Specific criteria will be provided for each call for proposals issued by the Southern Africa Trust. Please look out for these criteria under the “Calls for Proposals” section of our website. However, general criteria for applications submitted to the Southern Africa Trust are:
Relevance to regional-level priorities for poverty reduction.
The ‘regional’ content of the proposal, i.e. Does it promote multi-country linkages and comparative learning across different country-level experiences of national policies and/or does it address issues that are regional by nature (e.g. climate change, malaria control) where regional policy is required to complement national-level policies.
Ability to show a link to policy processes and/or to policy opportunities. This may be in relation to the development, monitoring and/or review of policy.
The extent to which the proposal driven by or linked to existing stakeholder organisation or action.
Contribution to building dialogue, networks, and/or alliances within interest groups or sectors in the region and/or to building dialogue, networks and/or alliances between different interest groups or sectors in the region.
Inclusion of ways to engage meaningfully with ‘voices of the poor’ or enhance the participation of poorly-represented constituencies in its processes.
Extent to which the organisation submitting the proposal has an existing regional-level presence, a mandate relevant to poverty reduction, and a policy-influencing agenda.
Alignment of the activities proposed with Southern Africa Trust’s goals.
Innovation
Proposals need not cover all the sub-themes indicated in specific calls for proposals but may focus on a particular dimension. For example, a proposal may focus on food security under a general call for proposals addressing ‘health, hunger and vulnerability’.
