Katie, just a quick “watch-out” from the technical side. If you join the group in non-live mode, and you try to post more than 3 comments in a row you get blocked out - it means that only if someone else makes some form of contribution can you continue to add perspective. This is quite limiting (though I can understand why it is there during “live” mode).
We often describe parts of our programme in Madagascar as being more about “Living Cash Flow” rather than “Living Income” because it is about targeted financial support at the most critical times of the year - allowing farmers to avoid high interest loans, reducing food insecurity and “lean seasons” and allowing them to reap the most benefit when they do sell their crops post-harvest.
Kate, could not agree with you more. I co-designed the Symrise-GIZ SDG Compact programme to exactly address the “weaknesses” of the developpp.de programme (even though it was very good) and several of the points you mention
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- Programme framework of multiple projects with different private sector partners (Symrise being the consistent one) + different NGO implementation partners in different locations, with different intervention packages designed along common principles
Flexible co-funding agreements on pre-approved projects “in principle” allow us to prospect for private sector partners to co-invest and explore the solutions map knowing that we are not wasting anyone’s time.
- Programme framework of multiple projects with different private sector partners (Symrise being the consistent one) + different NGO implementation partners in different locations, with different intervention packages designed along common principles
I’d be happy to set up an exchange with ourselves and GIZ so as we could share the learning from what we have achieved in establishing 4 projects in less than 2 years with a total 4 year funding envelope of EUR 20.0m of which only 35% is public.