Preparing Microproject Proposals to Improve Household Food Security and Nutrition

 

Local resources may not always be sufficient to implement community action plans for improving household food security and nutrition. This manual, which complements the previous “Guidelines for Participatory Nutrition Projects”, provides field workers and communities with a tool to develop feasible microprojects and translate them into proposals for submission to potential donors.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part One: Preparatory Phase

    - Where to start
    - Defining the microproject: Selecting activities to be included in the proposal
    - Collaborating with other development workers
    - Enlisting the support of local authorities
    - Understanding potential funding sources

Part Two: Developing a Proposal

    - The planning process
    - Clarifying the goal
    - Identifying beneficiaries
    - Setting objectives and defining outputs
    - Project design
    - Listing the tasks
    - Sequencing the tasks
    - Making an action plan
    - The work plan
    - Preparing a budget
    - Developing a funding strategy
    - Grants
    - Loans
    - Choosing the strategy
    - Project management
    - Monitoring and evaluation

Part Three: Writing and Submitting the Proposal

    - The sections of the proposal
    - The work plan
    - Submitting the proposal

Conclusion

Glossary

 
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