Common Mistakes

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EU Ofce in Kosovo, 10 March 2014

Dos and Donts

The most commonmistakes in grant

applications


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Too broad, too ambitious

objectives Oten, the o!"ective o the Call, #or$ or

#or$ or sli%htly o$i&e$, is the o!"ective

o the proposal' Many applications tar%et too any

o!"ectives at the sae tie, or $e&ne veryunrealistic o!"ectives

(ocus on concrete o!"ectives ) to $o #hatyou actually can achieve*


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Examples: rootion o critical thin-in% an$ #ritin% or contri!ution on

$evelopin% %reater cohesion in #or-in% on huan ri%hts,political pluralis an$ $eocratic political participationan$ representation, in contri!utin% to the peaceul

conciliation o %roup interest, co!atin% $iscriination onany %roun$ an$ $evelopin% e.ual participation o en an$#oen in social econoic an$ political lie, thus !ecoin%an e/ective orce or positive chan%e'

roessional rainin%s an$ Capacity uil$in% or outh,

3oen an$ Minorities' he a$option o $eocratic political culture an$ creatin%

ne# social capital in !uil$in% active counities an$iprove the .uality o lie o citiens'

Too broad, too ambitiousobjectives


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5ery oten, results are presente$ in theorat o activities or outputs'

6esults are the achieveents, the actualoutcoes o the action an$ its outputs, notthe outputs theselves'

he or%anisation o an event, trainin%,#or-shop is not a result' he actual ipacto this event, trainin%, #or-shop is aresult'

Expected Results

wrongly dened


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Expected Results

wrongly dened!ood example8CI5I OUU OUCOME

Seinars or

"ournalists

40 "ournalists

speci&cally traine$on EU issues'

9 nu!er o articles

on EU issuespu!lishe$ in the : ;ne#spaper , :nu!er o articles inthe :: ne#spapereocracy an$ Auan 6i%htsB


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Relevance to the particularneeds&constraints o# the country

'(roblem analysis) Many applicants use this section to %ive a

%eneral overvie# o all the pro!les in thecountry, i'e' poverty, uneployent,illiteracy, poor e$ucation syste,

$iscriination, corruption, poor %overnance,#ea-nesses in $eocratic structures, pooreconoic situation, etc'

Instea$, this section shoul$ $e&ne very

concretely the speci&c environent o youraction, the pro!les your sta-ehol$ers


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Target groups&nal

beneciaries Soeties, the tar%et %roups are poorlyi$enti&e$, too !roa$, i%norin% iportantsta-ehol$ers, etc', thus coproisin% the

ipleentation o activities an$ theachieveent o the pro"ectDs o!"ectives'

he ore concretely an$ precisely you$e&ne your tar%et %roups, the easier it is

to i$entiy their in$ivi$ual speci&cpro!les #hich you #ant to a$$ressthrou%h your action'


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Example

O!"ective to epo#er the partnershiprelations !et#een CSOs an$ the local

authorities in the tar%ete$ unicipalitiesF ar%et %roups CSOs ro Kosovo #or-in%

#ith vulnera!le %roupsF (inal!ene&ciaries vulnera!le %roups Gno

involveent o local authorities*H

Target groups&nal

beneciaries


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*ctivities not clear and

concrete Soeties, the activities are not clearly$escri!e$, too !roa$, too va%ue, not %ivin%enou%h inoration on ho# this #ill !eipleente$, #ith #ho, #ith #hich e/ect'

e creative* hin- outsi$e the !o:*

he ore concretely an$ precisely you lin-your activities to the pro!le analysis, the

tar%et %roups an$ the actual results, theeasier it is to $eonstrate the ipact oyour action'


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Examples Esta!lishent o local teas throu%h intervie#s !ase$ on certain

criteria, an$ the esta!lishent o or%aniational proce$ures

ase$ on #hich criteriaB

Stren%thenin% the capacity o e!ers o local teas'

Ao#BBB i'e' Drovi$e trainin% to e!ers o local teas on pro"ectana%eentD

8$vocacy actions to raise a#areness on Convention 999 in =unicipalities

3hat -in$ o a$vocacy actionsB 3hich tar%et %roupsB 3hichunicipalitiesB 3hyB

u!lic a#areness capai%n inclu$in% short ra$io an$ 5 a$vertiseent

an$ pu!lications Increase #hose a#areness on #hat !y #hich eansB

Capacity !uil$in% #or-shops or all tar%et %roups

uil$ #hose capacity on #hat !y #hich eansB

*ctivities not clear and

concrete


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8ctivities are oten not reecte$ in the !u$%et' u$%et lines are #ron%ly presente$'

Examples

ropose$ activity J pro$uce a !rochure on D9D

G!u$%et line J rochure D9D $esi%n, printin%,$istri!ution cost J issin% in the !u$%etH

ransportation cost or evaluator presente$un$er !u$%et line 5.Other costs, services, #hile

there is a separate !u$%et line or such costs )2. Travel'


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+udget

he !u$%et is no place to !e DcoolD'lease use oral lan%ua%e'

E:aple

='1'+' Coutin% e:penses 4 teachers


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O5Is are very oten poorly $e&ne$ an$ noteasura!le'

Example

O!"ective to enhance the inclusiveness an$

pluralis in civil society in Kosovo throu%hsupport an$ capacity !uil$in% actions toCSOs representin% speci&c $isa$vanta%e$%roups o society'

O5Is political participation an$ e:clusion,interethnic relations, $eocracy an$ the ruleo la#'

ogical -ramework


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