Grant Management Essentials – How to Keep Your Donors Happy

Purpose

To build the confidence and skills of NGO staff who are new to managing institutional donor grants to meet donors' financial terms & conditions when implementing programmes.

Target Audience

This course is specially designed for NGO staff who are new to grant management. It is suitable for those responsible for managing donor funds where programmes are implemented directly or through operational partners.

The course provides an introduction to the essentials of grant management and is not therefore suitable for experienced grant managers or those looking for detailed guidance on specific donor rules and regulations.

Course Content

The course includes:

• Key challenges in grant management
• The grant management life cycle
• Responsibilities and routines in grant management
• The flow of donor funds
• Assessing the terms and conditions in grant agreements
• How grant agreements impact on accounting and procurement systems
• Complying with donor reporting requirements
• Managing multiple-donor funded projects
• Managing key relationships for successful grant management

Training Approach

The Mango training approach is highly practical, participatory and often fun! We focus on real issues and help participants to use the techniques covered, rather than just discuss them. We work especially hard to de-mystify financial concepts to overcome the fear of finance.