About ASPM.
The Africa School of Project Management (ASPM) was established in the year 2000 in Kenya as a membership based professional management organization. The school was formed to address capacity building needs among development partners, donor organizations, Government agencies, International and private sector firms in Africa.
The school has been pivotal in capacity building in South Sudan, South Africa, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Somalia, Liberia, The Gambia, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda. The school has trained over 12,000 staffs who are involved in different projects and also conducted surveys, evaluations and research in different projects and businesses in Africa.
Why is Grants & Financial Management is so important for NGO?
Most NGO do not consider financial management a priority for themselves. Therefore, it is often the case that many of them entirely lack systems of financial planning and monitoring, which has a very adverse impact on their viability. To achieve sustainable development in the tough actuality of today NGO managers should develop understanding and confidence that are necessary to use funds effectively.
- The sharing of best practice in financial management will:
- Help project staff use resources efficiently and effectively
- Improve NGO reporting to fiscal authorities and donors
- Help earn partners and beneficiaries’ respect and trust
- Help NGO better compete for resources that are becoming increasingly limited
- Help NGO attain financial sustainability in the longer term.
Why Procurement & Logistics is so important for Donor funded projects.
The overall goal of the procurement module is to increase effectiveness, efficiency and transparency in the procurement process of participants in their daily work and in general at their place of work. Specifically, the delegates are expected at the end to be able to:
- Account for each step of the procurement cycle
- Prepare strategies for improved procurement processes.
- Apply the principles that guide procurement in donor funded projects
- Utilize existing international good practices related to all steps of the procurement cycle
- Account for crosscutting procurement issues.
Financial Management & Grants Modules
- Overview of Grants Management Cycle
- Developing proposal
- Budgeting
- Types of costs
- Grant Award Contract
- Award Review
- Fundraising Tips, Implementation & Compliance
- Eligible and Ineligible costs
- Cost Share/ Matching costs
- Procurement Procedures
- Grant Tracking Tools
- Costs Eligibility, Administration
- Program Evaluation
- Grant Reporting
- Financial Documentation and Reporting
- Documentation, Internal Controls; Audit, Narrative Reporting, Partnerships & consortia management, Donor Compliance
- Personnel &Staff Issues (ethics) : Contracts, Time sheets, Travel & Per diem: Itinerary, assigning, Assets & Inventory Management, Co-Financing
- Multi- Donor Funding, Indirect Costs & Contingencies, Close Out Procedures & the Final Tranche.
- Basic concepts in Grant Management
- Key challenges in Grant Management
*The Grant Management Life Cycle - Grant Management Plan
- Responsibilities and routines in Grant Management
- The flow of Donor Funds
- Assessing the terms and conditions in Grant Agreements
- Grant Agreements, and Accounting and Procurement Systems
- Complying with Donor reporting requirements
- Managing key relationships for successful Grant Management
Procurement and Logistics Modules
- The Procurement Environment
- Logistics & supply chain
- Roles and Responsibilities
- The Bidding Process
- Procurement Planning and Budgeting
- Statement of Requirements
- Evaluation and Evaluation Methodologies
- Administrative Review
- Procurement Audits
- Procurement Ethics and Procurement Fraud
- Procurement Records
- Current Trends and Developments in Procurement.
Fee information:
The tuition fee is USD 680
How to Register.
Kindly drop us mail at [email protected] or apply through the online form…
http://www.aspm.co.ke/index.php/online-application