GNC current funds and
fundraising strategies
GNC Annual meeting
16-18 September 2014
Rome, Italy
Overview
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History of GNC funding
Current funding situation
SWOT of GNC fundraising
Fundraising strategies
Donor fund management
Next steps
History of GNC funding
• 2006-8:
– Global appeal by OCHA- pooled funds for clusters
– Several donors (OFDA, DFID, Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Ireland, Canada )
– Funds had short expiry dates
– Pressure to mainstream cluster functions
• 2009+
– GNC wrote proposals
– Fewer donors (ECHO, DFID, UNICEF and Swiss)
• 2012
– UNICEF covers cost of all global Cluster Coordinators
– UNICEF unable to cover other functions as funding base has not
expanded
GNC funds 2006-2014
Current funding situation (2014)
Current activities covered in Work Plan (3 donors, approx $1 million)
– Salaries of GNC Coordinators and deputy Coordinator
– Annual meeting costs and travel cost for GNC-CT
– Developing guidance
• resource mobilization
• accountabilities to affected populations
• communications mechanism at all levels
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Capacity development strategy
Cluster coordinator trainings
Induction/orientation package for IMO/NCC
Funding for RRT mechanism
Rapid Response Team evaluation
IM toolkit and Training package
GNC costed Work Plan 2014-2015
Concept notes have been developed for many unfunded
activities and the GNC-CT is advocating with donors for
funds. If no funds, activities wont be implemented.
Fundraising efforts to date and ongoing
• Concept notes developed and costed for many
unfunded activities
• Launch of costed work plan (July) where
concept notes where shared with donors
• GNC-CT advocating with traditional donors
(including UNICEF) for funds
Strengths of GNC fundraising capacity
• Strategic Plan is in place
• Good relations with previous and existing donors
• Significant global attention on and support for
nutrition
• Strategic location- the GNC-CT now in Geneva,
easy and direct access to a multitude of potential
donors
• Communications on GNC and country cluster
activities are strong
– bi-monthly bulletin, annual update publication and
new website.
Weaknesses of GNC fundraising
capacity
• Reliance on a very limited number of donors (UNICEF,
ECHO and DFID).
• Unsure of future funding from ECHO and DFID
• GNC-CT is overcommitted, limited time to engage in
fundraising activities
• Technical staffs in some GNC partners are limited in
their ability to approach donors directly
• There is limited support (personnel or funds) for
ongoing fundraising research and/or advocacy
• Communications from the GNC-CT typically do not
target donors or potential donors (just partners)
Opportunities for GNC fundraising
• UNICEF (as the CLA) has ongoing fundraising
efforts which GNC activities are normally
included
• Multi-cluster funding initiatives- where
overlap exists in work plans
• Large donor base in Geneva- untapped
Threats for GNC funding
• Donor resistance to fund global coordination
costs
• Many donor budgets are under pressure and
may decrease due to economic downturns
• Under performance of the collective cluster as
wells as poor performance in core functions
has a effect on global level fund raising efforts
Fundraising strategies
• Identify new donors
– Bi-lateral and private foundations
– List of potential donors based in Geneva developed
• Strengthen relationship with existing donors to
identify how GNC can access additional funds
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GNC bulletin and other publications
Invite to Annual Meetings
Invite to new donor update meetings in Geneva
Ask for input into strategic documents
Fundraising strategies (cont)
• Liaise with other clusters for potential funding
synergies
– Framework for inter-cluster coordination being
developed/piloted at global level and tested in a
country
• Discuss with various UNICEF funding and programme
departments to identify where/how GNC can engage
and leverage on-going funding efforts
• Identify how country clusters can advocate
for/include funding for global coordination in country
cluster funding proposals and appeals
Fundraising strategies (cont)
• Investigate opportunities with the regional
offices of large bi-lateral donor agencies such
as USAID/OFDA, and DFID
• Explore other potential donors based on
feedback from GNC partners
Donor funds management- moving
forward
• Donors transfer funds directly to UNICEF for UNICEF to
distribute and manage. GNC-CT report back on the use
of these funds to the donor directly
• Donors transfer funds directly to partner agencies to
implement GNC Work Plan activities. Partner agencies
are responsible for any necessary consultant contracts,
management of the funds and reporting back to
donors.
• Donors transfer funds directly to a consortium of
agencies to implement the GNC Work Plan activities.
One partner agrees to take the lead on activities and
manage the funds for the consortium.
Proposed next steps (Sept-Dec 2014)
• Liaise with Swiss government to host donor
meeting
• Follow up with donors from launch on concept
notes shared
• Engage with list of potential donors based in
Geneva
• Meet with UNICEF PARMO, PFP and PD to identify
existing fundraising opportunities to leverage
• Propose the idea of multi-cluster fundraising at
global inter-cluster meeting
Group work
• In pillar groups discuss support needed and
next steps for fundraising around unfunded
issues
• Provide update on on-going pillar activities
• Determine next steps to move each activity
forward