a CSCF under consideration for the first time
6 organisations had 4 separate proposals being considered
Only Just World Partners had more than 4 proposals – they had 5
We considered proposals covering 75 different countries
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What We Funded
How many projects did we fund
54 projects out of 170
How much money did we allocate
Our budget is £14m
We already had commitments of £9.24m
This left us with £4.76m to allocate
We actually agreed £7.01m
How does this compare to Comic Relief and Big Lottery
Using their accounting system we have agreed £22.57m in new support
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Rights Based or Service Delivery?
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RIGHTS BASED INNOVATIONDIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT
CIVIL SOCIETY CHALLENGE FUND
BOND
(British Overseas NGOs for Development)
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www.bond.org.uk
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What Is The Function of BOND?
Performance: BOND seeks to improve the quality of UK NGOs
performance in International Development
Advocacy: A central point where member organisations have a
common view and would benefit from having a common voice
Training & Learning: BOND promotes workshops that support both
members and NGOs in meeting their development needs
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Useful Information on BOND Website
Directory of Members and NGO Networks
Guide to Funding
Information on Events
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DFID and BOND
DFID was instrumental in setting up BOND
DFID has a Strategic Agreement with BOND
Each year DFID gives a presentation to BOND on the results of the
CSCF funding round