PVOs

Grant is provided under the PVO Sector Policy and Program Design project (5980634) to Private Agencies Collaborating Together (PACT) to provide TA to local PVO's in Costa Rica, Bolivia, and Guatemala in institutional analysis, proposal preparation, grantmaking, and organization planning and development. In Costa Rica, PACT will work with the Coalicion Costarricense de Iniciativas de Desarrollo (CINDE) to improve management practices among local PVO's. Activities will include: refining grantmaking and grant management practices, improving CINDE's project selection and evaluation procedures, and assessing future types of assistance in the areas of grantmaking, grant management, and overall organizational development. In Bolivia, PACT will undertake an inventory of up to 50 PVO's engaged in developing programs. Of those 50, 10-15 will be selected for more in-depth institutional analysis. A training course for these PVO's will then be provided in proposal preparation; information gathering; feasibility analysis; and budget scheduling, monitoring, and evaluation, and if necessary, TA in grant management. In Guatemala, PACT will help USAID/G to develop mechanisms for working with loc

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABD-161 (1985). The source's own text.