Online Certificate Course in Proposal Writing and Fundraising from 1st August to 30th September 2017

Certificate Course in Proposal Writing and Fundraising

Africa Institute for Project Management Studies ( AIPMS) is pleased to announce a Certificate Course in Proposal Writing and Fundraising from 1st August to 30th September 2017.

Course Overview
One of the key reasons that there is no meaningful development in the third world especially in Africa is the lack of capacity by beneficiaries to implement sustainable programmes. Statistics have shown that many programs and initiatives being pursued by a majority of Community Based Development Organizations are not sustainable and die out within the initial stages of implementation due to lack of adequate funding and human resources to effectively realize the intended goals and sustain the programmes.
The situation is compounded further with majority of these development organizations depending only one donor or none at all, while a few others have numerous donors willing to partner with them through funding their various development programs.
The biggest challenge facing most of these organizations is lack of adequate appropriate in-house capacity to attract the right donors to the organization. With the right skills and capacity, there are thousands of donors for available to fund your projects out there. However many organizations, unfortunately, are still grappling with key fundamentals issues such as; where are the donors? What projects get funding?
What the current donor priorities are? And how to approach donors for funding.
The Proposal Writing & Fund raising online and distance learning training program is professionally designed to address these pertinent issues in a global perspective. This training will equip you and your organization with up to date information on: modern trends in Proposal Writing & Fund Raising Identification of donor priorities, reasons why some of your project proposals don’t get
funded, maximizing the possibilities of the internet in accessing more resources for your projects. Participants in this course will also get a copy of a donor directory and therefore create endless possibilities for Proposal Writing & Fund Raising for their organizations.

THE NEED FOR THIS TRAINING
Proposal Writing and Fund raising skills form the backbone of any NGO
if they are going to attract and maintain confidence among key partners.
Hence, for sustainable strategies, organizations must enhance their skills
and capacity on Proposal Writing, fund raising among their key personnel.
Course Format: The course is an online and distance learning course,
including: presentations, notes, continuous assessment and certification.
No real time meetings are required.
Topics: It will cover the following topic areas:
Proposal Writing and Fundraising has the following modules/ Presentations:

  1. Fundraising tips and Project Background
    2)Writing an Organizational Background
  2. Project Planning and Design and Writing a problem Statement
  3. Formulating a goal and Smart Objectives
  4. Developing Activities and Work plan
  5. Writing about Project Management and Monitoring and Evaluation
  6. Risks and Assumptions, Expected Outcomes and Impact
    8)Developing a Log Frame
    9)) Developing a Project Budget
  7. Online Fundraising Tips
  8. Developing a Fund Raising Strategy for your Organization

After they have read the material for each unit, students are expected to test their own Learning by completing some relevant exercises and tasks.

Assignments
In order to demonstrate their understanding of the course content,
students will be required to submit FOUR assignments inlcluding a complete proposal.

DURATION AND COURSE LOAD: 8 Weeks - 5 to 6 hours per week
DATES: 1st August 2017 to 30th September 2017 (Two Months)
PARTICIPANTS: Development Professionals
REGIONS TARGETED: South Sudan
COURSE FEE: $400
FORMAT: Web-based and Distance Learning facilitated
GENERAL COURSE CONTACT: info@africadevelopmentresources.org
WEBSITE: www.africadevelopmentresources.org