Background
The European Commission (EC) programmes are a significant potential source of funding for NGOs, but understanding what it is exactly that the Commission wants is often daunting. Drafting a comprehensive concept note under highly competitive conditions often discourages organisations from even applying. Those that do apply frequently end up wasting a lot of time and resources drafting unsuccessful proposals by staff not duly equipped to translate the needs of the organisation into project proposals attractive to the EC.
Objectives
- Understand how to accurately read and interpret the call for proposals guidelines
- Understand the criteria on which basis the European Commission will assess your proposal and how you can best respond to them
- Understand how to adapt your own project to the guidelines of the call for proposals
- Get new hints on how to draft an attractive and highly competitive concept note following the EC format
- Obtain answers to the questions you always wanted to know
Eligibility
This course is ideally suited to fundraisers who want to build their fundraising capacity, executive directors/NGO managers who are responsible for donor relations, and individuals who want to develop their professional skills and effectiveness on European Commission fundraising.
Deadline: 18 October 2016