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National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme (NFPCSP)

National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme (NFPCSP). Introducing the Research Grant Awardees and Future Activities. Nur A. Khondaker Research Grant Administrator NFPCSP, FAO. RDEC Conference Room, LGED, Agargaon, Dhaka. December 5, 2007. Deadline to Submit

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National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme (NFPCSP)

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  1. National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme (NFPCSP) Introducing the Research Grant Awardees and Future Activities Nur A. Khondaker Research Grant Administrator NFPCSP, FAO RDEC Conference Room, LGED, Agargaon, Dhaka December 5, 2007

  2. Deadline to Submit • Up to 7 June 2007; Received 329 Research Proposals(177 PR, 95 CF and 57 Unclassified) • Scrutiny for Admissibility • RGA examined the admissibility of each proposal as per set criteria in the Guidelines • Admissible and Non-Admissible • A list of the admissible and non-admissible proposals was prepared along with their budget

  3. PR Research Proposals Received: 177 Nos. Admissible :51 Nos. Numbers 29 % Category of Institutions

  4. % Admissible Category of Institutions

  5. CF Research Proposals Received : 95 Nos. Admissible :36 Nos. Numbers 38 % Category of Institutions

  6. % Admissible Category of Institutions

  7. Main Reasons of Non-Admissible • Did not submit Required Number of Copies • Non-submission of Electronic Copy • First page-Form-not within one page • Endorsing authority and Declaration signed by different persons • Did not follow the prescribed format • Did not follow the Budget line items • Requested exceeding Budget limits • Requested exceeding Time limits • Institutions Submitted exceeding qualified Number of proposals • No budget for collaborators or more than 40 % budget for Collaborating institution.

  8. The Process of Approval Eliciting Research Proposals 5 Research: - contracting - execution, - monitoring - dialog • RGP • Decision on grants 1 4 • CTA & RGA • Receive proposals • Administrative screening by RGA • Coordinate TAT scoring and finalize ranking • TAT • Review & Scoring 3 2

  9. RESEARCH GRANT PANEL (RGP) APPROVED THE RESEARCH PROPOSALS ON SEPTEMEBR 11, 2007 IN THE SECOND RGP MEETING WHERE ALL THE RGP MEMBERS ATTENDED.

  10. 14-CF Winners

  11. 8-PR Winners

  12. Awarded Research Proposals: Areas

  13. Category of Institutions CF-Challenge Fund; PR – Programme Funded Research

  14. Collaboration of Institutions CF-Challenge Fund; PR – Programme Funded Research

  15. Total Money Allocated CF-Challenge Fund; PR – Programme Funded Research

  16. After Approval • Briefing of the Winners • Briefed/Discussed Contents of the Letter of Agreement (LoA) for the CF and PR winners • Preparation and Finalization of Contracts • Prepared LoA as per FAO standard Rules • Signing of Contracts • Signed LoA with the Institutions, Early Oct,07 • Fund Release • First Installment (20%) released, research is going on…

  17. Monitoring & Reporting • Each research proposal will be monitored by two TAT members (1-National & 1- International). • TAT members will visit the research institutions and will review progress • Submit Technical and Financial Progress Report, in prescribed format, at Three months interval. • Present Research results in workshop (s) time to time organized by FAO

  18. Future Opportunities Dialogue on the research results and suggest policies for the implementation of the National Food Policy Next call for Proposals is expected at the beginning of 2008 --- will be announced in the leading daily newspapers, project web site (www.nfpcsp.org) etc.

  19. Thank You Very Much

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