Currently we don’t have a process for retroactively evaluating EAIF grants. However, there are a couple of informal channels which can help to improve decision-making:
We request that grantees fill out a short form detailing the impact of their grant after six months. These reports are both directly helpful for evaluating a future application from the grantee, and indirectly helpful at calibrating the “bang-for-your-buck” we should expect from different grant sizes for different projects
When evaluting the renewal of a grant, we can compare the initial application’s plans with the track record they list in a later application, to see if the grant was a success on their own terms.
One technique I’ve picked up is evaluating grants in reverse—reading the details of the project, and then giving a rough estimate of a willingness to pay for a project of that nature. Looking at the actual cost of the project can then help quickly determine if it meets a bar for funding that I’ver pre-registered
I think a lack of a proper M&E function is a problem, and one that I would be keen to address longer term
Currently we don’t have a process for retroactively evaluating EAIF grants. However, there are a couple of informal channels which can help to improve decision-making:
We request that grantees fill out a short form detailing the impact of their grant after six months. These reports are both directly helpful for evaluating a future application from the grantee, and indirectly helpful at calibrating the “bang-for-your-buck” we should expect from different grant sizes for different projects
When evaluting the renewal of a grant, we can compare the initial application’s plans with the track record they list in a later application, to see if the grant was a success on their own terms.
One technique I’ve picked up is evaluating grants in reverse—reading the details of the project, and then giving a rough estimate of a willingness to pay for a project of that nature. Looking at the actual cost of the project can then help quickly determine if it meets a bar for funding that I’ver pre-registered
I think a lack of a proper M&E function is a problem, and one that I would be keen to address longer term