WACC Project Support Application (Sept 2016)

This application should not exceed 15 pages

in font size no smaller than 11 pt. Please keep your application concise and to the point.
Do not use unexplained abbreviations.

Project Reference Number:

PROJECT TITLE (please provide a

descriptive title maximum 100
characters)
Full name of your organisation
and acronym if you have one
Person responsible for this
project
Full name & title (Dr, Mr, Mrs, Miss,
Ms, Rev)
Position of responsible person
within your organisation
Email
Mailing address of organisation
(including city and country)

Phone number with country & city

code
Fax number with country & city
code
Website
Amount requested (specify
currency)
Amount requested in Euros, if
known

1.1 You must indicate the programme area under which you are applying. Please tick the
relevant box:

 Communication Rights in a Digital Age □

 Gender and Communication □
 Migration and Communication Rights □
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  Climate Change and Communication Rights □
 Indigenous Communication □

1.2 Please indicate under which Sustainable Development Goal (s) and Target your
project falls. For more information on the Sustainable Development Goal (s), please visit:
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs. We also encourage you to visit WACC’s resources
on the SDGs: https://cdn.agilitycms.com/wacc-global/Images/Articles/2020/05may/
Expanding_Shrinking_Communication_Spaces_ebook.pdf

2. Project Summary in 200 words or less (UNLESS YOU PROVIDE A SUMMARY, WACC
CANNOT CONSIDER YOUR PROJECT FOR SUPPORT)
What is the problem the project addresses and in what context?
How does the project contribute to changing the situation described?
List the activities to be carried out and who the direct beneficiaries are.
Conclude with specific outcomes and impact.

Section A ABOUT YOUR PROJECT

A 1 Country or Region of the project

A 2 Amount requested in your national currency and the equivalent in Euros, if known. Please
quote the exchange rate you use for the Euro amount.
Your national currency (please name): Amount:

Euros: Amount, if known:

Exchange rate, if known

A 3 Please indicate the period for which you are requesting support

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 From: (Month and year) To: (Month and year)

A 4 Please tell us about the starting date flexibility of your project in case WACC needs more
time to raise funds to support it.

A 5 Problem to be addressed: What problem will this project address? How was the problem
identified? How will your project address the problem?

Please briefly state your project’s long-term goal in addressing the problem. [Example:
Improved accountability through implementation of a law on access to information.]

Briefly state your project’s purpose in addressing the problem. This purpose is a change that
will occur once one or more of the outcomes have been achieved. [Example: Law on access to
information is approved.]

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What outcomes will be evident when the Indicators. How will it be known that outcomes
project is completed? Outcomes are changes have been achieved?
directly attributable to project outputs and use
of project outputs. [Example: Increased public
and political support.]

How will you use the outputs of your Indicators: How will it be known that outputs
project? Please refer to the following question have been used?
and to the “Effect Chain” above. [Example:
Access to information becomes prominent in
public discourse.]

What outputs will result from project Indicators. How will it be known that outputs
activities? Outputs are direct consequences have been achieved?
of activities. [Example: Information on right to
access information is available.]

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 Please briefly list the activities that will lead to the outputs/outcomes mentioned above.
[Example: Training and lobbying on access to information.]

A 6 Detailed Description of Project Activities

Please describe the activities that will lead to your project’s outputs and outcomes. Use as much
space as you need, taking care that the entire application does not exceed 15 pages. Please
include information on
 How the project planning and implementation will involve women and men at all levels of
decision-making and participation, if applicable
 Content of production, programmes, workshops or training
 Timetable for the project to be carried out and for submitting narrative and financial
reports
 Staff involved in the implementation and supervision of the project (please give name
and job title)

A 7 Beneficiaries
Please describe the cultural, ethnic, social, economic and political status (where applicable) of
the target group and indicate the number of intended female and male direct beneficiaries. What
consultation has been undertaken with the target group in designing your project? Please also
mention any indirect beneficiaries.

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A 8 Gender Analysis
WACC is concerned about gender equality in project outcomes. Please describe the specific
gender issues/obstacles (and/or opportunities) that you have identified in your gender analysis
that relate to your project area and goals. If you feel that, based on your analysis of the gender
dynamics in the project area, there are no specific gender issues relating to your project, please
describe why this is the case.

A 9 Value and Effectiveness

It is important to provide good value for money. Please justify why you consider the project
approach to be the most effective way to reach the project purpose, compared to other possible
approaches.

A 10 How does this project build on, or differ from, previous work done by you or others? What
lessons have you drawn on from your own or others’ past experience in designing this project?

A 11 Other organisations and wider context.

What other organisations are working on the problem your project tackles? Who are they and
how will you work with them?
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What gap will the project address?
How will the project complement other initiatives and avoid duplication?

A 12 What relationships and alliances will facilitate the cooperation needed for the success of the
project?

A 13 Please mention any faith communities or church-related organisations benefitting from or

implementing the project.
Please describe ecumenical involvement in the planning and development of the project, if
applicable. (WACC does not support strictly denominational activities.)

A 14 Evaluation
Please refer to the indicators named in Question A5 and describe the criteria, method and
frequency of project evaluation and who will do it.

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A 15 Self-reliance
Describe how this project will achieve its goals using local financial and other resources, such as
in kind contributions and women’s and men’s knowledge/expertise.

A 16 Sustainability
What are the prospects for the benefits of the project being sustained after the project ends?

A 17 Does your organisation currently receive, or has it received in the recent past, financial
support from Brot für die Welt / Bread for the World the organization of German Protestant
Churches that funds development projects? Please state amounts and years.
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A 18 In comparison with your organisation’s overall annual budget, what portion does
this project budget comprise?

Section B ABOUT YOUR BUDGET

B 1 Project Budget IN YOUR NATIONAL CURRENCY

What is the name of your national

currency?

Please use the attached budget and cashflow projection chart to present your itemised
income and expenditure budget for this particular project.

Please also include and distinguish between own cash contribution and other cash sources (i.e.
your own cash contribution that can be audited and other non-WACC cash contribution), and
local in-kind contribution (i.e. not auditable). However, auditable own or other (non-WACC) cash
contributions will make it easier for WACC to raise funds for your project. Please note that if you
include a non-WACC cash contribution in your budget, it will then be required and must appear
in the audited financial report for your project.

Please check the Project Support Guidelines for items that WACC will not support.
Please make sure that your budget is detailed and that the items clearly relate to the project
activities described above. If applicable, please provide details of all payments to persons. Add
as many lines as you need. Do not include a contingency amount. Include the cost of the audit
of your project financial report.

B 2 If the project involves equipment purchase, please provide a pro forma invoice.
Attached 
To follow separately 

Name of person submitting proposal

Position within organisation

Date