Two groups
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Benefits
1. Capacity building, collaboration and knowledge-sharing for focus networks
2. Opportunity to review focus network Action Plans (identifying gaps, monitoring progress, etc)
3. Creating sustainability for indigenous networks
4. Small Grant Fund for projects in Africa
5. Stronger voice for focus networks in issues such as ICT Policy and cross-cutting issues
6. Opportunity for collaboration across focus networks
7. Emergence of a resource centre that will benefit focus networks and other organisations outside the Harambee project
8. Group solidarity building: emotional support, encouragement, counseling, mutual trust
9. Added value to specific work and mandate of networks: enabling of networks in the use of ICT and knowledge- sharing, Increased effective; harambee will make networks do what they do better
10. Training of network members; e.g. in facilitation, conflict resolution and management of networks
11. Innovative and pragmatic concepts of knowledge sharing between and among the networks
12. Increased interaction among networks leading to other unintended side-benefits, e.g. development of other collaborative initiatives outside Harambee
13. Increased visibility, publicity and continental recognition for networks -- reflected by establishment of other funding relationships outside Harambee and invitation to events and initiatives outside harambee
14. New participatory approach to ICT partnership development
15. Mass mobilization of experiences for accountability of the network activities
Concerns
1. Sustainability of the Harambee project -- noting that its a 2-year project
2. Are there any limitations on what Harambee project will work with focus networks on?
3. How do things flow? At what point does the funding come in, and how much time do networks have for report back?
4· Resource limitation (especially financial): the expectations of networks may outstrip the available resources
5· How identify focal points within large networks and how does the project relate to the focal points
6. The project should have a specific focus on donors in order to promote collaboration among them
7. Relationship among harambee focus networks and the funding partners
8. Is SGF a one-off grant support or a continuous arrangement
9. What is the relationship between the governing partners and the focus networks; elaborate on the accountability lines
Questions
1. What level of support will focus networks get from the Harambee project?
2. What can we expect from Harambee project apart from money?
3. What modality is in place for report backs to the Harambee project from focus networks?
Gaps and Risks
1. Growth in the number of Harambee focus networks, and the need to satisfy networks
2. Sustainability of the project- the two year funding may not assure sustainability of the program
3. Shift in donor funding policy without considerations for sustainability of the project
4. The integrity of the networks. Problems in individual network may find their way into the project and impede smooth attainment of project outputs
