Introduction

This course is designed to enable those involved with grant management to become efficient and effective in the acquisition and utilization of funds for development purposes, using appropriate techniques and application of accounting and finance principles.

Duration

10 days

Who should attend?

Finance Directors, Finance Managers, Procurement Directors, Procurement managers, Procurement officers, Administrators, Project officers, Budget Accountants, Auditors, Chief Accountants, Credit Controllers

Course Objective:

·         Identify and assess the critical terms and conditions of grant aid for donor-funded projects

·         Ensure compliance with donor terms and conditions

·         Providing supporting documents

·         procurement of goods and services; and meeting financial reporting requirements

·         Use a grant schedule to managing multiple-funded programmes

·         Prepare a donor financial report to match with a project narrative report.

·         Describe the four phases in the grant management cycle

·         Clarify key responsibilities and routines needed for successful grant management

·         Describe the impact of foreign exchange on grant management

·         Identify the requirements for closing off a donor grant.

·         Use of sun system  and Excel in management of grant

Course content

·         Key challenges in grant management

·         The grant management life cycle

·         Responsibilities and routines in grant management

·         The flow of donor funds

·         Assessing the terms and conditions in grant agreements

·         How grant agreements impact on accounting and procurement systems

·         Complying with donor reporting requirements

·         Managing multiple-donor funded projects

·         Managing key relationships for successful grant management

·         Advance sun system in grant management

·         Advanced excel formulas and functions for grant management

·         Excel chart in depth for grant presentation

General Notes

·         All our courses can be Tailor-made to participants' needs

·         The participant must be conversant in English

·         Presentations are well-guided, practical exercises, web-based tutorials, and group work. Our facilitators are experts with more than 10 years of experience.

·         Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with a Foscore development center certificate (FDC-K)

·         Training will be done at the Foscore development center (FDC-K) centers. We also offer inhouse and online training on the client schedule

·         Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.

·         The course fee for onsite training includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, a buffet lunch, and a Certificate of successful completion of Training. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident insurance, and other personal expenses.

·         Accommodation, pickup, freight booking, and Visa processing arrangement, are done on request, at discounted prices.

·         Tablet and Laptops are provided to participants on request as an add-on cost to the training fee.

·         One-year free Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.

·         Register as a group of more than two and enjoy a discount of (10% to 50%)

·         Payment should be done before commence of the training or as agreed by the parties, to the FOSCORE DEVELOPMENT CENTER account, so as to enable us to prepare better for you.

·         For any inquiries reach us at training@fdc-k.org or +254712260031

·         Website:www.fdc-k.org