Managing Partnerships

Managing Partnerships & Grant Applications

Markets Development Fund Grant Application Template (Kenya Markets Trust) 
Description:  Template to capture all objectives and commitments of any direct disbursement of funds to a market actor.
How it was used: Completed and signed off on by local market actor, technical staff involved, and M&E staff involved for each cost-share or grant type arrangement made.
Source: Kenya Markets Trust’ Market Assistance Programme

Planning & Developing Cost-Shares & MOUs

Cost Sharing Quick Guide (TetraTech)  
Description: Guide that gives staff a simple reference tool for organizing and managing cost shares with ways of adapting them. 
Source: TetraTech’s Feed the Future Agricultural Inputs Activity ‘Facilitation Activity Playbook’, Uganda

Cost-sharing: General Guidelines (Engineers Without Borders)
Description: General guidelines on when cost-sharing is appropriate and how to structure cost-share agreements 
Source: Engineers Without Borders Canada

Cost-share agreement template (TetraTech) 
Description: A tool for staff to think through and manage cost-shares effectively
Source: TetraTech’s Feed the Future Agricultural Inputs Activity, Uganda

Cost-share agreement template (Mercy Corps) 
Description: A tool for staff to think through and manage cost-shares effectively
Source: Mercy Corps, Uganda

MOU Template for Agricultural Input Activities (ACDI VOCA)  
Description: Template for a MOU between the project and a private sector partner.
Source: ACDI VOCA

MOU Example for Export Firm Partnership with Project  (World Vision)  
Description: Example of a MOU between the project and a private sector export firm.
How it was used: MOU used in project partnership with mango export firm in Haiti.
Source: World Vision US

MOU template for Export Firm Partnership with Project  (Cardno EMG)  
Description: Template for a MOU between a project and a private sector business.
Source: Cardno EMG (via submission to World Vision US for value chain field guide for reaching the very poor)

Developing MOUs in Market Development Projects (EcoVentures International) 
Description: Practical lessons learned on establishing MOUs in market development projects.
How it was used: Guide field staff in discussing and designing MOUs with market actors.
Source: EcoVentures International (EVI)

Managing Cost-Shares & MOUs

Sample Format for Submission of Expenditures by Lead Firms (AFE) 
Description: Sample invoice, and supporting documentation which development organizations may require private sector firms to submit as part of MOU or cost-share processes.
How it was used: This template can be used by companies that are collaborating with developing organizations to prepare financial reports that present expenditures and request the cost-share amounts for agreed- upon activities.
Source: Action for Enterprise ‘Tools & Methodologies for Collaborating with Lead Firms: A Practitioner’s Manual’

Sample Table for Monitoring Lead Firm Intervention Financials (AFE)
Description: Sample invoice, and supporting documentation which development organizations may require private sector firms to submit as part of MOU or cost-share processes.
How it was used: (For internal use by Development Organizations)
Source: Action for Enterprise ‘Tools & Methodologies for Collaborating with Lead Firms: A Practitioner’s Manual’