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Governance and Transparency Fund GTF

Governance and Transparency Fund GTF. Mark Robinson Head of Profession Governance and Conflict DFID. Accountability Responsiveness Capability. Citizens. Public sector institutions.

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Governance and Transparency Fund GTF

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  1. Governance and Transparency Fund GTF Mark Robinson Head of Profession Governance and Conflict DFID

  2. Accountability Responsiveness Capability Citizens Public sector institutions Political institutions DFID’s Capability, Accountability and Responsiveness Framework

  3. GTF: Basic facts • One of the headline commitments made in 2006 DFID White Paper • Full public consultation on the Fund carried out in September 2006 • A one-off initiative with only one funding application round • Fund value of £130 million over 5 years from April 2008 • Proposals between £750,000 and £5m for 3 - 5 years with up to 100% funding • Open to any not for profit organisation including trade unions, co-operative groups, faith based groups, etc. • Projects cover all low and middle income countries, except EU accession countries

  4. Aim of the Fund To help make governments more accountable to their citizens by strengthening civil society and the media to give greater voice to citizens

  5. Activities the Fund was designed to support • Campaigning on freedom of information, corruption, and other issues. • Representing the views and interests of poor people when poverty reduction plans and national budgets are being drawn up. • Advocating the rights of women, marginalised groups such as disabled people or ethnic minorities, and workers through trades unions. • Training and linking journalists, parliamentarians, and other professional bodies such as lawyers’ associations.

  6. Application process 1. Concept Notes assessed for eligibility of: • the applying organisation(s), and • proposed activities 441 2. Full Proposals assessed on: • Technical Merit • Programme Risk • Financial Risk 272

  7. Application Process • The role of GTF Fund Manager was outsourced • Contract was awarded to a strong consortium led by KPMG • Appraisals jointly undertaken by the Fund Manger and DFID technical staff in the UK and overseas offices • Recommendations on Concept Notes made by the Fund Manager • Final funding decisions made by DFID

  8. Funding Considerations • While technical merit was the principal factor considered, we have also sought to achieve a balanced portfolio overall, meeting the following criteria: • geographic areas, ensuring coverage of DFID priority countries • cross-cutting issues such as gender equality; • inclusion of different sizes and types of civil society organisation; • spread of risk among wider set of organisations.

  9. Proposals Supported • Of the 272 proposals we appraised we considered almost 100 to be of a ‘high quality’ • The total value of these ‘high quality’ proposals was almost £300m • We had only a £130m budget • The quality and level of innovation demonstrated by proposals exceeded our expectations • This allowed us a valuable degree of choice… • …but also meant that many high-quality applications could not be funded • We were able to offer support to 38 applicants

  10. Proposals Supported

  11. Proposals Supported

  12. Examples of Grants Full listing available at: http://www.dfid.gov.uk/funding/gtf.asp

  13. Future Considerations • Scope for supporting high quality unfunded proposals from other donors • Financial commitments for further GTF funding rounds from DFID and other sources • Building an enduring mechanism with potential to act as an independent funding entity • Scope for systematic learning, evaluation and lesson-sharing

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