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ICRISAT Global Planning Meeting 2019: Resource Mobilization – By Joanna Kane Potaka

  1. RESOURCE MOBILIZATION (RM)
  2. TEAM QUIZ
  3. QUESTION 1 Is ICRISAT aiming for: A) Large proposals B) Many small proposals C) All of the above
  4. ANSWER 1 A) Larger proposals
  5. QUESTION 2 Name the staff in the RM team.
  6. ANSWER 2 Narsing Rao Lakshmi Pillai Narni Subrahmanyam Sudha Mayuri Joanna Kane-Potaka Add a point for each correct person. Delete a point for every wrong person.
  7. QUESTION 3 Do we have an RM newsletter?
  8. ANSWER 3 YES
  9. QUESTION 4 How often does the RM newsletter come out? Who do you send any information to about calls for proposals or donor intelligence?
  10. ANSWER 4 The RM newsletter comes out: Monthly Lakshmi Pillai Add a point for each correct answer. Send information to:
  11. QUESTION 5 There is a calendar in the RM newsletter. What information does the calendar contain?
  12. ANSWER 5 Calls for proposals for the next 6 months.
  13. QUESTION 6 What is the minimum time a proposal or funder report has to be submitted to SMC for clearance, before the due date? Who do you send it to if the funder is: - a Traditional funder/Foundation? - from Private sector?
  14. ANSWER 6 Submit within a minimum of 5working days Traditional funder /Foundation: Private sector: Lakshmi Pillai Narni Subrahmanyam Add a point for each correct answer. Send to:
  15. QUESTION 7 List the checks/clearances SMC organizes for proposals or funder reports? (Hint: there are 7)
  16. ANSWER 7 A. Check against donor requirements B. Check overheads C. Check minimum size of proposal D. Editing E. Finance clearance F. ADG clearance G. DDG clearance Not the RPD clearance as this should be obtained before submission to SMC. Add a point for each correct item. Delete a point for every wrong item.
  17. QUESTION 8 What is the minimum size (US$) allowed for a proposal? (If this is not met, a justification and special DG approval is required.)
  18. ANSWER 8 Minimum size for a proposal: a) US$ 75,000 for host country b) US$ 100,000 for others Add a point for each correct item.
  19. QUESTION 9 A due diligence review is undertaken on some of our partners before we are allowed to have agreements with them. What are the criteria that require a due diligence to be undertaken?
  20. ANSWER 9 A. Partner is an NGO or Private sector B. Work is >US$20,000 C. No other due diligence has been undertaken (in the last 3 years). Add a point for each correct item. Due diligence review is required if:
  21. QUESTION 10 ICRISAT has introduced focal points for key funders to build relationships and help gather more intelligence. Who do you think are the focal points for: 1. Gates Foundation 2. Netherlands 3. China 4. IFAD HQ & India 5. African Development Bank
  22. ANSWER 10 1. Gates Foundation: Peter Carberry 2. Netherlands: Anthony Whitbread 3. China: Rajeev Varshney 4. IFAD HQ & India: Joanna Kane-Potaka 5. African Development Bank: Ramadjita Tabo Add a point for each correct item.
  23. ANSWER 10 FUNDER FOCAL POINTS US + USAID HQ/USA: DG – Peter Carberry India: Joanna Kane-Potaka ESA: Moses Siambi WCA: Ramadjita Tabo India ICAR: DG –Peter Carberry (with assistance from Arabinda Padhee) Other GoI Ministries and Depts: Arabinda Padhee States: Pooran Gaur and Sreenath Dixit Gates Foundation DG – Peter Carberry MARS Rajeev Varshney Germany Anthony Whitbread UK (DFID) DG - Peter Carberry World Bank Global: DG – Peter Carberry India: DDG - Kiran Sharma ESA: Moses Siambi WCA: Ramadjita Tabo IFAD (loans / grants) HQ and India: Joanna Kane-Potaka ESA: Moses Siambi WCA: Ramadjita Tabo Ireland Moses Siambi (with support from Patrick Okori) McKnight ESA: Moses Siambi WCA: Ramadjita Tabo Netherlands Anthony Whitbread Australia Peter Carberry (with support from Anthony Whitbread and Joanna Kane-Potaka) Japan DDG - Kiran Sharma EU Anthony Whitbread AfDB Ramadjita Tabo China Rajeev Varshney (with support from Kiran Sharma and Pooran Gaur)
  24. Count your scores MAXIMUM SCORE IS 30
  25. QUESTION TIE-BREAKER How many legal agreements (MoUs etc,) did Narsing and Sudha process in 2018?
  26. ANSWER TIE-BREAKER 510
  27. THE WINNER
  28. SURVEY
  29. THANK YOU
  30. QUESTION EXTRA Typically how long will a due diligence take? a) 1 month b) 2 weeks c) 1 week d) Up to 6 months
  31. ANSWER EXTRA a) 1 month
  32. PREDICTED PIPELINE  Lower from 2019 onwards  Majority of existing projects and proposals/ideas continue to be in Africa (60%) Benchmark: Using the average of the September pipeline figures for the last 4 years (shown in brackets) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 FUNDED (confirmed and approved in principle) 65 (64) 32 (38) 15 (25) 3.5 (13) 1.1 (5) 0.4 (1) PROPOSALS (submitted or being worked on with probability of success applied) 6 (2) 8 (11) 7 (10) 5 (8) 3 (4) 2 (2) TOTAL 71 (66) 40 (49) 22 (35) 8.5 (21) 4.1 (9) 2.4 (3)
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