Applications
• Are participants involved in running and coordinating the project? If so, how?
6. When will the project be implemented?
• What are the project start and finish dates? Give details of project stages and deadlines. • Which activities have already begun? • At what stage will staff be taken on?
7. How will the project be evaluated?
• How and according to what criteria will the project be evaluated? • Is any follow-up planned?
8. Budget
Be aware that the budget is one of the first things that funding organizations will look at. Therefore:
• Your budget must inspire confidence and show your project to be both realistic and trustworthy. • It must match your project description. • Although provisional, it must be as close to final figures as possible. • Draw up a fair and realistic budget (check your calculations and ask someone unconnected with the project to do the same). • Round up/down your figures (no decimal points). • Do calculations in the currency specified. • Diversify your sources of funding (do not approach a single source for all your needs). • Indicate whether the amounts included under receipts have already been allocated (confirmed) or whether confirmation is still pending.
2. Each of the following boxes gives pointers on filling out the different parts of a project application.
a. Match the sections from exercise 1 (1 – 8) to the boxes. You won’t need all the sections.
b. Complete the gaps with the words in each box.
program compatible make an application fee for whom
Most forms have a specific question about the activities or the program. In any case, most often (and most unfortunately!) you probably need to for each activity. But whether it is the program of activities of a whole project or the of one activity, you should provide sufficient indication and information about when, where, with whom... at least the parts that are visible. with the budget (e.g., if you mention that you will hire a video professional to film the show, make sure that the show is part of the program and that the for the video operator is shown in the budget). Anything less usually shows poor preparation. Most important: make sure that the information is correct and
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