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Donor Mapping: Terms of Reference

 

If you as a programme manager want to raise funds, you have to identify the potential donors for your programme in-country and internationally. In order to identify potential donors, it is important that you meet various agencies, institutions, embassies, multi-lateral agencies, present your programme to them and analyse those donors who have a common mandate with you and are willing to fund your programmes. This activity is called donor mapping.

 

The monitoring reviews and country learning review helps in defining and developing the new programme.

 

Once we develop the new programme, we can send concept notes to donors who have shown interest in our donor mapping exercise.  and change strategy so that donors can be informed and ways of collaborating with them can be explored.

 

The following are the terms of reference you can send to the person who is invited to do the donor mapping exercise.

 

Country Context:

X is in a situation of extreme poverty caused not least by the instability of the country due to continuing conflict and increasing insecurity. Basic indicators of human welfare place X among the world’s most hungry, destitute, illiterate and short-lived people. The country ranks 173 out of 178 countries in the basic index of human development. Women face the highest rates of illiteracy and the lowest standards of health in the world. Afghanistan has the youngest population in the world (an estimated 57% under eighteen years old) with few employment prospects.

 

Average life expectancy is just 43 years, and one in every four children dies before the age of five. Already suffering from the impact of 23 years of conflict, Afghanistan is just now starting to recover from a devastating drought which afflicted the country between 1999 and 2002 and indications are that the drought situation is far from over. The country also lies in an earthquake zone; the last major earthquake in 1998 killed 7,000 people and affected a further 165,000.

 

Over the next three years X will still be challenged by insecurity, be susceptible to natural disasters and have decreased funding which in turn means increased vulnerability for X. This is in addition to a dysfunctional government, which is corrupt, ineffective and without resources. The impact of long-term conflict combined with long-term drought is a cause for extreme concern.

 

Organisational programme in X (2007-2010):

Building on the work we have delivered in Afghanistan, support to communities will be provided to address some of their real vulnerabilities, with a focus on Livelihoods, Humanitarian, Governance and Gender:

 

Aim 1: Livelihoods: Agriculture and livestock production is the main source of livelihoods for over 85% of the population in Afghanistan and has decreased significantly over the past twenty years of fighting and conflict. Our vision is to improve livelihood outcomes by increasing, improving and protecting livelihood assets and decreasing vulnerabilities among poor families in the targeted areas.

 

Aim 2: Health and Education: We will hold the government and international community accountable to their commitments in education and health by continuing our work in areas such as budget tracking. Through our field programmes we will promote education, particularly for girls and access to health services. Although we will not directly implement we will advocate these issues at the local and national levels. At the community level we will still provide health promotion and literacy classes.

 

Aim 3: Humanitarian: We want to focus on post war scenario and natural disasters affected people to be ready to manage emergency relief responses and also to ensure preparedness of the communities. We also want to help build the capacity of our staff and the communities on disaster management and risk reduction.

 

Aim 3.2: We will work with partners on issues of conflict and small arms and promote Afghan ways of dealing with small arms in communities. Our programme staff will continue to work with communities to resolve their conflicts peacefully.

 

Aim 4: Right to be Heard: Through our policy and campaigns work on conflict, education, health and gender we will promote the rights of our beneficiaries and Afghans as a whole. Furthermore through our work on governance we will strengthen governance institutions through our field programmes and highlight best practice at a central level. Past and present violations of Human Rights constitute our major concern for the Afghan peace building process. Oxfam vision is to continue research and training of communities on good governance, linking communities with the local government through advocacy and lobbying.

 

Aim 5.1 Right to Equity (Gender and diversity); Oxfam Afghanistan will continue its focus on mainstreaming gender through empowering women in order to obtain a meaningful role in society and increase their decision making power. Gender based violence will be addressed through We Can Campaigning in order to bring a fundamental shift in people’s attitude, beliefs, ideas and practices regarding violence against women and social acceptance of violence.

 

Funding context:

The programme restricted budget is as follows:

 

Key donors have included: ECHO, Europeaid, Swiss Development Corporation, World Bank (via the Government’s National Solidarity Programme), Oxfam Novib, Oxfam Australia, and Oxfam America.

 

Context for Donor Mapping exercise:

The South Asia Funding Team has prioritised Afghanistan for a donor mapping exercise, and this choice is supported by senior management in Afghanistan and within the region. The importance of the exercise is a result of a number of factors:

 

Specific objectives of donor mapping exercise:

·         To obtain a broad picture of donor organisations active in Afghanistan. 

 

Process:

Taking the ‘Global Donor Mapping Instructions’ document as a guide, the key steps envisaged:

 

Timeframe:

 

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