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Regional
Grants
(Total: USD 207,754)
Representatives of the partner organisations
and REC NGO Support Programme met, together with two external experts,
on November 3, 2003 and selected five projects to be funded in
the first phase of the Danube Regional Project, Regional Grants.
National
Grants - round one
(60 projects, USD 465,431)
For further analysis of the national projects selected,
please review the
presentation (MS PowerPoint, 137 KBytes) given to the project team
on November 4, 2003.
National Grants - round two
The second round of the Danube Regional Project (DRP)
Grants launched in May 2005.
Observations
and Recommendations
Members of the Danube Regional Project Grants project team met on November
4, 2003, to review the projects selected and discuss the management and
future of the programme.
Observations from the first round of granting:
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Issue/Scope |
- Complicated forms due to topic
- Long selection process
- DEF Training was useful (national level)
- Guidance in proposal preparation not sufficient (Logframe)
- Not enough funds for promotion of the grants at the National
level
- DEF/ICPDR contribution to selection process generally positive
(depending on the level of the National Focal points)
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- Nutrients - Difficult /technical
- Specific Limited number of NGOs
- Focused Helped NGOs to be focused but limited their initiatives
- NGO capacities Limited understanding of the problems and the
way to address them
- End of pipe approach - Addressing users and not producers
- Stakeholders No clear identification and involvement from
preparation stage
- Differences between CEE regions (Accession/Non-accession)
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Future Recommendations - For the Second Round
of Granting:
- Simplify the proposal forms and shorten the selection
process the REC will review the process.
- Review the grants scope and make it more NGO friendly.
NGO actions are not expected to reduce pollution directly, but rather
create the basis for stakeholder cooperation and models for community
actions.
- Assist NGOs by providing more training on the Call
issues cooperate with DEF/ ICPDR.
- Provide direct assistance to NGOs in proposal preparation
REC/ consultants could provide.
- Improve stakeholder involvement Provide finances
for more PR materials to announce the calls more widely at the national
level; raise awareness among other stakeholders; and cooperate with
PP component.
- More concrete actions at local level.
- More community involvement activities.
Future Recommendations - For the Current Round of Granting:
- Assist the NGOs with project implementation use the
independent experts and ICPDR's expertise.
- Monitor grants implementation closely Attend the
NGO activities, use the grants and programme indicators to asses the
progress.
- Promote the outcomes of the NGO projects REC Bulletin,
Danube watch, DEF publications, REC website, ICPDR website, etc.
- Develop a strategy and find finances to assess the
sustainability of results after the project is finalised discuss with
the Donor.
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