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How TRAC works

The proposal process

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Due Diligence;

Assessment byReview and

Evaluation Panel

Assessment by

Investment

Committee

Project Concept Notes

Full Proposals

Successful

proposals

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Project Concept Notes (PCNs)

- Brief description of the project

- Why is TRAC funding required?- Who will benefit?

- What is the likely impact?

- Keep it simple!

- Maximum 3-4 pages

- Deadline for submission of PCN: 4th October 2012

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Project Concept Notes (PCNs)

Objectives (what do you want to do?)

Outputs (what will have been achieved at the end of the project?)

Activities (what will you do and how long will it take?)

Beneficiaries (who will benefit from the project and how?)

Details of principal project partners

How does this address the challenge we have set? Include what specific policy,

policy processes and policy makers the project is intended to impact

Expected results for the poor. State expected economic (trade, private sector

development, growth) and social (gender and HIV/AIDs) impacts the project will

address.

Proposed approach to design and appraisal (key risks, and how they will be

managed/mitigated)

Projected timetable and steps to prepare submission of full proposal for approval

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Full Proposals

- Much more detail on the proposed project

- What do you want to do?- How do you plan to do it?

- What are the benefits both to you business andwider society?

- Company profits/organisational awareness

- Intraregional trade

- Social indicators: women, environment, PLWHA etc.

- What will you contribute and what is your capacity to deliver?

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Criteria Indicators

Geography Countries covered

Socio economic development of regions that will benefit

Potential for

developmentimpact (trade and

social welfare gains)

Potential increase in value of cross border trade

Number of poor beneficiaries

% of women beneficiaries

% increase in incomes of the poor/reduction in expenditure.

Contribution to control of HIV/AIDS, benefits for PLWHA.

Potential environmental gains, adaptation to climate change.

Innovation Extent to which proposed project shifts existing production frontier; new

business models/technologies introduced; new products traded; new

methods of building knowledge, raising awareness etc.

Scalability/

replication

Ability to start races

Overcoming barriers to replication

Applicability across countries

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Criteria Indicators

Value for money Costs are appropriate relative to potential benefits

Level of funds/resources leveraged from grantees

Indicative cost benefit analysis

Potential for

commercial viability

Project viability gap and the role played by TRAC grant in bridging it

Risk profile

Likely returns to investment by replicators

Capacity to

implement

Track record of business/organisation

Credibility of proposers position in firm

Capacity to manage risk

Timescales to

impacts

Impact within TRACs three year timespan and beyond

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Thank you for your attention

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