Course summary and objectives
This interactive e-learning experience will equip participants with tools and skills to design and develop solid, collaborative funding proposals, for a diverse group of funders and funding modalities, while challenging power dynamics in funding processes. Learn practical tools, discuss decolonisation in funding partnerships, and gain insights on reflecting these principles in proposals. The appropriate use of AI will be a cross-cutting theme.
By the end of this course participants will be able to plan a collaborative process for developing a winning proposal that is designed using tools to promote shifting of power. Participants will also be able to explain how to structure and frame responses to common proposal questions.
What to expect
At a time of significant funding challenges, this course will help participants build their proposal writing abilities. The trainer, Lisa Lucas, has extensive bidding experience accrued over the course of over 30 years in the sector. This course comprises three live sessions and one individual mentoring session – for more details, see the course profile.
Course Trainer
Lisa Lucas works with national and international NGOs, and not for profits, with a particular focus on understanding their organisational goals and audiences and working with them to develop strategies and plans to support sustainability and growth. Lisa specialises in international commercial contracts, funded either through institutional donors such as FCDO and the EU, or through other funders such as think tanks, INGOs or private sector clients. Lisa has extensive experience of managing and bidding for multi-million FCDO, EU, and other donor funded projects with over 30 years of experience in the sector. She also has excellent written and verbal communications skills developed from years of experience of building and managing relationships with funders and national and international partners. Key to her approach is a focus on capacity strengthening, providing training and mentoring support to organisations to enable them to become self-sufficient and achieve their goals.