SGF timeline and process

Final Proposal to submitted by: January 22
Review Process: January 24 - February 16
Announcement of successful grant recipients: February 19

Comments will be again encouraged from reviewers and will be shared with all applicants
Annoucement of result will be made via email; blog will also be posted

IDRC will be arranging contracts/grants with successful proposal applicants; expect delays as it will likely take a month at a minimum to issue the grant
IDRC and Hivos support Harambee but IDRC funds are being used to support the SGF
while the project must be implemented in 6 months from the duration of reciving funds, applicants are encourage to proceed when possible
not certain if projects can include a line item for adminstration or project overhead; Allison will check with IDRC grant administrator, Vilma and let group know
applicants could re-apply for the second round of small grants if implemented

Included in the grant/contract will be a learning and evaluation requirement. This could be in the form of a report but we could do something different
Allison suggested that we conduct learning interviews similar to those done with the Focus Network
Small Grant folks could interview each other if they so choose
Another idea would be to use the wiki and post regular updates - possibly after the implementation of a sub-activity
Sharing on how the project is doing could be done in a wiki, blog or email
Preference is to use the wiki to report on what's happening at monthly intervals or after an event or when there is something to report
Some interest in conducting the interviews which could be done via skype and recorded in the wiki
It makes sense for us to use ICTs in the process so that we learn more about them