Introduction to Grants Management for Mine Action Training Course is designed for programme, project, partnerships, and donor relations staff from Ukrainian national humanitarian demining organisations. It aims to build practical capacity to access and manage international donor funding by strengthening participants’ understanding of donor priorities, funding opportunities, competitive proposal development, results-based management, budgeting, risk management, compliance, monitoring and reporting, and donor communications. Developed in response to a capacity gap and training needs assessment conducted with Ukrainian certified mine action operators, the course is tailored to the realities of the national mine action sector and focuses on helping organisations engage more credibly and effectively with institutional donors while supporting longer-term localization and sustainable national capacity.
Aim
To equip grants management staff of Ukrainian humanitarian demining operators with a basic understanding of institutional donor funding mechanisms and develop the core skills required to succeed in competitive bidding processes.
What you will learn?
The course strengthens participants’ capacity to:
- understand how global agendas shape institutional donor priorities;
- research donor priorities and funding opportunities;
- develop an organisational strategy that is informed by contextual analysis;
- understand the grants management life cycle and develop the capacity for compliance at each stage;
- develop the capacity to implement results-based management throughout the grants management life cycle;
- create an M&E framework for progress tracking and donor reporting;
- assess project risks and develop mitigation measures;
- create a basic budget for mine action activities;
- understand key donor compliance issues; and
- develop a communications strategy for donor engagement, including how to prepare for donor visits
Who should attend?
The target audience includes Programme and Project Managers, as well as Programme, Partnerships, and Donor Relations Officers from Ukrainian national mine action opetarors participating in the GICHD localization project. The participation is limited to one representative from the organisation.
Language level requirements
English-Ukrainian simultaneous interpretation will be available throughout the training. Depending on the availability of co-facilitators, some modules may also be delivered in Ukrainian.
Given the training’s focus on grants management for international donors with the view to prepare high-quality deliverables in English, organizations are encouraged to nominate participants with advanced English language skills.
Equipment requirements
For a more effective training experience, participants are encouraged to have a laptop.
Assessment
Most of the training objectives will be approached via practical (group) exercises throughout the training, so participants’ progress will primarily be assessed based on their active participation, including presenting on group work tasks. A short written assessment at the end will test participants' absorption of the key ourse concepts.
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