1. What Advantage Africa Does To Support Our Project Partners
1. Building contacts, networking and external links
2. Technical expertise and support
3. Providing information and resources
4. Project management support / capacity building
5. Partner- to- partner interaction and exchange
6. Providing training and assessing needs
7. Assist with monitoring and evaluating projects
8. Being responsive – urgent needs
9. Listening, encouraging, building trust
10. Fundraising

2. Partnership Agreements
Session 8 : Partnership Agreements and Quarterly Cycle
Partnership Agreements
Formal agreement between Advantage Africa and the Partner Organisation.
Sets out responsibilities and obligations for both parties.
It could look very different from one partner to another.
Should be reviewed and up-dated regularly

3. Partnership Agreements
Could make reference to, or be based on a more detailed document such as your strategic plan or a donor contract.
For example our recent BFSS project at Mitaboni & Thinu
1. Enhanced vocational teaching and learning for students with special educational needs.
2. A structured transition for students to leave school and successfully start adult life in the community.
3. Increased income for the school through new enterprises
4. Learning and dissemination through a simple Teachers’ Resource Pack.

4. Partnership Agreements
Increasingly based upon donor contracts
Important because it forms the formal agreement between partners
Easy to forget about
Need to be updated regularly
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5. Quarterly (or termly) Cycle
Prepare Work plan & budget
Get approval & receive funds
Complete work plan activities & monitor
Evaluate
prepare narrative & financial reports
Quarterly (or termly) Cycle

6. Quarterly (or termly) Cycle
Send early by 2 weeks
Prepare Work plan & budget
Get approval & receive funds
Complete work plan activities & monitor
Evaluate
prepare narrative & financial reports
Quarterly (or termly) Cycle
Send Narrative
& financial
reports
Send budget request
Receive Approved budget & Grant Ack.
Sign & return Grant Ack.