Nepal: Grants Management Course in Kathmandu, Nepal

Course Overview

The job of Grants Management involves a difficult balancing act; ensuring that project staffs have the latitude to accomplish something meaningful and at the same time every obligation of the funding source is met. Depending on the operating style of your organization, the complexity of the project and the nature of the funding source, effective grants Management depend on certain core principles.

These principles are valuable in helping to build trust with your donors and making the management process in your organization more orderly. The purpose of this course is to build the confidence and skills of those responsible for managing institutional donor grants and to meet donors’ financial terms & conditions when implementing programs. Effective grant management by project implementers can contribute to more funding for the organization.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Identify and understand the critical terms and conditions of grant
  aid for donor-funded projects;
• Ensure compliance with donor terms and conditions;
  providing supporting documents, correct procurement of goods and
  services and meeting financial reporting requirements;
• Managing multiple-funded programmes;
• Prepare a donor financial report to match with a project narrative
  report;
• Describe the phases in the grant management cycle, clarify key
  responsibilities and routines needed for successful grant management;
• Identify the requirements for closing off a donor grant;
• Manage the relationship with donors, head office and implementing
  partners with greater confidence;
• Appreciate that finance and programme staff must work closely for
  successful grant management.

Target Audience

This course is specially designed for Project staff who manage institutional donor grants, where programmes are implemented directly or through operational partners. The course is also suitable for both finance, administrative and non-finance staff who are new to grant management.

Course Content

• Overview of Grants Management Cycle:
• Developing proposal,
• Budgeting
• Types of costs,
• Grant Award Contract, Types & contents,
• Award Review,
• Fundraising Tips,
• Implementation,
• Compliance,
• Eligible and ineligible costs,
• Cost Share/ Matching costs & Procurement Procedures,
• Grant Tracking Tools, : Costs eligibility,
• Programme evaluation,
• Amendment time, costs, activities, partner,
• 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

Program Dates: 20-24 June, 2018

Registration Closes on: 27 March, 2018

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