Leadership Are leaders of the organization committed to the Interviews commitment implementation of the proposed project? Management Which managers in the organization would be concerned CVs of managers experience and with the proposed project? What are their credentials and Interviews with managers qualifications experience that relate to the proposed project? Do these managers have experience implementing donor-funded Organization’s resume projects? Planning and Does the organization apply a results-based management Strategy documents budgeting methodology? Are there measurable outputs or Project and programme documents deliverables in the strategies, programmes and work plans? Are budgets commensurate with intended results? Sample proposals, work plans and budgets How do planners identify and accommodate risks? Supervision, How do managers supervise the implementation of work Annual reports, presentation to review, and plans? How do they measure progress against targets? stakeholders reporting How does the organization document its performance, Internal reports e.g., in annual or periodic reports? How are the Evaluation reports plans and achievements presented to organization’s stakeholders? Lessons-Learned reports Does the organization hold regular programme or project review meetings? Are such meetings open to all stakeholders? Are the activities subject to external organization’s evaluation? How does the organization learn and adapt from its experience? Networking What other organizations are critical for the successful Descriptions of network and functioning of this organization? How does the stakeholder fora organization conduct relations with these organizations? Is the organization a party to knowledge networks, coordinating bodies, and other fora? 2.2 Technical capacity Technical Do the skills and experience of the CVs of technical staff organization’s knowledge and technical professionals match those required for the Knowledge network membership skills project? Would these professionals be available to the project? Technical library facilities Does the organization have the necessary technical Reports from participation in infrastructure (e.g., laboratories, equipment, software, international, regional, national or technical data bases, etc.) to support the implementation local meetings and conferences of the project? Facilities description
Leadership commitment Are leaders of the organization committed to the implementation of the proposed project? Interviews Management experience and qualifications Which managers in the organization would be concerned with the proposed project? What are their credentials and experience that relate to the proposed project? Do these managers have experience implementing donor-funded projects? CVs of managers Interviews with managers Organization’s resume Planning and budgeting Does the organization apply a results-based management methodology? Are there measurable outputs or deliverables in the strategies, programmes and work plans? Are budgets commensurate with intended results? How do planners identify and accommodate risks? Strategy documents Project and programme documents Sample proposals, work plans and budgets Supervision, review, and reporting How do managers supervise the implementation of work plans? How do they measure progress against targets? How does the organization document its performance, e.g., in annual or periodic reports? How are the organization’s plans and achievements presented to stakeholders? Does the organization hold regular programme or project review meetings? Are such meetings open to all stakeholders? Are the organization’s activities subject to external evaluation? How does the organization learn and adapt from its experience? Annual reports, presentation to stakeholders Internal reports Evaluation reports Lessons-Learned reports Networking What other organizations are critical for the successful functioning of this organization? How does the organization conduct relations with these organizations? Is the organization a party to knowledge networks, coordinating bodies, and other fora? Descriptions of network and stakeholder fora 2.2 Technical capacity Technical knowledge and skills Do the skills and experience of the organization’s technical professionals match those required for the project? Would these professionals be available to the project? Does the organization have the necessary technical infrastructure (e.g., laboratories, equipment, software, technical data bases, etc.) to support the implementation of the project? CVs of technical staff Knowledge network membership Technical library facilities Reports from participation in international, regional, national or local meetings and conferences Facilities description
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