February 2021

Week 1 (7–13 Feb)

Thursday 11 February (18:00 Bangkok time) - join the group video online call on Zoom using this link.

Topic: Global and Local Funding Context

In preparation for the call, consider what you have learnt from the first month of the training. It might be from the first online call, or from your team work on the grant proposal, or perhaps from your review of your peer team's grant proposal section. Note down your reflections and bring them to the online call.

Week 2 (14–20 Feb)

For February you have two tasks to work on as a team:

1. Take 30min as a team to think about the 3 most influential global and/or local trends/realities influencing the context in which you are working. Make a note of these in your concept note and make sure you consider these (and reference them as appropriate) as you work on #2 below.

2. Work together as a team to develop Section #2 - 'PROBLEM STATEMENT / RATIONALE' - of your grant proposal. Click here to find your group folder, within which there is a google document set up for your team (note: you must be signed into the google account you provided when registering for the training to access the folder and file). Please make sure this section is completed by Saturday 20 February.

Week 3 (21–27 Feb)

As a team, review the 'PROBLEM STATEMENT / RATIONALE' section of your assigned peer team's grant proposal. Click here to find their google document. As you read it through, highlight:

• 3 things you like about what they have written,

• 3 areas where you think they could strengthen/improve what they have written,

• any questions you have about what is written.

To do this in google docs, highlight the text and then click on the 'text bubble' to the right of the page to add your comment.

Make sure this is completed by Saturday 27 February.

Week 4 (28 Feb–6 Mar)

Watch this short video, reviewing some of the key aspects of this month’s topic. Then, as a team, review the comments received from your assigned peer team and spend some time revising your proposal based on the suggestions and questions raised.

You can take a look at the example SIL & the SDGs brochure Clare mentions in the summary video here.

Finally, to consolidate your learning this month, take some time to discuss the following two questions as a team:

1. What are your 3 key learning points from this month?

2. What one thing are you going to do now to grow/establish your capacity in this area?