UN Trust Fund Small Grants - UN Women Grants Management System

UN Trust Fund Small Grants (US$50,000 – US$110,000 only):
Guidance for Planning, Reporting and M&E using the UN Trust Fund’s online application
system
I: Planning Stage – Development of the Full-Fledged Proposal
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All applicants requesting a grant of up to US$ 110,000 must complete the Full-Fledged Proposal, keeping in mind
the specific instructions below:
Main section
Narrative
Sections I – IV.
V: Results Chain
VI: Results and
Resources
Framework
Sub-sections
I. Organization Information
II. Project Focus
III. Project Description
IV. Project Narrative
Project Goal
Outcome
Outputs
Project Goal
Outcome
Output
Project Activities
M&E and Audit Activities
Budget Details for Outcome,
M&E and Management
Budget Narrative
Specific Instruction for Small Grants
Mandatory:
Small grants must complete all the sections.
Mandatory:
Small grants must complete Results Chain with one project goal,
one outcome and maximum 3 outputs under that Outcome only.
Mandatory:
 Context
 Expected situation of beneficiaries - the main changes in the
intended beneficiaries’ lives at the project’s end
Optional: (need to put “N/A” at least)
 Indicators and data collection
Mandatory:
 Beneficiaries at the outcome level, current situation of
beneficiaries, targeted number of beneficiaries by project’s
end and expected situation
 Strategic area of intervention
Optional: (need to put “N/A” at least)
 Indicators and data collection
Mandatory:
 Strategy - the project’s specific strategy to deliver the output
Optional: (need to put “N/A” at least)
 Indicators, Baseline and Annual Targets
Mandatory:
Under each output, small grants can develop maximum 3 key
project activities per output.
Mandatory:
Small grants must specify monitoring activities, in addition to the
final external evaluation.
Mandatory:
Small grants must prepare their budget in accordance with FFP
Budget Guideline.
Specific instruction for small grants are the following:
 Budget for final external evaluation must be 5% of the total
grant requested to the UN Trust Fund
 Monitoring activities and its budget must be 2-5% of the
total grant requested to the UN Trust Fund
 Budget for final external audit must be 3.5% of the total
grant requested to the UN Trust Fund
Mandatory
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