Client: DFID
Country: UK
Year: 2006 – 2012
The £4 million per year Fund supports NGOs and the education sector in the UK with the aim of building long term knowledge and understanding of the major challenges and prospects for development. The projects should generate an understanding of our global interdependence and the role that individuals can play in reducing poverty.
The DAF therefore has therefore touched on other issues including social inclusion in the UK, understanding of conflict prevention as well as a better understanding of how individuals can contribute to poverty reduction. The fund closed for new projects in 2010 and Triple Line is managing the portfolio of grants.
Services Provided
Triple Line appraised concept notes and proposals and following provisional awards our responsibilities included: organisational capacity assessments; setting-up grants; processing grant claims and reviewing progress through appraisal of annual reports and project completion reports.
Over time DFID transferred more responsibility and outsourcing of functions to Triple Line and new systems have been introduced. Our engagement in both the proposal appraisal and grant management phases ensures a continuity of information and risk management.
Achievements
Over the management of the contract since December 2006, Triple Line has:
- Introduced a risk management process for assessing the capacity of grantees to manage DFID funds;
- Improved the clarity of the guidelines for applicants and introduced standard application templates including budget and monitoring frameworks for applicants;
- Established a DAF programme database for the efficient processing of applications and appraisals, to track project performance and generate information on the whole portfolio of applications and projects;
- Provided support to applicants in project and proposal preparation, and
- Provided support to grantees in monitoring and measuring the performance of their projects.